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For the second consecutive year, hourly and salaried workers at General Motors Corp. have been told

The Coast Guard has confirmed that a waiver had been granted to permit the 11 Kuwaiti-owned tankers

Occidental Chemical Corp. announced plans to build a $40 million, 800- million-pound-a-year ethylene

The government's coal industry tribunal Wednesday called for continued talks between employers and c

CAGEY MARKETING by Canadian National Railways has meant carloads of business for a neophyte warehous

The new owner of U.S. Truck Lines Inc. denied vehemently any link to Baytree Investors Inc., a contr

After a tough, taxing day at the office, bankers here can retreat for a refreshment at a smart bar c

BEVERLY HILL SAVINGS (Mission Viejo, Calif.) - John A. Norgard was named executive vice president an

The Henley Group Inc. Tuesday asked a Delaware court to void a deal between the Santa Fe Southern Pa

BLUE STAR LINE INC. (San Francisco) - Herb Magnuson joined the carrier's sales force to develop new

A seven-man U.S. trade mission seeking joint-venture partners and Philippine government contracts di

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The summit this weekend between President Reagan and Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid in Mazatl

High-level U.S. Customs Service officials are examining global computerized communications standards

Despite forecasts of a declining population impacted by aircraft noise, aviation industry analysts e

Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Newark, N.J., reported a 0.1 percent decline in industrial kilow

Taiwan Power Co.'s purchase of a 60,000-metric-ton test shipment of sub- bituminous coal from Wyomin

Freight Forwarder Set To Open Denver OfficeExpeditors International of Washington Inc. will

A Conrail employee and poor maintenance by the railroad caused a Jan. 12 crash between a hopper car

The Federal Maritime Commission has agreed to shorten the comment period on a petition asking that i

European exporters want the European Commission to reject claims by European shipping companies that

The port of Portland and Dravo Corp. of Pittsburgh have settled their nearly five-year dispute over

A British company has developed an ornamental-pool pump, called Lotus Mermaid, based on a single pum

Members of a House subcommittee questioned several sections of the U.S.-Canada trade liberalization

Nobel Prize winning economist Lawrence R. Klein told Congress Tuesday it would not be ethical for ba

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A spate of new regulations for above-ground oil storage tanks is being pushed in Congress following

The Energy Department is getting ready to launch a major new program intended to put more punch in U

Mesa Limited Partnership said Tuesday that it had contracted to supply gas to Kansas Power & Light C

Soichiro Ito, Japan's science and technology director-general, reassured Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Ala

The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted the Itel Corp. an exemptionfrom some of its r

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Heavy truck sales got off to a flying start in 1988 with a gain of nearly 18 percent in January, acc

THE DOWNSIDE TO DEVELOPMENT of electronic data interchange comes when programmers try to add to thei

Spurred by strong exports, South Korea's current account surplus in 1987 more than doubled to $9.78

A high-level delegation from Thailand will hold talks in Washington next week in an effort to free a

In a move that has left the Athens business world delighted but bemused, Greece and Turkey are frien

Imagine Hanae Mori or Issey Miyake, Japan's two most famous fashion designers, designing automobiles

Jamaica completed its first debt-for-equity swap under a program designed to retire up to one-half o

We're not talking nostalgia here. We're talking bathrooms. The end seems nigh for the tradit