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A dissident member of the New Jersey Highway Authority withdrew his threat of legal action to block

Burnham Service Corp.'s board accepted the acquisition bid of an international investor's group that

Cargo systems will be left as the industry's poor relations because of carriers' financial "cold fee

A United Auto Workers official in Detroit said the union is seeking a new arbitrator to resolve two

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Representatives of Mississippi River pilots say they are sorry to see the Coast Guard's vessel monit

The Coast Guard belt-tightening will force merchant ships, tugs and ferries moving about New York ha

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Budget woes that have forced the U.S. Coast Guard to cut its patrols by more than half are opening s

Effective immediately, the Coast Guard is making probably the deepest cuts ever in its operations to

The World Bank, which has been criticized as neglecting environmental problems, announced the appoin

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Plans by a Philippine government agency to import rice have touched off a furious row with local far

More than $1 billion in property and liability insurance will become available to nuclear plants in

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Hilton Hotels, the Beverly Hills-based corporation that operates more than 250 hotels and inns acros

Measured, stable and calm are some of the descriptions reinsurers and brokers are giving the U.S. re

A storm over the lack of progress in implementing standards for automation interface is brewing amon

Primerica Corp. announced reorganization plans with its subsidiaries and with A.L. Williams Corp. We

Subsidiaries of Kemper Corp. are investing a total of $52 million in a new Bermuda-based reinsurance

Progressive Life Under State ControlTRENTON, N.J. - The financially troubled Progressive Lif

California, New York and Massachusetts accounted for about 40 percent of the U.S. electronics indust

Malaysia hopes to sign a trade agreement with China before the Chinese lunar new year on Feb. 17, De

Attention foreign businessmen: Interested in hunting or trapping a real Russian bear or moose in 198

The number of West German automobiles shipped to the United States fell almost 20 percent in 1987 fr

Rising inflation is casting a pall over the market-style reforms that have brought unprecedented pro

Footwear Industries of America, a national trade association for domestic footwear producers, named

McDermott International Inc. announced that the Insulating Products Group of its Babcock and Wilcox

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng is questioning his department's authority to i

US Investigates Canadian Steel ImportsThe U.S. International Trade Commission has begun a pr

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Hong Kong's December exports amounted to HK$18.8 billion (US$2.4 billion), up nearly 10 percent from

Pennwalt Hikes Peroxide PricesBUFFALO, N.Y. - The Lucidol division of Pennwalt Corp. is rais

The Food & Drug Administration and U.S. wine producers reached a voluntary agreement to limit the le

The Argentine government accepted six offers proposed by private sector investors under the recently

ICI AMERICAS INC. (Wilmington, Del.) - William J. Atkinson, site manager at Fayetteville, N.C., was

A Canadian apparel industry plan may increase U.S. industry opposition to the U.S.-Canadian free tra

Combustion Engineering Inc. announced that a subsidiary has obtained exclusive rights to a patented

Warner-Lambert Says Income Up in QuarterMORRIS PLAINS, N.J. - Warner-Lambert Co.'s fourth-qu

SmithKline, Cambridge Form a PartnershipThe University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medic