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Beech Aircraft Corp. will manufacture its Beechjet entirely in the United States at its facilities i

New Stevedore To Name BoyleAs PresidentArthur J. Boyle will become president and chi

Hercules Inc.'s net income for 1987 rocketed to $820.7 million, or $14.74 a share, as a result of th

Sabic Unit Starts PVC ProductionAL-JUBAIL, Saudi Arabia - National Plastic Co. (Ibn Hayyan),

A battleship and a helicopter carrier will be withdrawn from the Persian Gulf as part of a reduction

New Jersey trade officials opened their first foreign trade office Monday, dedicating a Tokyo office

A delegation of Argentine officials appears to have headed off a major row with the United States ov

CHRYSLER MOTORS (Highland Park, Mich.) - Bennett E. Bidwell was named president, product and marketi

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Orders to U.S. factories for "big ticket" durable goods soared 6.7 percent in December, the biggest

A Coral Gables, Fla., company has figured out a way to let consumers use equity in their life insura

Arco Chemical Taiwan Inc., a subsidiary of Arco Chemical Co., acquired more than 80 percent of the s

A consortium including a unit of Sea-Land Services Inc. will be granted the contract to operate Mani

Oceantrawl Inc. of Seattle wants to acquire a 9-year-old, 2,000-deadweight- ton, subsidy-built freig

Consolidated Freightways Inc.'s fourth quarter earnings fell to $20.6 million, or 53 cents a share,

Canadian Customs has granted temporary permits to 11 off-dock container terminal operators in the Va

Talks broke down earlier this week in a labor dispute that has hit Sweden's largest exporting compan

Chinese and Western sources here are divided on the 1988 outlook for China's cotton textile producti

The Japanese-owned Sanyo Manufacturing Corp. in June will begin exporting large-screen color televis

Hope has faded for agreement on a new miners contract. The nation's buyers and sellers of co

Senior European and U.S. officials will meet in Konstanz, West Germany, on March 18 to discuss a tra

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Verity Opposes Fee On Export LicensesCommerce Secretary C. William Verity is trying to persu

Detroit Edison's Heidel to RetireDETROIT EDISON CO. (Detroit) - Charles M. Heidel, president

High technology, not mere computers but "smart" machines and hypersonic aircraft, is the key to the

CONTINENTAL CORP. (New York) - Salvadore J. Ricciardone Jr. was named resident vice president at thi

Trucking giant Roadway Services Inc. has entered the bidding for Burnham Service Corp., competing wi

James H. McJunkin, executive director of the port of Long Beach for 10 years, will step down Monday

Airgas Inc. Acquires National OxygenWILMINGTON, Del. - Airgas Inc. has acquired National Oxy

Iraq said Tuesday that its warplanes attacked an unidentified ship off Iran's coast during the night

The Canadian government is exploring the possibility of establishing a second shipping registry to p

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

A record 10,200 people visited the Hong Kong Fashion Week display last week, bringing in about HK$10

Americans should brace for a wave of corporate takeovers by foreign interests, which could add an ex

The United States and South Korea have reached agreement allowing U.S. insurance firms to participat

An ocean cargo rate-setting conference will hire an outside company, not yet designated, to police t

Japan suspended contacts with North Korea and restricted North Korean sailors' shore leave in Japane

Brazil May Ease Rules For Debt-Equity SwapsSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's economic policy coun

What caused Virgin Atlantic to establish its subsidiary VIP Distribution and plow into the so-called

FRUEHAUF CORP. (Detroit) - Robert D. Rowan will retire as chief executive officer at the annual shar