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CEX Announces Steps To Cope With GrowthRUTHERFORD, N.J. - Con-Way Eastern Express (CEX), a u

In the first court ruling regarding the April 5 Schoharie Bridge collapse, the state's Court of Clai

Saab-Scania of America Inc. says it isn't out to set the U.S. market on fire with its line of Swedis

Retailers and manufacturers who don't take advantage of increasingly sophisticated automation techno

Officials of Paccar Inc. are terming last year's entry into the medium-duty truck market a "very suc

Executives of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. celebrated 50 years of nylon and Teflon Tuesday with pro

President Reagan has signed a bill that will require all U.S.-flag vessels to hire U.S. citizens for

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Textile exporters in Thailand say they are losing up to 50 million baht (US$2 million) a month in sa

U.S. raw steel production capability is expected to stay steady at slightly over 112 million net ton

Investor confidence in the Philippines is growing, with more than $350 million, or 7 billion pesos,

Military spending worldwide soared to a new high of about $930 billion in 1987, an annual study rele

Japan will surpass all other countries as the world's largest donor of official development assistan

International Business Machines Corp. will beef up its sales efforts in the mid-range of its product

The United States Tuesday piled on more pressure for a revaluation of the Hong Kong dollar, but insi

North American farm machinery manufacturers increased production 31 percent last year, ending a seve

More than half the foreign buyers surveyed in its recent poll said they were ''seriously" considerin

The Supreme Court has set aside a ruling that could have cost the Virgin Islands millions of dollars

Brazil has raised its frozen concentrate orange juice prices by 15 cents to $1.86 a pound, industry

On Japan: Japan's nothing but a big factory. Raw materials come in at one end and finished p

The Swedish Defense Material Administration has developed a protective outfit for individuals who wo

A shortage this year of high-quality oats in the United States is spurring import demand, sources sa

The Reagan administration has extended two-year-old economic sanctions against Libya, saying there i

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Domestic exports to the United States plunged 22 percent in November, to HK$5.8 billion (US$743 mill

Levi Strauss Plans Hungary Joint VentureBUDAPEST, Hungary - Levi Strauss, the U.S. jeans clo

More than 3,000 overseas buyers joined 5,000 others at the launch of Hong Kong Fashion Week, a US$1

Communist Vietnam has adopted a liberal foreign investment code to try to attract the Western capita

William N. Sick was named chief executive of American National Can Co., a unit of New York-based Tri

Consumer spending in Britain continued to boom during November, apparently unaffected by October's s

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter Tuesday assured Australian Cattle Council officials that t

The Japanese government claims that defective semiconductors made by a Silicon Valley company forced

Rockwell Automotive Buys Valeo SubsidiaryTROY, Mich. - Rockwell International Corp.'s Troy-b

US Exhibitors Sought For Hong Kong ShowMore than 25 Hong Kong importers and national groups

Echoing recent statements by some of the more conservative East Coast banks, Security Pacific Corp.

As Western European companies press India to buy more of their products, Indian officials will press

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Vegetable Oil Imports May Slow in ChinaChinese imports of vegetable oils are expected to fal