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George Combs is one of a few lucky Coast Guard crewmembers who get paid to be a couch potato - at le

SAN FRANCISCO - Bank of America named Frederick Chan, a vice president, as its new Beijing represent

The Federal Maritime Commission disclosed that it had settled a complaint against Crowley Caribbean

Dyncorp, formerly Dynalectron Corp., said its HRI Inc. subsidiary has discontinued the development o

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey took emergency action to reallocate $21.7 million in state funds t

BPU OK's Rate Hike For NJ Natural GasNEWARK, N.J. - The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

The chemical industry as a whole will benefit from the recent drop in oil prices but that gain will

The first cargo of liquefied natural gas in just over a year is due to arrive today at the Distriga

Japan's oil companies have postponed negotiations for oil imports in the first quarter of 1988 becau

The battle between Pratt & Whitney and General Electric Co. for dominance in the large jet engine bu

Standard & Poor's said it is re-examining major commercial bank ratings as to the adequacy of their

Butcher & Co., one of Philadelphia's oldest and largest brokerage houses, announced that a billionai

Japan's production of electronic goods including color TVs, video tape recorders and compact discs w

India's dress style for hundreds of years has been six yards of fabric wrapped into a sari. It hardl

Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. said its unconsolidated pretax profit for the business year ended Oct. 31

U.S. manufacturers, who have taken a beating in the 1980s, are finally getting a break. And

The two weeks before Christmas, when the oil markets swung by more than $3 a barrel, were a foretast

The earnings of property and casualty insurers will show a sharp upturn in 1987 despite a slowdown i

Cargo totals are expected to be down at New York-New Jersey port this year, but port officials hope

Amoco Oil Co. will start shipping asphalt through the port of Milwaukee starting April 1, marking th

Three Illinois companies have joined in an unusual program to foster expansion by foreign companies

Secret Deal Alleged On ATV SafeguardsCAMDEN, N.J. - U.S. Rep. James J. Florio, D-N.J., said

The fall in oil prices is being shrugged off in Britain as of little overall consequence and welcome

Net new orders for U.S.-built machine tools plummeted 48.7 percent in November from the October leve

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

The request by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. for Maritime Administration permission to make two extra su

Indonesia has unveiled a new package of measures to stimulate the economy. The measures incl

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The International Monetary Fund is expected to announce this week a tripling of a special fund to he

AIR CARGO Air freight industry revenue to moderately increase in 1988, expert says. 5BAVIATI

Think Japanese real estate investment in the United States and what comes to mind? Skyscrapers in Ma

The Journal of Commerce today publishes the first of a two-part special report on what continued wea

Recently rescued Orient Overseas Container Line is lining up financing for new ships and upgrading i

The Metro-North Commuter Railroad should do more to warn passengers that they can be injured getting

Data Resources Inc. has prepared a report forecasting higher gross national product, lower inflation

JIM BURNLEY PLEADS GUILTY AS CHARGED to the allegation that as transportation secretary he killed F

Production Rate For Sulfur DownThe rate of production of Frasch-produced sulfur and recovere

Ohio Edison Reduction In Fuel Rate ApprovedAKRON, Ohio - Ohio Edison Co. said the Public Uti

Tenneco Oil Processing & Marketing Inc. said it is starting a Branded Reseller program to select pet

An Alaskan air taxi crash and the disappearance of a commuter airplane on an inter-island flight fro