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Occidental Petroleum Corp. said that underwriters had begun selling 21.5 million shares of common st

Five years ago, as the economy lay in one of its deepest depressions ever, the big U.S. oil companie

The port of Los Angeles reported record net income of $67.2 million in the fiscal year that ended Ju

Annual Banks and Insurance Conference will be held Oct. 7-8 in New York. For information, callExecut

Uncle Sam to Accept Credit Cards SoonWASHINGTON - Americans, who have been able to settle up

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

Teleports and Regional Economic Development. Third Annual World Teleport Association General Assembl

Waterfront management from Atlantic and Gulf ports will meet again Nov. 2 to try to figure out ways

Three times the International Longshoremen's Association has tried to organize Chickasaw Terminal Co

Scrabble players are hugely indebted to the Greeks for those valuable little words such as xi, pi, m

As steelmaking rises and falls in economies evolving around the world, conflicting national interest

Thomas L. Finkbiner moves up from North American Van Lines to its parent, Norfolk Southern Corp., at

Thailand appears set for at least a 6 percent growth rate this year, according to the government.

The number of oil tankers calling at Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf has droppe

Calif. Tremor Triggers Nuclear Plant AlarmsThursday morning's earthquake centered near Pasad

On the second and final day of the 5th International Air Freight Days, nine speeches by industry exp

Attorneys for the nation's three largest trucking companies are negotiating with Lifschultz Fast Fre

Ocean Garden Products became a leading importer of seafood by maintaining a reputation for quality.

The U.S. love affair with the video-cassette recorder reached another milestone last week: The U.S.

China has increased its computer and television manufacturing capability by 54 percent in the first

International Business Machines Corp. said it will bow to market demand and start designing more com

Nippon Electric Corp. is giving U.S. researchers an advance look at its new supercomputer, expected

A federal judge sentenced the owner of 50 Gaseteria discount gasoline stations to six months in jail

Satin Air Freight Agrees to Pay FineThe Federal Maritime Commission has announced that Satin

The All Japan Seamen's Union is likely to boycott Persian Gulf sailings following recent attacks on

Declining freight rates overcame strong tonnage gains to sharply cut third quarter earnings at Roadw

Owner-operator truck drivers have until the end of the year to file oil overcharge claims with the D

Attorney General LeRoy S. Zimmerman alleges in a suit filed Wednesday in Commonwealth Court that Cre

NO ONE LIKES TO TALK about the 'T' word, so we talk about revenues, said House Budget Committee Chai

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Centerior Energy Corp. said Thursday it completed the largest sale-leaseback transaction in the elec

The House began considering legislation Thursday to provide $28.5 billion to improve the nation's ai

The African Development Bank plans to launch the continent's first Export- Import Bank in the next t

Report: Sanctions Against S. Africa FailEconomic sanctions that the Reagan administration re

New orders for goods from U.S. factories fell 1.7 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted $202.53

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has decided to use a new method to rid itself of the loan portfo

When 58 Kroger trucks stopped dead in their tracks at one terminal, and then, two days later, more K

Second Report Backs Agent Orange FindingA new congressional report seconds the findings of a

A freight unit at Continental Airlines reached an agreement with a Transamerica Corp. subsidiary tha

The regular round of fall price cuts has begun, with Continental Airlines, Piedmont and USAir all sl