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Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Henkel KGaA of West Germany announced an equally funded joint venture to m

Production sharing benefits both developed and developing nations, but the system should be used onl

Nude Beer, the latest brew imported from Mexico, is getting a warm reception in South Florida. The b

A chemical factory in Delaware has been declared a natural gas utility in New Jersey. The pl

Australian coal miners were expected to end a week-long strike Wednesday, but the president of the M

In hopes of attracting Far Eastern business, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange on Wednesday began trad

The fast-growing Middle East airline Emirates is looking to develop its home base of Dubai, United A

Railways have a major role to play, particularly in the carriage of long distance freight and bulk t

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch authorities were considering Wednesday whether to recover the wreck o

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After a month of successfully operating the California Connection for two major shippers, Conrail an

The United States incurred a record $41.1 billion deficit in the broadest measure of its internation

Union and company negotiators returned to the bargaining table Tuesday following the United Auto Wor

Fears that farmers won't be able to produce enough crops and livestock to feed a growing number of m

Traders and analysts are divided on whether last week's collapse of International Cocoa Organization

Marine Midland Banks Inc. said Tuesday it agreed to a sweetened $756 million buy-out offer from Hong

Rudolph Oswald, chief economist for the AFL-CIO, finds it ironic that most of the South Korean worke

Every 25 minutes, on average, a train crosses the land of farmer William Drinkwater. Most of these t

Former NASA chief James M. Beggs said the United States needs to form a quasi-governmental corporati

P&LE, Union Talks Remain StalematedPITTSBURGH - Negotiations between Pittsburgh and Lake Eri

Only six weeks into his tenure, Federal Aviation Administrator Allan McArtor Tuesday previewed an am

Canadian Firm Orders Rockwell ComponentsTROY, Mich. - Rockwell International Corp. Automotiv

Things haven't been easy in recent years for boosters of the Tri-Rivers waterway system, which has p

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Canada's political leadership claim major "stumbling blocks" could scuttle a proposed U.S.-Canada fr

Soviet food experts say new and urgent steps must be taken to speed up solution of the Soviet Union'

Safecom Inc., a joint venture between Comsat General Inc. and Timeplex Inc. will allow for low-cost,

Consolidated Gold Fields PLC, one of the world's largest mining groups, reported Tuesday a pretax pr

Brazil's Cosipa steel company is completing a private port terminal designed to handle 8 million to

Northeast Utilities is making plans for withstanding a potential challengefrom customers who

The Senate has approved an auto insurance reform package over criticism that the move was an electio

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

In an effort to boost his nation's sagging economy, Austria's minister for economic affairs is looki

AIR CARGO Swissair's North American cargo marketing manager fears that mega- forwarders wil

The thousands of small shops across the country that perform tooling and machining for U.S. industry

Major airlines operating in the Pacific are mounting a new attack on a 30- year-old agreement with t

Taiwan's troubled private shipbuilder may build warships for the Taiwan Navyfrom U.S. design

Fujitsu Ltd. probably will have to pay between $400 million and $500 million to settle past claims o

The longest and most expensive fraud trial in Hong Kong history came to a sensational close Tuesday,

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