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Iraq said its warplanes bombed Iranian oil centers Wednesday and hit a ship in the Persian Gulf, sha

Despite a sales boom that could see the number of facsimile transmission (fax) units sold each year

The International Monetary Fund voiced concern over the rising amount of repayments overdue from som

Despite some initial difficulties on Senator Lines' U.S. routes, company founder Karl-Heinz Sager sa

Unions representing 750 employees of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad went on strike Wednesday in

An export council for Hawaii on Thursday endorsed American President Lines' application to start run

Gasoline prices followed regional patterns during the week of Sept. 4-10, with upstate prices rising

U.S. supplies of gasoline, distillate and crude oil increased last week, according to the American P

World cotton consumption during the 1987-88 marketing year (August-July) is now forecast at 81.4 mil

Insurers Told to Watch Risk Retention GroupsThe president of Marsh-McLennan Inc., insurance

Iran said it will begin major amphibious maneuvers in the Gulf of Oman today to counter the threat o

A panel of experts from three area think tanks Wednesday recommended changing aviation infrastructur

High speeds and poorly trained drivers are the chief factors in heavy truck highway accidents, a new

Port commissioners have capped months of closed-door meetings by voting to proceed with a controvers

Zim Israel Navigation Ltd. reportedly plans to order up to seven new containerships for its Mediterr

It appears the world's major trading nations will implement the new Harmonized Commodity Description

Olin Corp. is betting on a domestic market growth rate for toluene diisocyanate that might be likene

Texaco Trading Cuts Posted Buying PriceDENVER, Colo. - Texaco Trading and Transportation Inc

Amid growing concerns that U.S. firms have trouble penetrating the lucrative European Community indu

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Lam Research Corp., a designer and supplier of automated etch systems used by the semiconductor indu

Opposition hardened to Gov. Michael Dukakis' universal health insurance plan for Massachusetts as ho

Association of Transportation Practitioners, New Jersey Chapter dinner meeting, Sept. 18, Ramada Inn

Tecmarine Lines Inc. will begin a monthly service between New Orleans and the Guianas on Sept. 21.

Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger briefed congressional leaders Tuesday on U.S. military operation

Warehousemen should tighten controls on their pallet inventory because of the large capital investme

AIR CARGO The Middle East airline Emirates hopes to develop its home base of Dubai, United A

Panel Probes Legality Of Chip Trade PactA multilateral panel Wednesday began investigating w

Top Stories: One of the most pressing concerns of the world's hull insurers is the tendency among

It was a strike that many Irish will never forget. For nearly a year in the late 1970s, a wa

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

Wed., Sept. 16, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The kind of universal health care insurance that Gov. Michael S. Dukakis wants to grow in Massachuse

Advocates of a bill creating a compensation system for temporary injuries in the fishing industry fa

Grain Shipping Returns To Normal in CanadaCanada's west coast grain shipping has returned to

A federal judge granted a motion by Mack Trucks Inc. to lift hiring limits at its new automated plan

Congress' expected passage of a textile and apparel import quota bill is certain to draw a president

A Tokyo-based automobile parts manufacturer said Tuesday it will open a $50 million plant in Decatur

The city has served notice that it will condemn the National Maritime Union building to prevent it f

Antonio Elortegui is bucking the trend. About two years ago, the Venezuelan moved his ship c