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Reports that Japan's Toshiba Corp. has lost its bid to sell 90,000 lap-top computers to the U.S. Air

F.W. Woolworth Co. reported its second-quarter earnings rose 19 percent as they were helped in part

Swiss Transport and Energy Minister Leon Schlumpf, who strongly defended Swiss interests in road tra

Black Group to Buy South Africa Bus FirmJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - In one of the largest p

A team of U.S. traffic engineers will try to help China's largest city untangle its daily monster tr

Heavy-truck makers have an expensive habit they can't seem to break. Every time a big customer asks

Intercity revenue and ton-miles rose modestly for the trucking industry last year, outpacing lagging

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AVIATION The original partners in a new European computer reservation system announced a com

The nation's factories shipped $107.9 billion worth of electronic equipment, components and related

Bank of America is negotiating to sell its 38,000-customer Dutch Visa credit card operation to a lar

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The number of farms in the United States dropped 2 percent last year, while the size of the average

Crouse-Hinds Names Tuck to New PostSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Crouse-Hinds Co., a Syracuse-based elect

U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III arrived Wednesday to help lead a conference in which 1,700 U.S

An exhibition with a difference is being planned for China late this year - showing off the worst ra

Colombian Firm Plans Polypropylene PlantDANBURY, Conn. - Petroquimica Colombiana announced p

The home handyman of the future might find a heat gun or ultrasonic welding device handier than a ha

The new administration governing the U.S. Virgin Islands has reorganized, cut its deficit and laid p

A steel industry leader and former competitor of C. William Verity Jr. has lauded President Reagan's

The Swiss government said it opposes raising current speed limits of 80 kilometers an hour (50 mph)

Both Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts appeared to come of

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has released a souped-up version of one of Intel Corp.'s best-selling se

A record 125.8 million Americans, or roughly 69 percent of the nation's working-age population, held

To hear Rep. Pat Schroeder, D-Colo., tell it, there's a panacea out there for most of this country's

Federal corruption charges were announced Tuesday against 58 New York state business and public offi

The United States and Canada should formalize their common-law" relationship with an established sys

Greenspan Takes Reins As Reagan Cites AimsLow inflation and economic growth can and must go

Reginald Lewis, a Wall Street lawyer with a talent for spinning deals, has set up a $985 million tra

Eric E. Dawson, commissioner of Economic Development and Agriculture for the U.S. Virgin Islands, sa

Sea-Land Taps Cowan To Head Asian UnitEDISON, N.J. - Sea-Land Service Inc. named Thomas G. C

Despite a day of emergency meetings, government officials have been unable to end a boycott by custo

AVIATION Washington state lawmakers passed an anti-takeover bill to protect the Boeing Co.

Three young men, drenched like street urchins, waited with Humberto Collado's security guards when h

The increasing competitiveness of American products, rather than politicalpressure, will gen

As of Friday, the U.S. foreign trade deficit for last year will be officially revised downward by mo

The tip of Manhattan. A splendid view of New York Harbor. A silvery new office tower. The Wi

London office workers out for lunch stopped in their tracks last week when 34 suntanned, pom-pom twi

U.S. and Omani helicopters scoured coastal waters of the Gulf of Oman after four floating mines were

BASF Raises Prices Of Rayon ProductsWILLIAMSBURG, Va. - BASF Corp.'s fiber division announce