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Weak monsoon rains in Asia and plagues of grasshoppers and locusts in Africa were reported to be thr

Maersk Line has signed a major contract to use Transax/RATES' Shiprate service to automate its tarif

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

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

Tax reforms enacted by Mexico this year are already boosting revenue substantially, finance official

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Nalco Chemical Unit Acquires Radiant ColorNAPERVILLE, Ill. - Nalco Chemical Co. announced th

Pipeline Company Posts Rise in NetCALGARY, Alberta - Interprovincial Pipe Line Ltd. announce

IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT BOTHERS SOME ALASKA hands it's the way anti- developmen t environmentalist

The Japanese Export-Import Bank approved a $373.3 million loan to finance refinery modernization and

A major Japanese importer has taken North American Bear Co. under its arm and will distribute its pl

Drug smugglers beware. The Coast Guard has added four high-speed, high-tech boats to its fig

Italy has no immediate plans to send minesweepers to the gulf and still believes the United Nations

The mysterious appearance of mines in waters outside the Persian Gulf has dramatically raised the st

The U.S. Navy is sending an unspecified number of small patrol boats to bolster its escort of Kuwait

The Greeks, who have seen themselves grow steadily poorer for two years in a row, have received a wa

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

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

Singer Engelbert Humperdinck, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's son and 91 other passengers

Intermodal Transportation Assoc., second annual conference and expo, Sept. 8-11, New York Penta Hote

The original partners in a new European computer reservation system - Galileo - have announced a com

Manufacturers Joins New York ExchangeManufacturers Hanover became a member of the New York S

Gasoline supplies continued to decline and distillate oil inventories edged upward last week, accord

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

County agricultural inspectors, who stayed off the job to protest ongoing contract negotiations, hav

A railway labor group is asking a U.S. district court to force the nation's railroads to negotiate w

A petition against the government takeover of Scindia Steam Navigation Co. was withdrawn in Bombay h

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The chances of finding oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Alaska's northeastern coast are

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

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

The U.S. Customs Service's latest application of its staged entry policy is showing wrinkles that te

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

Unloading Unlimited's name fits. The company has unloaded an unlimited amount of dry-bulk co

The market for controlled release pharmaceutical products is expected to reach $3.8 billion by 1991,

Dowling Fuel Co., a medium-sized, 24-hour, full-service fuel oil company based here, boasts a multim

A $345 million program to deepen the Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay channels in New York harbor is the

Salomon Brothers successfully automated a linkup for executing and clearing equity trades between it

Transcon Broadens Coverage in HawaiiORANGE, Calif. - Transcon Lines said it has broadened it

Growth in seaborne imports and exports slowed in the first quarter compared with the fourth quarter