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The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies Friday in quiet trading. Dealers said

Lloyds Bank PLC recorded a loss of 516 million ($825 million) for the first half of 1987 after incr

Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange registered their largest single-day gain in history on Friday in

Yugoslavia to Seek Debt ReschedulingBELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia will seek a long-term

Atlantic Container Line named three new district sales managers for thistrans-Atlantic conta

Japan's huge capital accumulation is worrying financial institutions worldwide. While Japane

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Japan Air Lines, soon to become a private company, hopes to cash in on the experience and product de

Questions over the structural integrity of fiberglass tanks used for the underground storage of chem

AVIATION Investors in Bromon Aircraft Co. seek to prove the viability of venture capitol wit

Somewhere within the United States, a group of venture capitalists holds visions of flight, the flig

Byrd to Push Universal Transponder UseSenate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., plans to

WILL THE REAL ADMINISTRATOR PLEASE STAND UP? T. Allan McArtor, the new head of the Federal Aviation

Saab-Scania Reports Higher Sales of TrucksORANGE, Conn. - Saab-Scania AB said exports of Sca

Rockwell International Corp. reported net income for its third quarter was $170.1 million, or 61 cen

One of the nation's largest trucking firms is being told that it's illegal to guarantee satisfaction

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A long-simmering debate over whether the 1980 federal deregulation of the railroad industry went too

A trucking industry representative says a new study demonstrates that fears that the 1981 deregulati

Two heavy truck makers that appeared to be losing ground in recent sales reports in spite of industr

Brock Adams' return to Washington in 1986 was much smoother than his sudden departure eight years ea

James H. Billington leans his chair way back, places the tips of his fingers together, gazes around

Union Carbide Corp. agreed Friday to pay a record $408,500 fine to settle hundreds of contested heal

Senate to Consider Separating AgenciesSen. Wendell Ford, D-Ky., plans to introduce this week

Mass. Insurers Expect Fight Over AIDS TestsLife and health insurers in Massachusetts expect

Nissan Conducting Voluntary Van RecallCARSON, Calif. - Nissan Motor Corp. U.S.A., distributo

Opening U.S. and Canadian domestic trades to the carriers of both countries is an issue again in tra

In the world of theater and insurance, a white mouse with a leading role can command a $5,000 premiu

The merger of two major South Korean ocean carriers, Korea Shipping Corp. and Hanjin Container Lines

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III takes an optimistic tack on the omnibus trade bills passed by

Most of us can imagine the amount of money in a football player's multimillion-dollar contract or th

British Coal faces the prospect of a new strike by miners in its Yorkshire coal fields who have alre

Duke Power customers set a record demand rate for electricity at 4 p.m. Thursday, a company spokesma

Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. in Indiana is trying to buy out a coal contract with

The State Department probably will arbitrate its $42 million construction insurance policy on the U.

Rochester Gas Net Declined in QuarterROCHESTER, N.Y. - Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. repo

Farmers in the United States, who have been through "six rough years," are beginning to regain impor

The U.S. government has publicly promised to delay any threat of sanctions against Iceland for catch

Brock Adams could see the danger in 1979, but few in the Carter administration would listen.