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Sea-Land Corp.'s improved second quarter performance is principally theresult of higher rates and gr

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Yes, New York City has the bananas. But not much else. Bananas and other tropical fruits are

House Rules Committee Chairman Claude Pepper, D-Fla., will force the House to vote on long-term care

A few oil-rig roughnecks thrown out of work by the depression in the industry are back on the job, e

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work this week on a $45 million project to deepen the Mississ

The California wine industry is in one of the most turbulent periods in its history, with jug wines

Residents of the District of Columbia drink wine at more than three times the national rate, while A

A new institution to finance trade in the Caribbean Economic Community is expected to be launched in

A federal appeals court ordered a lower court to reconsider Coca-Cola Co.' sobjections to Procter &

The ongoing semiconductor conflict between the United States and Japan is proving a boon to South Ko

Unlike the U.S. Treasury securities market, where several brokerage companies compete for trades bet

UK Official Reserves Declined in JuneLONDON - Britain's official reserves declined an underl

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

Benzene Output Up, Xylene Off in QuarterProduction of benzene and toluene rose in the first

A state judge has ruled that the airlines which refused to pay Chicago's new fuel taxes while unsucc

WASHINGTON For the week ended June 20 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads

Printed-Circuit Board Assembly Time CutA British company has developed two machines that red

The USS Nimitz, flagship of the nation's nuclear-powered fleet, steams through Puget Sound to ancho

Oakland Port Director Wins Transport AwardWalter A. Abernathy, executive director of the por

The Miami insurance exchange will work very hard" to gain investor confidence now that a potential p

As the Japanese begin to trade foreign futures contracts on a large scale, a more important phenomen

IT WAS A TIME FOR TRIBUTE at the Joint Economic Committee, where Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., this wee

The Federal Emergency Management Agency staff is preparing a report that says the Pilgrim nuclear pl

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia upheld a Delaware law that has been used to stop

To boost coal output, Nigeria - Africa's largest oil producer - has opened coal mining to private o

A wave of unresolved strikes and other labor unrest may derail the Philippines' incipient economic r

The Communist Party this fall will institute democratic-minded reforms, such as decentralization of

Stock prices rose sharply Thursday, as the dollar firmed and bond prices advanced. Analysts

Crosfield Chemicals Inc. has acquired the metasilicate assets of Stauffer Chemical Co., which was re

Australia's transport giant TNT hopes to improve its U.S. operations following the purchase by Austr

U.S. specialists operating from small craft have removed from 10 to 12 mines they think were laid by

The insurance industry says the truck safety issue won't wait until 1990 when the Department of Tran

John C. Fontaine has been named senior vice president and general counsel for Knight-Ridder Inc., ef

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 81,655 cars in domestic factories this week, according to

General Motors Corp. expects production to fall off by as much as 45 percent at its Fisher Guide par

Cigna Extends Cover To 300 Fla. PhysiciansTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - State Insurance Commissioner B

The Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear power plant in Scriba, N.Y., could be running at 20 percent of capacit

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Two Canadian brewery giants say they may have to move to the United States if a free trade deal betw