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Farmers are getting ready to harvest another bumper wheat crop despite efforts to trim production by

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

Now that a spaghetti millionaire has purchased more than 21 miles of right of way, the controversial

President Reagan hinted that he might welcome Soviet participation in major international economic a

Studies as early as 1980 showed serious side effects with the pain reliever Suprol, which was pulled

Two Japanese oil companies, Cosmo Oil Co. and Kyodo Oil Co., separately have decided to start tradin

Lee Eichhorst and Hyun Jung Shin have something in common: soybeans. Mr. Eichhorst grows them in Ill

Research into robotics is necessary for automation to achieve its full potential as a competitive we

SEA-LAND SERVICE INC. (Menlo Park, N.J.) - Richard E. Murphy was named vice president and general ma

GENERAL NEWS The Conference Board says U.S. business leaders are more optimistic about curre

Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole Monday unveiled new rules aimed at forcing truck and

Ask just about anyone in the Southern California trade community if the Greater Los Angeles World Tr

It took a truck two weeks to move a huge air compressor 40 miles from an assembly plant to dockside

The Navy has selected Baltimore to homeport the USNS Comfort, one of its two hospital ships.

Ask a California driver these days - traffic is a mess and getting worse. The state's love affair wi

Despite Brazil's huge foreign and domestic debts, the government of President Jose Sarney today will

Hoechst Celanese Corp. announced that The Sterling Group Inc., Houston, has been selected as the pro

The removal of daily limits on futures contracts traded at the Commodity Exchange Inc., which went i

Dow Chemical U.S.A. announced it will increase prices of its high-perform ance thermal fluids, in bu

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which has been in continuous existence longer than any other scheduled air

North American transportation concerns and European-based companies are moving closer to reaching ou

A refinancing package to service The College of Insurance's $19.2 million construc tion debt include

U.S. business leaders are slightly more optimistic about current economic conditions, but they are c

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Monday on the market's new sentiment that a variety of events will lead

A second maritime union stepped into the fight over allowing the Kuwait-owned tankers coming under U

A 35-knot U.S.-built vessel is to be used in cruise service on the British Columbian coast.

Air Freight Shipments Rose 11.6 percent in AprilThe 21 air cargo carriers reporting through

Bank of New Zealand Earnings Up SharplyWELLINGTON, New Zealand - Bank of New Zealand's profi

A young Japanese pitcher on loan to the minor league Miami Marlins from the Tokyo Giants, when asked

New Englanders will likely face some controlled 5 percent voltage reductions this summer if it gets

Even though the United States gets little of its imported oil directly from the Persian Gulf, an int

GENERAL NEWS The Conference Board says U.S. business leaders are more optimistic about curre

CPC Sells Interests In Asia to AjinomotoENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. - CPC International Inc. anno

Picket lines sprang up across British Columbia Monday as thousands of union workers struck to protes

Smoke Extraction Fans Could Help Save LivesSmoke extraction fans, which will continue operat

A U.S. chemical industry lobby group is urging consideration of the economic impact of a proposed in

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

Piedmont Airlines has sent about 1 million of its frequent flying customers blue envelopes made up t

Top Stories The U.S. government is renewing efforts to boost trade with the Caribbean under