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Ferryboats, rendered obsolete decades ago by tunnels and bridges that speed commuters into the city,

A computer-coordinated freight matching system still under development has some trucking company off

Five years after Black Sunday, as locals refer to the day Exxon USA shut down an oil shale project a

ICC Issues Ruling On GE-Rail DisputeThe Interstate Commerce Commission ruled it has jurisdic

Responding to a worldwide slowdown in the fertilizer industry, BASF AG, will phase out the productio

Yes, he's retiring in a couple of months, but 86-year-old Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason was not in Fort

If Britain's regal cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 were a hotel, passenger Philip Toohey would have ch

The government said Monday it had signed an agreement giving the Consolidated International Petroleu

The Three Mile Island 1 nuclear plan is operating at 100 percent power, GPU Nuclear Corp. said Mond

On protectionism: "I do not agree that protectionism is the magical answer to our problems i

The U.S. Customs Service seized $10 million worth of textile and apparel shipments from China entere

Cigna Corp. Profit Soared in QuarterCigna Corp. reported first quarter operating profit zoom

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Property and casualty insurers in Georgia should freeze rates for at least another year, the state i

Mon., May 4, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Crowley Maritime Corp. vows to fight Navieras de Puerto Rico's bid to buy the ships and South Americ

BCR Lines, a small trans-Atlantic carrier that called the U.S. East Coast with three ships, appears

Malpractice Rate Hike Focus of RI MeetingPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island insurance regulator

The world's fourth-ranking car builder, Nissan Motor Co., is nervous about opening its second car pl

Labor rather than regulatory issues appear to be the main concerns of regional railroad interests, r

Manville Corp. reported first quarter net income of $42.6 million, or $1.52 a share, up from $17.5 m

May 4, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

W. German Company Unveils Storage TankA West German company has developed a way to store hyd

EDS Airs Acquisition Of California CompanyElectronic Data Systems Corp., the computer servic

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Sun Exploration and Production Co. restructured its marketing and business planning unit, and named

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee sees little chance that his committee will approve a to

Bank of China to Issue $135 Million in BondsThe Bank of China will issue about $135 million

The United States and Peru have formally agreed how to settle the shipping dispute between them.

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Alternative Transportation Systems Group opened what company executives claim is the "finest" metal

Gallium arsenide computer chips may be designed for speed, but manufacturers have spent years strugg

Safety and quality performance standards are the route to getting a significant share of Union Carbi

When Lockheed-Georgia phases out production and remodeling of the C-5 aircraft in 1989, about 9,000

The market for nitrogen is reported to be soft due to overcapacity, which has kept contract prices f

DDI Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that it entered into a research agreement with Allelix Inc., Cana

The number of working oil and gas rigs in the United States this week totaled 780, an increase of 15

Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., says Chevron Corp. should pull its refinery operation out of Angola, conten

As the U.S. appetite for imported products increases, use of foreign trade zones is skyrocketing.