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Genesco Amends Agreement With BanksNASHVILLE, Tenn. - Genesco Inc. said it has amended its a

Electricite de France Orders Cray SystemCray Research Inc. said Electricite de France has or

Richard Ferris, chairman of United Airlines, offered to negotiate a plan with the carrier's pilots g

Eastman Kodak Co.'s net income for the first quarter skyrocketed to $178 million, or 79 cents a shar

The Maritime Administration's forthcoming Fleet Management Technology Conference in Baltimore will f

Japanese banks will be the most difficult to integrate into a proposed international system of minim

Sen. Catherine Costa, D-Burlington County, has stirred controversy with a bill that would set strict

For the Senate and the fiscal 1988 budget, either way it's a horse race. The main Democratic

New Yorkers are used to new high-rise construction, but the pyramid-shaped Zeckendorf Towers nearing

The House approved, 290-137, comprehensive trade legislation, including provisions unacceptable to P

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone pledged to lower still further Japanese interest rates, to

Workers compensation insurers will need price increases of as much as 18 percent to offset higher ta

Travelers Corp. has adopted a standard communication link with a Vermont insurance agency in the hop

The World Bank is moving ahead to set up an affiliate that would add about $1 billion in ca pacity t

A top Treasury official warned that the government would have to default on May 28 unless Congress i

The World Bank and other multilateral aid agencies will help finance up to $40 billion in highway pr

West Coast manufacturers who use steel in their production process have been hit with a double whamm

Fujitsu Ltd., Japan's largest computer maker, said Thursday it plans to buy about $1.4 million worth

Thanks to the tariffs recently levied on some Japanese products, you may have a difficult time findi

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

Delegates from 31 countries have agreed to freeze production and imports of four chlorofluorocarbons

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. reported that its petrochemical sales increased 72 percent in 1986, und

CF Systems Corp., a hazardous waste management subsidiary of Arthur D. Little Inc., will sell a mino

U.S. supporters of free and fair trade say they fought a good fight over the Gep hardt amendment and

U.S. free traders oppose a number of proposals now being considered in Congress and by the administr

'8900' Lines Announces Container Rate HikesThe "8900" Lines announced it is continuing its r

GENERAL NEWS Ford out-earns GM and Chrysler combined during the first quarter. Page 2AOrder

Congress is being asked to crack down on a widely popular boat paint that is a boon for barnacle-hat

The Interstate Commerce Commission is considering expanding the urban zones within which truckers ca

Turned away by Mexico, Belize and four U.S. states, a barge filled with 3,000 tons of New York garba

California employers have been slow to start drug-testing programs and to fire employees who test po

Lloyd's of London hasn't done much with life insurance and reinsurance over 299 years and the New Yo

Stock and bond prices soared Thursday as the dollar firmed on news of apparently coordinated interes

Mexico Names Chief Of Foreign InvestmentManuel Armendariz Etchegaray has been named head of

All components of Hong Kong's trade showed sharp gains in March, both against February and compared

Congress is going to repeal another provision of the 1978 natural gas law that was supposed to have

Turkish steelmaker TDCI is extremely dissatisfied with initial shipments of coking coal it has recei

With "several hot prospects" for sales in the offing and the likelihood of further expansion in the

Market Strengthens For Mastic GumForeign producers of mastic gum have their eyes set on the

IBM announced that it has developed a process to spray-paint large and complex surfaces with high-te