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Preliminary talks leading to creation of a possible joint venture are being held between Airborne Fr

Starcom International Inc., an electronic rate and tariff publishing service, said it will discontin

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. filed a challenge in Commonwealth Court to a Pennsylvania Insurance

On U.S. Imports: 'The United States has become the world's giant shopping mall. The market i

Continental Corp. reported fourth-quarter operating income from continuing operations of $77.6 milli

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices o

A wait and see attitude reigned on the Chicago Board of Trade floor in the days after the CBT member

Japan and china will soon begin negotiations to establish the amount of corn China will export to Ja

Lured by more attractive tax laws back home or spooked by price freezes and rising nationalism here,

GENERAL NEWS The U.S. economy showed signs of re-inflating as the government reported a shar

Consumer confidence, which held at relatively high levels throughout most of 1986, dropped sharply i

The Justice Department's Antitrust Division doesn't support ocean carriers' ef forts to limit provis

Top Aide to Mrs. Dole In Line for DOT PostA top aide to Secretary of Transportation Elizabet

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

Officials at the Seabrook, N.H., nuclear power plant may have been late in notifying public safety o

Prospects for increased sales of rigid plastic containers remain promising, even though growth for t

S. Korea's Posco Selects Steel Plant SuppliersSEOUL, South Korea - The Pohang Iron and Steel

S. Korea's Posco Selects Steel Plant SuppliersSEOUL, South Korea - The Pohang Iron and Steel

Richard E. Lyng, U.S. secretary of agriculture, most likely will visit Japan late in April to press

In the ever-changing world of the credit markets, emphasis will shift this week to Federal Reserve p

The fall in the value of the dollar is making some Japanese auto manufacturers think about importing

Railroad Ties to Fuel Pa. Cogeneration PlantConstruction will begin next month on a cogenera

Alcohol use among young adults has fallen 20 percent and alcohol purchase dropped by 56 percent acco

The Reagan administration is hitting heavy flak with its proposal for restructuring the government's

The Home Group Inc. announced that its board of directors declared a 5-cent- a-share quarterly divid

The U.S. chemical industry is poised for a new wave of product innovations that will be based on mat

The Bank of England has added its voice to calls for a more liberal international trade regime in su

Reaction was restrained to the introduction in Congress of the first of what will be a raft of bills

Tiger International Plans Far East Cargo ServiceA new air cargo service planned by Tiger Int

BCal Official Optimistic On Growth OutlookBritish Caledonian plans to become the leading car

Retail sales of heavy trucks continued their free fall in January despite widespread predictions of

Speculation about the future course of the dollar will continue until Western leaders agree on a dat

Liability Law Vote NEW ORLEANS - The American Bar Association is due to vote here today on w

Troubled Caterpillar Inc. has turned to cost-cutting and long-term efficiency goals, officials of th

A spokesman for developers of a cogeneration plant to serve Newport, R.I., says a Rhode Island Super

The Federal Communications Commission is trying to quell controversy over scrambled satellite televi

The Bank of England has added its voice to calls for a more liberal international trade regime in su

Some maritime union officials are upset over formation of a new, multicraft shipboard union by the S

Consolidated Edison Co. said its Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant, out of action since Tuesday nig

The Dow Chemical Co. announced the sale of Mer-National, its South African pharmaceutical business,