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Ryder System Inc. saved $3 million in health-care costs in 1986 through the installation of several

A pilot program in six areas of New York State to be covered by a catastrophic health coverage plan

Diamond-Star Motors Corp., taking shape amid the cornfields on the west edge of this central Illino

Six years ago, an airline executive with a new idea sent three planes into the skies from a backwate

For all the electronic products he has helped engineer and all the patents he holds, William R. Hewl

European spot oil prices moved very little last week, with North Sea Brent crude trading in a narrow

GENERAL NEWSMidwest heads for moderate economic growth, according to many experts. Page 2A

Cumberland Farms Inc. executives will travel to the Mideast this month seeking oil supplies for a Ne

While the war between Iran and Iraq is a "wild card" as far as forecasting prices is concerned, nati

There are 10 steps to marketing success when it comes to selling U.S. farm products to foreign buyer

Australian beef exports are expected to rise to 340,900 metric tons in 1988, up from an estimated 32

Premier Jacques Chirac said a new round of negotiations over a financial dispute with Iran began las

Monomer prices increased while plastics prices generally slipped over the last 30 days, according to

A growing number of shippers are turning to specialized truck leasing companies to retain more contr

Fourteen Caribbean nations have attracted pledges of $1.5 billion from foreign governments and aid a

It's already been a very long year, jokes Don Gregory, export director of James Burrough PLC, as he

Still in limbo after three years, the foreign trade zone in Everett exists in name only. The

Democrats and Republicans chose key chairmen and ranking minority members for the House Merchant Mar

Design students at a California art college, working under a federal highway safety grant, have come

Standard & Poor's Corp. announced its credit assessment of South Korea as part of its program of pro

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

Now available from Nufax Ltd. is Karousel, a multilingual visual display unit. The unit can display

Japan exported 6.6 million motor vehicles in 1986, 1.9 percent fewer than the previous year, the Jap

Traffic through the St. Lawrence Seaway last year was up slightly, thanks to a late season surge.

Japanese net purchases of foreign bonds and stocks soared to a record high of $100.1 billion last ye

There were 24,999 metric tons of corn and 1,595 running bales of cotton exported to China in Decembe

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has been "unresponsive" to changes in the cattle industry, but exist

Across the Arab Gulf states the story is essentially the same. After a decade of sustained g

Buoyed by the success of a one-day general strike in mid-January that brought this country's main ci

The Japanese have managed to persuade Australian coking coal producers to reduce their prices by aro

The Midwest is heading for a year of moderate economic growth in 1987 according to many experts, but

GENERAL NEWSMidwest heads for moderate economic growth, according to many experts. Page 2A

CSX Transportation opens its new intermodal terminal in Atlanta today. The new terminal is the large

Pratt & Whitney Gets China Pact for EnginesEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - The People's Republic of C

Commercial Credit Co. named Joseph P. DeAlessandro chairman and chief executive of Commercial Credit

UK North Sea Output Declined in DecemberBritish oil output from the North Sea fell in Decemb

Transco Energy Co. reported fourth quarter net income of $14.6 million, or 57 cents a common share,

Jan de Koning, the Dutch minister for social affairs and employment, called for talks between the Ro

The diverse interests of steamship lines, shippers, economists, governments and labor came together

Regional railroads - or short lines, as they are called by most in the railroad industry - have comb