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Ryder System Buys 3 School Bus CompaniesRyder System Inc. said it purchased, for an undisclo

Japanese corporations invested more than $9 billion in U.S. businesses, manufacturing plants and rea

Western Europe's system of target zones" for keeping different currencies in line with one another h

An uncertain stock market moved nervously up and down Wednesday as analysts looked over their collec

January 28, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

GENERAL NEWSConstruction contracting increased 5 percent in 1986 to a record $243.3 billion,

The government has decided to double the number of authorized foreign cigarette retail shops to 1,00

The Sri Lankan government reduced freight charges on tea exports to Australia and Pakistan, a statem

A Pittsburgh-based firm is organizing an investor group to purchase 333 miles of rail track in Wisco

Japanese semiconductor chip manufacturers are continuing to dump their products on third-world marke

J.L. Wade has a passenger train for sale but he might have trouble finding a buyer. It's not

Congressional leaders welcomed the Reagan administration's trade proposals but indicated they don't

Developing countries could be the engine pulling the world economy forward in 1987, a U.N. report sa

Belgium's largest shipbuilding company, Boelwerf, has agreed to a government financing plan to save

Between 1979 and September last year about 6.7 million tons (49.1 million barrels) of crude oil from

Calif. Gasoline Use Tops 1 Billion Gallons AgainSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Californians used more

PORT OF BOSTON - SECOND ANNUAL MARITIME CONFERENCE. On "International Strategies for New England Shi

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. reported a decline of 11 percent in fourth quarter 1986 earnings altho

Merck & Co. Inc. announced that fourth-quarter net income increased 28 percent to $171.8 million fr

French Workers Isolate Coal Region in BlockadeFREYMING-MERLEBACH, France - Demonstrators rai

The New York Power Authority will apply for approval to build an underwater electric transmission ca

A Republican senator said the Department of Energy will delay the targeted completion date for the n

The chief executive of one of the nation's largest coal-buying companiesis offering a proposition th

SETTLING DISPUTES: Most Canadians realize that U.S. trade with Canada, totaling more than $120 bill

Lebanese Travel Curbs WASHINGTON - The State Department announced restrictions on travel to

Foreign US Debt Buying Put at $46.5 BillionPurchases of federal debt by foreign residents ro

Texaco Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $50 million, or 21 cents a share, down from $307 m

Senior Chinese agriculture officials attending a ministerial-level re search seminar here on wheat a

Base metal prices will rise marginally this year, Market and Industry Analyst Metals and Minerals Re

The Board of Governors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange voted to increasemargins for S&P 5

In Silicon Valley, manufacturers of electronic chips are worried. Five years ago, the Japane

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, believes he has a consens

The Voyager's recent flight around the world without refueling was just one of many examples of the

Burlington Northern Inc. may shift its position and oppose the proposed merger of the Santa Fe and S

The manager at American President Lines was shaking his head and moaning. ''We're losing a m

With international sales surging as the value of the dollar declines overseas, Hewlett-Packard Co. o

Officials from the 50 producing countries belonging to the International Coffee Organization began t

United Airlines announced that on April 1 it will discontinue its once a week service to Tokyo from

Spy Satellite Debate LONDON - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government den

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