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MKT, Santa Fe Reach Agreement on MergerWASHINGTON Santa Fe Southern Pacific Industries has

Spain's national railway system, Renfe, is suffering heavy losses in passenger and freight revenue d

A Boeing marketing executive says he has been scratching his head trying to figure out why McDonnell

McDonnell Douglas Corp. will announce soon it will build an aircraft assembly plant in Macon, it was

Congressional delays in enacting highway spending legislation are disrupting projects throughout the

For the week ended Dec. 13, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

DHL Worldwide Adds 6 Far East DestinationsREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - DHL Worldwide Express, the

The government's best guess for U.S. industry in the new year is that if industry liked 1986, it'll

Gin drinkers who resisted making a New Year's resolution to give up their favorite tipple should sta

Chinese cities are forging trading links with manufacturing areas in Britain and trying to recruit e

GENERAL NEWSThe Commerce Department expects 1987 to be as good a year as 1986 for industry.

Air cargo handled at the seven airports managed by the British Airports Authority (BAA) increased by

Profits of major U.S. corporations should increase about 20 percent in 1987 over last year, aided by

Last-minute Christmas shoppers helped retailers finish the 1986 holiday shopping season with impress

Orange juice, grapefruit and cattle feed are among the agricultural productsfrom the United

IMF HAITI - Approximately US$25 million from the International Monetary Fund in support of t

Suriname Aluminum Co. is concerned about its idle bauxite mines, which have been shut down for a mon

French ports and the national economy have been hurt by a strike launched in early December by tug b

The steep fall in oil prices and the dollar should help maintain non- inflationa ry industrial growt

December 31, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Proposals to extend low-cost hydropower contracts with 22 western New York industrial ratepayers as

Mobil Oil Corp. announced that its affiliate, Mobil Producing Nigeria, discovered a northwestern ext

There is reason to believe that the Norwegian company K/S Norjarl A/S will cancel the contract for a

Fina Oil and Chemical Co. completed its previously announced purchase of the oil and gas properties

Egypt Increases Oil Export PricesCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt increased the January prices on all gr

Prices have plummeted, energy companies are consolidating, the economies in the energy belt are deva

Supplies of distillate fuel oil and gasoline stocks rose, according to the American Petroleum Insti

The National Coal Association has engaged Virginia Power in the first major skirmish over a law coal

After a series of unhappy experiences with foreign oil companies, the West African republic of Benin

The Tennessee Valley Authority purchased 22,000 tons of coal from Kopper Glo Fuel Inc., Clairfield,

The Ford Electronics and Refrigeration Corp. of Lansdale, Pa., in 1986, saved about $15 million with

The seizure of a record volume of cocaine hidden within two containers brought into the country aboa

Private Owner Buys Swedish Shipping LineShipowners Nordstrom & Thulin AB of Stockholm have t

The Reagan administration is expected, in an unprecedented move, to end special duty-free access for

United States Lines' bid to file for limited protection from creditors in Dutch bankruptcy court was

European wine exports have felt the punch of the tainted wine scandals that shook consumers' confide

Grains Commodity Groups said they were pleased with the U.S. sanctions against European Community im

Borden Trades Wyler For Lipton Noodle UnitBorden Inc. said Tuesday it had exchanged its Wyle

The mild winter so far in the U.S. Midwest has raised concerns in some wheat trading circles that th

Midwest Grain Products Inc. of Atchison, Kan., announced it had acquired the Pillsbury Co.'s local f