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After several years of discussion, Panama's plan to build a major container transshipment center aro

The United States' 1987 sugar import quota of 1 million tons will be disastrous for countries highly

The EC is scheduled to give USDA reports describing the modifications individual U.S. meat processin

Time is running out on efforts to avert a new clash between the United States and the European Commu

The new "Taiwan flu" is spreading across the United States, federal health officials say. Th

Geneva-Based Airline Orders Four MD-87sMcDonnell Douglas Corp. said Compagnie De Transport A

A cargo of North Sea Brent crude for delivery in February changed hands at $17 a barrel on Friday, i

Argentine oil output fell again last month to about 12.1 million barrels, the state oil corporation,

This summer, the A.M. Best Co. was an unquestioned authority for the small insurance agent. If Best

A.N.R. Robinson, the new prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, will have a difficult first year in

More than 300 unsecured creditors of a local unit of the Deak Perera finance house are being offered

Moller Names M. LauridsenTo New PostMoller Steamship Co. promoted Mogens Lauridsen t

A wrongful discharge suit was filed against Lockheed Corp. by a computer specialist who claims he wa

Low commodity prices on international markets and increasing domestic costs are hammering mining com

Lilly Industrial Coatings Inc. and London Laboratories Limited announced an agreement in principle p

The West Indies Shipping Corp., which has been subsidized by its Caribbean government owners, will h

After 22 days of mistakes and problems, salvage crews Friday removed a wrecked Niagara River barge t

Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York says it is extending for another year its program paying an ex

Manville Corp.'s complex reorganization plan, which includes two multimilliondollar trusts t

Mexico will continue to limit oil exports in hope that OPEC's newly lowered production quotas will s

Belgian tug crews returned to work Friday evening following the settlement of a week-long dispute ov

A laissez-faire philosophy that allows market forces to determine prices for goods and services is r

Price Increases Announced by Olin Olin Corp. announced an increase in off-list prices for it

Lauhoff Grain to Get Coal Cogeneration PlantBabcock & Wilcox will install a coal-fired cogen

Mexico's problems often have been traced to the runaway spending that followed the nation's discover

Toyota Sees 1 percent Decline In Production Next YearToyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest aut

Low commodity prices on international markets and increasing domestic costs are hammering mining com

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Charges imposed by the Plaquemines, La., Port, Harbor & Terminal District are again before the Feder

Financial institutions in Canada have responded generally in positive fashion to the government's de

Peat Marwick International, a Toronto-based holding company for the U.S. accounting firm Peat Marwic

Analysts see clear sailing ahead for the stock market, now that the triple witch ing hour has passed

LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES: The railroad industry may come up with its own version of regulatory reform

Improved financial performance by two struggling truck lines highlights this week's Journal of Comme

The governments of France, West Germany and Great Britain agreed in principle to hold talks with the

Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's next managing director, will face an array of pr

Bulldozers grunt and jackhammers clatter at rising hotels and shopping malls. Well-dressed workers j

Toyota Sees 1 percent Decline In Production Next YearToyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest aut

The state Public Service Commission's policy requiring consumers to pay for charitable contributions

One of the biggest developments in the United States' ocean transportation business in recent years