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Delta Combines Small Package ServicesDelta Air Lines and its three Delta Connection carriers

The Agriculture Department lowered slightly the estimated cotton production in this crop year to 9.7

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. said it acquired 36 properties in the Northwest for about $400 milli

General Re Names Ferguson ChairmanSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. announced that Ronald E

Auto Imports Contribute To MPA Cargo GainImported automobile traffic helped marine terminals

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

The Northwest European spot oil market steadied in response to tentative signs that the Organization

The $7.7 billion new loan facility being arranged for Mexico shows the world's financial system has

Some of the nation's largest profitable corporations will be able to legally avoid federal income ta

GENERAL NEWSThe folks at Digital Microwave Corp. hope a dish on every roof becomes as common

Jamaica has simplified its government bureaucracy in hopes of attracting more foreign investors.

United States Lines Inc. and USL S.A. have been authorized to collect several million dollars that t

The port of Portland is getting ready to handle double-stack unit trains. The port commissio

The world grain glut of the last five years shouldn't be taken as a sign of bountiful supplies and l

The Soviet Union appears headed for a grain harvest far larger than envisioned earlier by U.S. forec

The largest graphic arts materials company in the world is about to be formed. It will result from t

Insurance companies would not need legislative charters to incorporate in Rhode Island under a propo

Large companies are harder to do business with electronically because of their large bureaucracies,

Iraq announces that its planes struck a vessel in the gulf, off the coast of Iran. State-run

Trade with developing countries created more U.S. jobs over the past decade than those lost to compe

S. African Interest Sold DALLAS - Diamond Shamrock Corp. said it completed the sale of all i

Industry analysts fear Argentina's telephone expansion program may become a victim of President Raul

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Boston Edison Co.'s emergency procedures at its Pilgrim nucle

San Diego Gas and Electric Co. eliminated nearly 200 positions since June andplans more trim

The folks at Digital Microwave Corp. hope a dish on every roof becomes as common as a chicken in eve

McGregor Sea and Air Services, a leading United-Kingdom-based freight forwarder, said it acquired a

As merchant marine academies around the nation vie for funds and graduates for jobs, Maine Maritime

The 1986-87 Houston Handbook and Industrial Guide has been made available free of charge by the Port

Japan's economy will remain sluggish over the next year or two, a leading Asian expert predicted.

Incoming Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen announced the names of senators he has chos

Christmas bonuses are a thing of the past, says a management consultant, and a survey indicates comp

Warring camps have begun maneuvering to choose the battleground for the next federal budget fights a

China's Oil Industry Optimistic on OutputChina's oil industry is expected to surpass its 198

Many New Jersey residents go without quality medical care because they can't afford it, according to

From the beginning I must admit to a certain prejudice against travel services and products - and bo

For the week ended Nov. 29, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

Chinese citizens who have become prosperous under China's economic reforms will have to pay an inco

Despite a diminished share for exports in total sales, Brazilian auto parts manufacturers boosted fo

A company that got its start grading railroad routes across Indian Territory, as Oklahoma was once k

Celanese Corp. acquired a $12 million equity interest in Codon, a privately held biotechnology compa