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Waterman Steamship Corp. asked a U.S. district court to halt the acquisition by American President L

The nation's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine is a symbol of the United States' new military

Although the island of Taiwan has virtually no local market for pleasure boats because security cons

Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. is fighting to win back shippers lost by the Rock Island Railroad when

The first part of a Jamaican government effort to divest its largest commercial bank has been oversu

Charles I. Hiltzheimer replaced William B. Bru as chairman and chief executive of United States Line

Willy de Clercq, the European Community's external trade commissioner, said he will meet U.S. Trade

Mobile's Grain Elevator Setting Daily RecordsMOBILE, Ala. - The public grain elevator at Mob

Norway, the only Western industrialized nation to openly collaborate with OPEC, probably will contin

Bangladesh Gets Grant To Buy US WheatDHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh will receive a Japanese

Iraqi warplanes have struck and "immobilized" the Iranian shuttle tanker Free Enterprise, in the sec

Consumers Power Co. asked two companies to submit proposals for the design and construction of a nat

Essex Hikes Sulfuric Acid,Oleum PricesEssex Industrial Chemicals Inc., a subsidiary

Goldome Savings Bank said it agreed to acquire Smith, Treiber and Wittig independent insurance agent

The Supreme Court agreed to review whether trademarked goods may be importedfrom abroad for

The Interstate Commerce Commission adopted final rules outlining how trucking companies should ask f

Touring Chinese Mill BEIJING - Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, in China on an officia

Taba Talks Begin GENEVA - Israeli and Egyptian delegations are preparing for the official in

Bank of America said Monday it had agreed to sell its consumer trust business to Wells Fargo Bank fo

Top Stories New vessels set to enter major container routes are likely to worsen problems of

The Canadian and U.S. business communities must make a public display" of their support for a bilate

The U.S. plans to push for an intergovernmental producer-consumer forum to exchange data on the copp

Westinghouse Nuclear International Inc. and BBC Brown, Boveri and Co. Ltd. were awarded a joint cont

Washington public port officials are calling on the U.S. government to prohibit foreign crane operat

The domestic market will ease restrictions on cigarettes, wine and beer produced in the United State

Two consumer groups, saying the federal government hasn't been tough enough on states that let motor

Australia's wool industry has made a dramatic comeback to support the country's exports, but its fut

Federal regulation of the insurance business could prove economically harmful," a New York lawmaker

NORTH COMES SOUTH: Canada is bidding to raise its profile in Singapore with a trade and investment c

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. says Connecticut tort reform is a major factor in its decision not to seek

If NASA is to rebuild successfully the United States' splintered space program, much of the repair w

GENERAL NEWSBusiness economists project moderate growth and higher inflation in 1987, with l

The airline that's said repeatedly it is content to be a Northeast regional carrier announced it is

SFSP NOTES: Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. today will ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to ta

An Agriculture Department livestock economist says the nation's cattle inventory continues to declin

Rice production forecasts for Thailand for 1986-87 (January-December) have been reduced to 18 millio

Iran was forced to increase its imports of refined petroleum products to some 300,000 barrels a day

The Standard Oil Co. formed Standard Oil Finance, a unit of the company organized as a profit center

Rhode Island's state Energy Assistance Office next month will begin a three- year program aimed at h

WASHINGTON - The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of c