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Preston Corp. will boost its trucking revenue nearly $60 million a year with the Preston, headqua

France's balance of payments surplus rose to an estimated 8.4 billion francs in the third quarter on

Representatives of seven South Pacific nations signed an environmental convention banning the dumpin

The polyethylene terephthalate film market, which has a 5 percent to 6 percent annual growth rate, i

A judge ruled that Union Carbide Corp. could pay dividends due Dec. 1, but continued a freeze on sal

A woman who claimed she was unjustly fired by San Diego Gas & Electric Co. on the basis of inaccurat

A municipal court judge has begun ordering chronic drunken drivers to the scenes of fatal car crashe

Electronic systems will control the truck of the future, but it may still be years before a central

Canadian Minister of International Trade Pat Carney met with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Min

A new regulation giving enterprises with foreign investment the right to employ workers independentl

Singapore's economy appears likely to maintain its slow recovery, barring any major upsets in the co

The U.S. trade deficit is about to start slowly but steadily declining, despite mixed signals from t

Reverse floating rate yen notes are the latest innovation in the Euromarkets. Six such issue

The Panama Canal will partially reinstate its advance transit booking system Nov. 29 as the waterway

Creditors, competitors, shippers and other industry officials are evaluating how the largest U.S.-fl

Northern Asia will be the center of banking and general economic growth in the region over the next

The Crystal River nuclear power plant is expected to be out of service until mid-December following

Japan's nine electric utilities plan to slash their purchases of imported steam coal between now an

France, which produces about 70 percent of its electricity from nuclear energy, expects to have anot

Two of the major players in the domestic coal buying market, American Electric Power Service Corp.,

Malaysia Signs Deal With Japanese FirmsMalaysia's state energy monopoly, Petronas, signed a

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A U.S.-West German accord similar to the recent Tokyo-Washington joint agreement on ex change rates

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The idea of tying airline ticket and freight taxes to the size of the surplus in the aviation trust

Sir William Hildred: First IATA DirectorGENEVA, Switzerland - The International Air Transpor

The Japanese financial system is in the throes of a top-to-bottom deregulatory process. This

Truck hauls for transporting goods from landlocked Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi through the Northern C

Canada is expected to ask next month for a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade panel to rule whet

The decision by United States Lines to file for Chapter 11 and terminate two of its major services i

2 Named VPs For DivisionsOf Sea-LandMENLO PARK, N.J. - Sea-Land Corp. named Gary T.

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South Korean shipyards reported a sharp increase in orders during the third quarter of the year desp

U.S. officials expect to learn soon whether China is interested in negotiating a new shipping agreem

Nac Re Corp. confirmed that it joined the American Excess Insurance Association to write excess liab

The alchemists of ancient days searched endlessly for a way to make gold from lead. The technologist

P-I-E Nationwide Inc. said it has developed the trucking industry's first electronic bill of lading

Cars on Tidewater Virginia's first High Occupancy Vehicle lanes are a scarce commodity. Only

Maj. Lonnie Craig, a former Virginia State Police investigator, Tuesday was named chief of the Virgi

Ershad to Meet Saudis DHAKA, Bangladesh - President Hussain Muhammad Ershad will visit Saudi