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U.S. workers are likely to see inflation outrun their wage increases in 1987, according to the Confe

Sharp declines in farm land values and other economic crunches have eroded tax revenues so much in s

The environment ministers of the 12 European Community nations failed to agree on a plan to cut air

China's coal output this year is expected to top 870 million tons, the official Xinhua news agency s

Members of an Indonesian delegation signed contracts worth US$54 million with Japanese partners in v

Wilson Plans Action On Offshore DisputeSANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Sen. Pete Wilson, R-Calif., p

Fraud Legislation Under Way in Pa.HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Senate, by a vote of 50

There has been many a slip over the past three decades in the development of a tractor capable of h

U.S. sales of domestic-made cars improved slightly in mid-November, with substantial sales increases

The Export-Import Bank may start striking back at Japanese export credit practices. Reagan a

GENERAL NEWS The stock market struggled to reach a new record as profit-taking clashed with

Sun Chemical Corp. and Chromalloy American Corp. announced their directorshave approved a merger agr

Mobil Sets ExpansionOf Joliet UnitMobil Chemical Co.'s Polystyrene Business Group an

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. obtained exclusive marketing rights to an advanced system for monitori

Larry Killeen, port of Tacoma executive director, has been elected to the board of the American Asso

European shipowners are still digesting the dramatic news that United States Lines had filed for Cha

Malcom McLean's grand designs for United States Lines haven't exactly worked out the way he planned,

The New York Stock Exchange said it is reviewing the eligibility for continued listing of McLean Ind

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Hyman Freightways Operating BarberST. PAUL, Minn. - Hyman Freightways received temporary ope

Iran Says Output Cut Vital to Oil Price HikeNICOSIA, Cyprus - An Iranian government official

Cheysson in Brazil BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community's commissioner for Latin Ameri

Anti-apartheid campaigners here will be stepping up their efforts to persuade the more than 100 U.K.

The champagne corks were popping in a central city hotel Tuesday as executives of the Garrett Group

A high-level U.S. transportation mission in Asia for nearly three weeks to promote equal opportuniti

Existing homes were sold at an annual rate of 3.76 million units in October, the second highest leve

Rising stocks of U.S. soymeal and soyoil are slowing the weekly soybean crush and hitting crushing

A West German container vessel found itself at the center of a bizarre incident at Buenos Aires dock

North Central Maritime, Duluth, Minn., asked the Maritime Administration for permission to sell the

A public opinion poll indicates support for a wide range of solutions to the liability insurance pro

Ocean Transport Escapes TakeoverNew Zealand financier Ron Brierley, who has built up stakes

Combustion Engineering Inc. was awarded a $115 million contract by the Arizona Nuclear Power Project

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Black labor leaders still favor U.S. corporate disinvestment from South Africa, but they are concern

McLean Industries Inc. and two of its subsidiaries, United States Lines Inc. and United States Lines

Private sector direct investment abroad by Japan is rapidly approaching an overall total of $130 bil

BANKINGSouth African business executives term Barclays Bank's pullout from South Africa a se

A port's labor force can be one of a port authority's most valuable marketing tools, the executive d

China has conducted one-third of the world's radioactive breeding of grain and other agricultural pr

The 41,578-deadweight-ton U.S.-flag barge carrier Stonewall Jackson, en route Aqaba for Hampton Road