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A loose-knit international research organization is providing the world with sufficient food to feed

International Cargo Handling Coordination Association, U.S. National Committee. Luncheon. Nov. 12 at

Inter-Continental Hotels claims it invented the concept of the frequent stay program back in 1984.

High premiums are being charged - and paid - for American Eagles, the newly introduced U.S. gold bul

Finmeccanica, the Italian state-controlled holding company, announced it has accepted Fiat's takeove

Four more creditors put their names to the restructuring plan for Wah Kwong Shipping & Investment Co

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Veronex Resources Ltd. received an official certificate of commerciality from Pertamina, the Indones

IMC Carbon Products Inc., Mundelein, Ill., shipped 38,481 metric tons of petroleum coke to Belgium d

Charter flights mean big business these days for the supersonic Concorde. The plane is in de

Executives from an Ithaca-based computer manufacturer, Ironics Inc., are in Bombay, India, this week

Rice Production Fell In South Korea in '86SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's rice production

Sixty-nine percent of the members of the National Cattlemen's Association, who responded to a recent

A Greek state-owned bank has financed a new truck ferry service to Italy in an attempt to avoid an a

Spot market prices for November natural gas delivered through the Natural Gas Clearinghouse rose an

Brazil faces a foreign trade disaster with declining surpluses that could force a return to talks wi

The Conference Board's index of help-wanted advertising held steady in September following a three-m

The nation's major retailers reported that retail sales, especially those of apparel, picked up in O

Energy Assistance Available in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES - About $78 million in federal energy a

Donald Carson, the third-ranking officer of the International Longshoremen's Association, says he is

The Storli Shipping Co. received official permission to transfer the last two of its six Polish-buil

Port officials in Bordeaux are trying to find new traffic to reverse a decline in cargo volume resu

The Federal Maritime Commission announced the following petitions for ocean freight forwarder licens

Even before it begins, a summit meeting today between President P.W. Botha and 200 business leaders

West Germany's thriving plastics industry was bursting with confidence on the eve of K'86, the 10th

General Motors Corp. announced it will close 11 plants employing 29,000 people in four states.

Nineteen U.S. and Asian companies will take part in international bidding for Cook Inlet oil in June

One of Canada's major petrochemical groups is joining the ranks ofproducers setting up in Singapore,

GENERAL NEWSRetailers posted strong sales in October. Page 2A The Conference Board's index

GENERAL NEWSRetailers posted strong sales in October. Page 2A The Conference Board's index

Takeover speculation and restructuring plans continued in the stock market Thursday but they were mo

The U.S. dollar moved slightly lower Thursday in nervous, volatile trading fueled by numerous rumors

The New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced a joint task force that wi

Chinese Exchange Bows PEKING - Shanghai opened a currency exchange center where foreign inve

LA Firm to Provide Embassy WorkersA Los Angeles company won a $10 million contract to provid

Mexican Ford Plant Opens for US ExportMercury Tracers are heading to the United States from

Transamerica Airlines Sells Seven FreightersOAKLAND, Calif. - Transamerica Airlines said it

Efforts by states to persuade Health Maintenance Organizations to accept the poor and the poor to ac

With virtually every sector of shipping facing several more grim years, top industry representatives

Politburo member Yegor K. Ligachev said that the Soviet Union expects a grain harvest of 210 million