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By harvest's end, the 1986-87 U.S. cotton crop could drop to 9.5 million to 9.6 million bales, sever

I.C.H. Corp., a Louisville, Ky.-based insurance holding company, said it is acquiring 9.9 percent of

Auto insurance rates can vary as much as 300 percent in California, depending on where the driver li

NJ Youths Write Rap On Seat Belt UseNEWARK, N.J. - Three eighth graders from the Bergen St.

The number of serious crimes reported to police rose 8 percent in the first half of 1986, the bigges

One burglar's skull was smashed with an ax handle. An electrified booby trap killed a thief leaving

Dillingham Ship Repair unilaterally put a new work contract into effect this week, triggering a prot

Stung by an average 18 percent authorized increase in hospital rates, various segments of Connecticu

Irgens Larsen A/S of Oslo will take over the operation of three advanced refrigerated ships ordered

Thailand to Barter Rice For Iranian Crude OilNICOSIA, Cyprus - Surat Osathanukroh, Thai comm

Proposals for an independent shipping registry generally have been welcomed by local shipowners, tho

Several hundred Haitians, who have been in Cuba since their ferry was hijacked two months ago, were

Portland, Dallas Named Air Gateways to TokyoPORTLAND, Ore. - As expected, President Reagan h

An effort to revive land claim settlement negotiations between the Puyallup Indian Tribe and the por

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will lobby for greater market access to the European Comm

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York said increases in electricity use among commercial and office cu

The head of Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales, Argentina's state oil corporation, claimed investment

A pact between United Parcel Service and Yamato Transport Co., a Japanese package carrier will allow

Iveco Trucks Offers Rebates on PurchasesBLUE BELL, Pa. - Beginning Oct. 15, Iveco Trucks wil

Swissair Picks Atlanta For New US GatewaySwissair has chosen Atlanta, the second largest air

Refining has turned out to be the bright spot in the petroleum industry's year of the great price co

Nissan Diesel America Inc. announced it will introduce a Class 7 tractor to the U.S. market. The new

The future of People Express Corp. remained uncertain following the government's tentative approval

IML Air Courier, a London-based unit of British & Commonwealth Holdings PLC, is planning to use its

Gelco Corp. said it has found potential buyers for five of the company's units that it intends to se

Retail truck sales fell in September for all but the lightest classes of trucks, according to the Mo

Alaska Air Group Inc. reported third quarter net income increased to $17.9 million, or $1.43 a share

Air Cargo Association, monthly meeting. Oct. 16, Viscount Hotel at JFK International Airport. Speak

The little red caboose is going the way of the little red schoolhouse. And if railroad manag

Mugabe, Kaunda Meet VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe - Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and Zambian Pres

The following are the results of Wednesday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge fre

The House and the Senate are expected to vote today or Friday on the Reagan administration's plan to

The two companies operating Suriname's bauxite industry have been granted temporary relief of paymen

Developing countries hurt by drought, the drop in oil prices or soaring foreign debt are falling far

Deregulation and expanded intermodalism often have been chaotic, but until trucks can fly and trains

Bucking German business tradition, Hesse state is using public funds to help finance young entrepre

The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council, whose members include the chief executives of large U.

The two-year-old Commission on the Merchant Marine and Defense still has a staff but no commissioner

READ ALL ABOUT IT! ILA UNDERCUTS TEAMSTERS! Yep, that's the way things appear to have worked out in

Everhard to Speak At Houston LuncheonConrad H.C. Everhard, chairman and chief executive offi