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G. Gitner Named CEOAt AtascoGerald L. Gitner, former president of Texas Air Corp., w

The following table lists the spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and

Last week's million-ton European wheat sale to the Soviet Union was subsidized at a rate of about $1

Chase Manhattan Bank is getting tougher in its battle with Wah Kwong Shipping & Investment Co. Ltd.

The silence of strike-bound Port Elizabeth was broken Wednesday night by a celebratory blast on the

The Society of Marine Consultants. Symposium on the use of expert witnesses in legal disputes involv

Bergen-based shipowners Petter Sundt and Morten Bergesen have decided to buy the total 49.7 percent

The E.I. du Pont de Nemours Co. completed its acquisition of the U.S. assets of Shell Agricultural C

Phillips 66 Cuts PriceOf Ryton R-7PASADENA, Texas - Phillips 66 Co. slashed the pric

Merck & Co. and Imperial Chemical Industries PLC completed worldwide licensing agreements covering t

A recent surge in the consumption of ethylene has brought the industry's profit margins back up and

Hospital Corp. of America and the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology PLC announced the formation of

The U.S. dollar declined against the deutsche mark Thursday, but was mixed against other major curre

Union Carbide Corp. is offering its electronic components business for sale. Bids from all p

After two days of respectable gains, the stock market drifted aimlessly in lethargic fashion Thursda

Bethlehem Steel Corp. said it intends to sell its High Power Mountain coal mining complex and other

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

The tentative New Orleans longshore contract gives employers an overtime-pay savings that union offi

Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh announced a 12-point legislative tort reform program that he said

North East Insurance Co. said it plans to appeal an order by the Maine Insurance Department that que

Pa. House Passes P/C LegislationProperty/casualty insurance companies doing business in Penn

IN THE DARK AGES OF LEADERSHIP: John A. Diemand, they need you now. The annual meeting of th

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West Coast ports are preparing to handle cargo diverted from North Atlantic ports because of the doc

Shippers said they are assessing their alternatives and watching news developments closely in the fa

"We're going to do our thing," J.H. "Buddy" Raspberry, the Southern chief of the International Longs

Thomas W. Gleason, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, reportedly wants the u

Approximately 15 vessels were immobilized at piers at U.S. North Atlantic ports because of the walko

State governments can help reduce the nation's persistent international trade deficit with improveme

Honecker to Moscow BERLIN - Erich Honecker, the Communist Party leader and president of East

The federal government can help rid the highways of fatigued truck drivers by requiring on-board rec

Libyan-Tunisian Ties? TUNIS, Tunisia - The official Libyan radio claimed Tunisia is prepared

October 4-8 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Industrial Power Conference, Pittsburgh Hilt

The government newspaper Izvestia said the No. 1 reactor of the Chernobyl power station has produced

NY Approves Sale Of HydropowerBUCHANAN, N.Y. - The New York Power Authority approved 15-year

Fortunately the examples of business travelers blatantly defrauding their own companies by falsifyin

6 Pa. Drivers Challenge Conn. Licensing LawHARTFORD, Conn. - Six Pennsylvania truck drivers

The impact the International Longshoreman's strike against North Atlantic ports will have on double-

Pan Am Outlines Plan For La Guardia, DullesPan American World Airways has contracted to sell

Southern-based trucking companies agree it's too early to tell if the ILA walkout will result in mor