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FFE Transportation Services Inc., one of the nation's largest refrigerated carriers, acquired the We

The debate over whether heavy trucks should use front brakes to increase safety may give way to a qu

US, Soviets Meet GENEVA - U.S. and Soviet negotiators on space and defense met Tuesday for s

Nicaragua's trade deficit is expected to reach $608 million this year due largely to the United Stat

Japan registered a current account surplus of $7.05 billion in August, offfrom $8.03 billion

The premier of Canada's Ontario Province, David Peterson, attended signing ceremonies for three join

Zhao Talks of Taiwan PEKING - Premier Zhao Ziyang held out the olive branch to Taiwan and a

Edwards Named VPAt APCOAKLAND, Calif. - Jack Edwards was named to the new posi- tio

Scandal again swirled around Argentina's financial markets as the government's top tax official poin

Burtek, a subsidiary of the French electronics firm Thomson CSF, signed a $5 million original equipm

President Reagan and Jacques de Larosiere, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, urge

GENERAL NEWSThe government's main gauge of future economic activity fell in August for the t

Hewlett-Packard Co. has unveiled its new generation of disk drives, which are compatible with its ex

The government's main gauge of future economic activity fell in August for the third time in the las

Top Stories The Chinese, fearing a mounting trade deficit, have intensified their push to in

GENERAL NEWSThe government's main gauge of future economic activity fell in August for the t

DOT to Review Service WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole decided t

Andrea Chancellor, energy reporter in the Washington bureau of The Journal of Commerce since April l

Louis W. Gomlick doesn't mince any words when it comes to assessing the state of the shipbuilding in

Negotiators for waterfront employers and the longshoremen's union sought to avert a dock strike begi

The $13.3 billion U.S. foreign trade deficit in August, a substantial improvement over July's record

The banker smiled as he bolted the last of his martini and reached for another jumbo shrimp.

Resin Output Increases6.1 percent for JulyProduction of plastics resins totaled 3.63

The 1984 fire that killed 27 workers in the Wilberg Mine was caused when an air compressor was inadv

The government-owned National Power Corp. is considering building a coal- fired electricity plant to

The petroleum coke market is a speculative spot market where sales are not conducted on a long-term

Prices Lower Than ListedFor VanillanVanillan is available from some suppliers at pri

The Senate has unanimously approved a provision boosting the sugar quota from the Philippines by 27.

The Du Pont Co. announced that it has entered into a multimillion dollar research agreement with Adv

Monsanto Co. announced that it will post an after-tax gain of $114 million, or $1.46 a share, in the

An Australian waterfront industry review committee has been set up to recommend ways to improve effi

James N. Crumbley, a veteran of more than 40 years in the marine terminal business, announced he pla

Merck & Co. said that its subsidiary Calgon Corp. has completed the purchase of the water management

An internal struggle is under way within the Canadian government agency charged with looking after 1

Johnson & Johnson and Becton, Dickinson & Co. reached an out-of-court settlement of Johnson & Johnso

Atlantic Container Line confirmed that the South Korean yard Hyundai has won the contract to lengthe

The U.S. farmer needs a "square deal" in the international market, former Agricul ture Secretary Orv

EC to Subsidize French Sale to USSRBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community will subsidize

Peru's gold, silver, copper and lead exports fell in the January-July period, according to the centr

Two-thirds of China's timber-producing districts will be depleted in the next decade if trees contin