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China's Science Policy PEKING - China on Tuesday released its first government white paper,

Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige defended the Reagan administration's exchange rate policy before

The United States is prepared to heat up the farm trade war unless European Community ministers agre

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The Reagan administration is unlikely to retaliate against controversial Brazilian computer industry

Mexico wants its debt servicing costs to be cut nearly in half through interest payment deferrals, e

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad is a far more attractive property than when it was first put on t

The arrest of a ship by Chase Manhattan Bank could lead to a stampede by other creditors and sink Wa

When trade ministers from more than 100 countries meet in Punta del Este, Uruguay, next week to laun

A new publishing imprint, Knight-Ridder Press, will publish books on business, personal finance, con

Japan won't be able to meet its official gross national product growth target of 4 percent this fisc

The chemical industry can anticipate improved earnings in the second half of the decade regardless o

French Privatization PARIS - The French government has selected the Compagnie de Saint-Gobai

General Motors Corp. is shutting down production of medium and heavy trucks at its Bedford Commercia

Privatization of hundreds of state-controlled companies in Nigeria, boasting the largest economy in

Investors International Changes Name, MovesInvestors International, an aircraft leasing firm

More than 100 of the world's leading freight companies are represented at the World Freight exhibiti

France's leading airlines are at each others throats over new international routes, particularly in

Pretax profits for the Malaysian Airline System dropped in the year through March 31 on revenues vir

Mark A. Dombroff, a former Justice Department attorney with responsibility for all aircraft and mari

U.S. oil companies continue to knock on the door of Angola despite attempts by the Reagan administra

Thousands of trucks and buses rolling down the nation's highways are being operated by drivers who

Japan Air Lines took delivery of its ninth Boeing 747 freighter, bringing its 747 fleet to 54, the l

Eastern Engineers Reject Union AffiliationEastern Airlines said its professional aircraft en

Piggyback Haylift To Benefit FarmersA special haylift train, using piggyback trailers on fla

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

The Maine Central Railroad Co. rejected a proposal offered by rail labor to resolve a nearly eight-m

People Express Inc. is negotiating with several parties interested in buying Frontier Airlines or so

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

Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries appear to be abiding by last month's ag

The Interstate Commerce Commission concluded that no anti-competitive impacts have resulted from CSX

British Airways told the Department of Transportation proposed U.K. restrictions on all-cargo operat

The nation's oil industry was able to hang on to two of its most cherished tax credits in the tax ov

Motorists are paying nearly a penny a gallon more for gasoline than two weeks ago, and an industry a

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. will reduce customer rates by $16.2 million starting Oct. 1. Th

Unocal Corp. Increases Its Crude PostingsSCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Unocal Corp.'s refining and mark

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. entered final negotiations to sell most of its light product marketing and distr

American and French officials say they, too, are worried about the problem of adequate backup power

A fictional newscast of a Seabrook nuclear power plant meltdown - run as a politi cal advertisement

Stauffer Hikes PriceOf Dry AlumStauffer Chemical Co. is increasing its distributor p