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Conrail Freight Line To Be Revamped in NJThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has agr

Seaboard System Railroad Inc. can go ahead with plans to eliminate its interchange at Lincolnton, N.

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC agreed to acquire from Hanson Industries - the U.S. arm of Hanson T

Texas Gas Exploration (U.K.) Corp. paid out 15.7 million (US$23.4 million) for 76.8 percent of Indu

Peter Bradford, chairman of the Maine Public Utility Commission, whom Gov. Mario M. Cuomo is expecte

The steady drop in the cost of money soon may translate into dropping utility bills for customers in

The International Monetary Fund formally declared Peru ineligible for further IMF loans until Peru s

Contract talks between the New York and Boston shipping associations and the International Longshore

A volunteer church bookkeeper confessed to a priest that she had embezzled $28,000 from the church.

Credit market analysts are growing more and more certain that the Federal Reserve Board will cut the

Negotiations among the marine underwriters of Lloyd's of London to agree on war-risk premiums for ve

The Royal Nedlloyd Group reported earnings of 21.7 million guilders ($6.3 million) for the first six

Lumber Output Rises As Orders DeclinePORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber production increased, but order

The world coffee futures market appears to be in the process of forming a bottom, analysts told Knig

Cleveland-Cliffs Seeks To Scrap Cargo VesselThe Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co., Cleveland, O

FINANCIALThe credit markets expect another Federal Reserve discount rate cut in September, b

Transamerica Corp. continues to search for a buyer for its Oakland, Calif.- based Transamerica Airli

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. agreed to sell the CHR Industries unit of its Aerospace and Strategic

A finance bill proposal for 1987 presented by the government forecast the first Danish state budget

Thailand Exports Of Rice IncreaseBANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand exported 2.9 million tons of r

Japan should overhaul its economic structure to put it more in tune with the global economy, a gover

The House of Representatives defeated an amendment that would have transferred the Navy's aircraft c

The former general manager of failed Overseas Trust Bank Ltd. was jailed for three years for his par

RAIL SPLIT: The Burlington Northern must sell a half interest in its lines serving Montana's coal ri

U.S. Customs Service inspectors and federal drug agents will join forces at the world's busiest bord

The Interstate Commerce Commission is considering setting procedures for railroads and public intere

Americans and Canadians who produce, distribute and use natural gas were told here this week that th

The United States is helping the Soviets gain influence in the South Pacific by giving insignificant

Japanese wholesale prices dropped 10.7 percent in July from a year before, reflecting cheaper import

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Congress Begins Recess WASHINGTON - Official government business in the nation's capital is

Andean Line Inc., a newly formed liner operation, is starting a 21-day service between Europe, the U

The world cocoa market should see a surplus of supply over demand of 54,000 metric tons in 1985/86 c

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s innovative bailout of the Bank of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, N.A

A comprehensive look at the second quarter financial performance of the trucking industry's largest

Venezuela to Readopt Cash Payment PlanCARACAS, Venezuela - The government will readopt a cas

The site of an abandoned Allied Chemical Co. power plant in Syracuse is being eyed by two developers

A contract has been awarded for the construction of the first three of a fleet of seven ships to tr

Japan's foreign exchange reserves skyrocketed to an all-time high of $42.2 billion by the end of Dec

Japan's depressed economy will bottom out around the end of this year or early 1988 if the governmen