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Norfolk Southern Corp. plans to increase its capital spending by 12 percent this year. The h

Heavy cost overruns on five repair contracts for ships bought last year by Puerto Rico's state-owned

California, often known for its health-conscious lifestyle and fresh produce diets, has proposed swe

ABOARD THE METROLINER ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - Amtrak blew its own horn Thursday to commemorate the 20t

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

A direct container service between South Korea and China could start as early as March, the first di

Local shipyards, suffering from a pile of cut-price orders, are keen for new orders, but reports tha

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

IF GETTING THERE IS HALF THE FUN, a whole gaggle of Asians should be in seventh heaven. With the new

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER INC. (New York) - Roger W. Clark was named managing vice president of the Denv

The Coca-Cola Co. has no knowledge concerning whether the company has been removed from the Arab Lea

Dutch researchers have developed a new laminate for aircraft that is lighter and stronger than alum

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

A new report by the International Labor Organization predicts that export processing zones in develo

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There appears little early prospect for a new maritime agreement between the United States and the S

Outgoing Secretary Jim Burnley's proposed reorganization of the Transportation Department would rest

Global Petroleum Corp., Waltham, Mass., has purchased Atlantic Fuel Marketing Corp.'s Boston operati

Capping a year of explosive growth, heavy-truck makers racked up near-record sales for December and

The state-owned metals and mining company, Rautaruukki, said that it won an order for more than 60 m

Increasing problems at Toronto's Pearson International Airport are the first signs of a nationwide c

FASTEST TRAIN TO LINK MELBOURNE AND SYDNEYMELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian and Japanese

Friday's final U.S. Department of Agriculture report for drought-stricken 1988 crops should should e

Chrysler Corp. is considering raising its capital spending goal for the next five years to $14.1 bil

The main terms for Groupe des Assurances Nationales to take over the leading regional banking group

Jobs in financial services, one of the engines of expansion in the economy of the metropolitan regio

BALTIMORE'S PRIDE SETS CARIBBEAN PORT STOPSThe Pride of Baltimore II, the city's symbol of i

As R.P. Scherer Corp. officials consider selling the gelatin capsule manufacturer, one offer to buy

GRACE SELLS INTEREST IN PHOSPHATE MINEW.R. Grace & Co. sold its half interest in the Four Co

In yet another revamp of its struggling coal industry, China has centralized all export controls wit

Intermodal cargo via Singapore soared 62 percent in the first nine months of last year over the corr

PACIFICORP, UTAH POWER COMPLETE MERGERPORTLAND, Ore. - PacifiCorp and Utah Power & Light com

Inventories of both gasoline stocks and distillate fuel increased slightly, the American Petroleum I

Separate Department of Transportation offices governing railroads, highways, mass transit and traffi

Kentucky plans to become the first U.S. state to sell bonds to Japanese investors in Tokyo's financi

International bankers said Wednesday that they will do more help to resolve the Third World debt pro

US RETAILERS' NET SLID IN THIRD QUARTERLarge U.S. retail corporations averaged an after-tax

Monetary policy may have to be tightened in 1989 if strong economic growth leads to an acceleration

The long-range program that lets farmers take fragile land out of crop production is turning into th

A captive insurance company created two years ago by the International Air Transport Association is