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MERCEDES-BENZ PAYS GAS-GUZZLING FINEMercedes-Benz has paid a record $20.2 million fine becau

UNITED TO DISCONTINUE SEATTLE-TOKYO SERVICECHICAGO - United Airlines said it would discontin

For the second time in six years, Dallas-based American Airlines is Air Transport World magazine's c

When the container age began in 1958, Raphael Che was still a grade school student in Hong Kong.

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The insurance office for the New Jersey School Boards Association is suing an investment firm and a

Europe's electronics industry could be reshaped in what appears to be Britain's biggest takeover bat

BRAZIL TO DEVALUE CRUZADO 1,000-FOLDBRASILIA, Brazil - As part of its renewed efforts agains

A nuclear power plant that survived last month's earthquake in Armenia will be closed by spring, Sov

The Reagan administration's last budget proposal continues its commitment to the $2.5 billion clean

Most railroad industry insiders shrugged off the proposed federal budget for fiscal 1990 as soon as

WISCONSIN TISSUE MILLS ACQUIRES CPS DIVISIONMENASHA, Wis. - Wisconsin Tissue Mills Inc. has

Michigan's old standard, the pea bean, has become a popular new item in Zimbabwe. The pea be

California exports virtually no hormone-treated beef to Europe and lies 3,000 miles from the nearest

INVESTIGATORS SAY BOMB LOADED ON PLANE IN UKBONN - British investigators believe the bomb th

When many Argentines look at Aerolineas Argentinas, the national airline, their thoughts run to comp

ADVANCE COMPENSATION PAID IN UK RAIL CRASHBritish Rail will pay 10,000 (US$18,000) in immed

An article that appeared in The Journal of Commerce Jan. 5 on Page 1B under the headline, Oakland OK

RAILROAD INDUSTRY HOPES for any congressional action on changes in Federal Employees Liability Act l

Currency traders and economists are uncertain whether the recent rally in the U.S. dollar will conti

SOVIET WHEAT SALES REACH 760,000 TONSWASHINGTON - The Soviet Union's recent purchase of 300,

Three national unions and two states are asking a federal court to block government regulations lift

U.S. importers and exporters say they're encouraged that the U.S. and the European Community are nea

The Argentine government late last week ordered a series of emergency measures to reduce consumption

The pharmaceutical industry began using electronic data interchange primarily to serve the wholesale

EC FINDS NO EVIDENCE OF PHONE DUMPINGBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community Commission h

Domestic automakers were scheduled to produce 171,936 cars and light trucks during the week ended De

The Soviet ambassador to the United States Friday said he is optimistic his country will soon comple

Jan. 6, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

FAR EAST BUYERS PAY MORE FOR MEXICAN OILPrices for Mexican crude sold to the Far East were u

A year of underwater inspections found 19 of 27 city-owned bridges will need minor repairs but none

Although South Korea's shipping industry recorded an overall profit in 1988 for the first time in se

MARYLAND SIGNS PACT WITH US EX-IM BANKBALTIMORE - The Maryland Department of Economic and Em

Saudi Arabia has agreed to a $550 million contract to buy American-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles, a

The government lost an estimated $200 million in income and sales taxes last year as a result of the

Casting about for ways to increase exports sometimes amounts merely to looking in one's own backyard

Economists assessed the 0.1 percent dip in the December unemployment rate as another sign of moderat

Ruco Polymer Corp. will increase its prices on selected Rucoflex polyesters and Rucote powder coatin

Oil markets ended a week of gains to finish Friday at the highest levels seen in months in London an

BP America Inc., the U.S. unit of British Petroleum Co. PLC, plans to replace the various brand name