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ARCO CHEMICAL CO. (Newtown Square, Pa.) - Arco announced executive assignments in its new Arco Chemi

Without fanfare, rapidly growing Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has begun an expansion that

NEW YORK - With a few words from prolific science fiction author Isaac Asimov, the voyage of laser b

An attorney for International Shipholding Corp. said Maritime Administration hearings into the compa

For the week ended Dec. 3, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

Contract negotiations between dockside employers and the International Longshoremen's Association, s

A GASOLINE TAX HIKE has become the pet rock of federal budget deficit discussions in recent weeks. E

AS PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH'S CHOICE for U.S. agriculture secretary, Clayton Yeutter has reached the sec

Two trade events highlighting the strong if troubled economic ties between the United States and Tai

National chambers of commerce of a number of developing countries in the non- aligned movement will

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BUSH, FARM LEADERS EXPECTED TO MEETWASHINGTON - President-elect Bush will meet with represen

Hercules Inc. will sell its olefin carpet fiber business to E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. in an effo

MITSUBISHI RAYON, M&T PLAN VENTUREM&T Chemicals Inc. of Woodbridge, N.J. and Mitsubishi Rayo

The check is on the wire. That will be the operative phrase if the National Automated Cleari

HEWLETT-PACKARD PLANS CHIP FACILITY IN ORE.PALO ALTO, Calif. - Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to

The Port of New Orleans, in a move aimed at accommodating a major tenant, set aside $7 million to ta

(1) For each sale, a hypothetical time charter rate was calculated that would earn a 15percent inter

A $5.2 billion merger between Farmers Group Inc. and Batus Inc. of Louisville, Ky., was approved Wed

U.S. business failures fell 6.3 percent in the first nine months of 1988, for the sharpest decline i

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The United States and China signed a new maritime agreement Thursday that officials of both countrie

CANADA TRADE SURPLUS NARROWED IN OCTOBERCanada's merchandise trade surplus declined by about

CANADA HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN SIGN LAWCanada's highest court Thursday unanimously struck do

San Diego Export CouncilElects GrigsbyHugh Grigsby, the California Export Finance Of

The European Commission said Thursday it was worried by the increasing amount of unauthorized state

Japan's Toshiba Machine Co. is shipping millions of dollars worth of goods into the United States wh

The International Wheat Council is forecasting that world wheat production could rise to a record le

Pittston Co. has struck a deal with Nippon Steel Corp. that calls for a $2 a long ton price increase

Sun Refining & Marketing Co., Philadelphia, Thursday raised its barge price for No. 2 fuel oil in Ne

The smile on the face of Jan Carlzon, president of Scandinavian Airlines System shone as brightly as

Air Canada Chairman Claude I. Taylor expects the Canadian government to sell its majority airline st

The long-awaited question of who George Bush wants as his secretary of agriculture has been answered

OMI CORP. (New York) - Peter P. Long was named senior vice president, administration, for the bulk s

There seems to be no sales forecast high enough for the heavy truck industry these days. Jus

A key question in the debate over whether or not the Port of Oakland should expand its real estate d

While defending banks' role in leveraged buy-outs, Comptroller of the Currency Robert L. Clarke warn

A key consultant's report on the future of the Port of Oakland has endorsed most of the port commiss

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

STEEL IMPORTS UP 7.1 PERCENT IN 1ST 10 MONTHS OF '88Steel imports rose 7.1 percent to 17.6 m