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Folks down at Stamey's Bar-B-Que in Greensboro, N.C., are less worried about noxious fumes from thei

State Farm Insurance Cos. Wednesday filed a lawsuit against New York's insurance superintendent and

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Lynn Featherstone was named director of the International Trade Commission's office of investigation

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New York City's vast garbage disposal system probably will break down if non- union tugboat crews ar

The Guangdong Posts and Telecommunications Bureau of China will buy 10 million shares of Hong Kong T

The government will intervene to avert a strike threatened for June 22 by over 300,000 dockworkers a

South Africa's business community is bracing itself for what the country's two largest trade union g

Edward K. Trowbridge was named chairman and chief executive at Atlantic Mutual Cos., a property/casu

Do you practice safe computing? Have you ever used a disk from another computer, or connecte

When the Tennessee Valley Authority wanted to check high-voltage electrical substation equipment it

Mounting opposition from trucking companies and shippers is jeopardizing an Interstate Commerce Comm

Rebuilding a car with replacement parts made by the manufacturer could triple its original cost, acc

The possible expansion of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to encompass services is not li

Postmaster General Anthony Frank is turning to Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot for help in improving

TOP STORIES: AIDS: Who is Next? Rare Climate of Peace.

A day after the European Community lashed out at the United States for its farm policy, the vocifero

The U.S. Customs Service is asking the public to comment on its proposal to use additional criteria

Unocal Corp. said it found what appears to be a major new natural gas field in the Mobile offshore a

Baltimore's bid to turn itself into a state-of-the-art cargo-handling port is meeting its ambitious

Burlington Northern Inc. announced plans to spin off all of its non- transportat ion assets into a g

The Inter-American Freight Conference said it will implement a terminal- handlin g charge on June 26

The nation's largest general retailers suffered through another month of lackluster sales in May as

A Census Bureau report says the American family has shrunk to its smallestsize ever at 3.19

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The Federal Maritime Commission's plan for an automated tariff-filing system has been stalled by opp

Kuraray Co., the Japanese company that gave us Ultra-suede and Suedemark as substitutes for natural

Eastman Kodak Co. plans to fund a study to develop a genetically altered organism that will increase

At least one lawsuit against Marine Transport Lines in connection with the sinking of the vessel Mar

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Supplies of distillate oil increased and gasoline inventories decreased last week, according to the

A group of ocean carriers went ahead with a threatened freight rate surcharge on containers loaded a

Representatives of the International Longshoremen's Association and Montreal port employers are sche

Fresh apples Quantity: 50,000 mt. Quality: 'Golden' variety - caliber 70/75. Packaging: cart

The Japanese, who already possess the world's biggest trade surplus, also are glutted with economic

BASKIN-ROBBINS PLANS FIRST STORE IN USSRGLENDALE, Calif. - Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Co. has

Central Gulf Lines Inc. wants the secretary of transportation to reject a ship-chartering and revenu

Ship lines will be allowed to expand their operations in Piraeus, Greece's principal port, under new

Wells Fargo & Co. said Wednesday it has completed its purchase of Barclays Bank of California for $1