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Belgium's unemployment rate fell to 12.1 percent of the work force in Octoberfrom 12.2 perce

Fuel oil dealers say their retirement plans and dreams of expansion could be dashed by a new tax pro

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., reorganizing itself into newly defined functional units, named Robert

Amway Gives Consent To Pension DirectiveThe Amway Corp., its employee profit-sharing plan an

The port of New Orleans is proposing a property tax increase for a five-year $101 million maintenanc

Senate Republicans are seeking an alternative health insurance plan for the uninsured to counter pro

President Reagan Wednesday blamed Democrats for "having created all these deficits," even as a White

Operating Income At MBIA RisesWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - MBIA Inc. reported that operating income

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio expects to save an estimated $50 million over the next two years us

The timetable for creation of a computerized central clearing system on the local stock exchange wil

European chemical companies that are heavily tied to U.S. investments and markets may have to weathe

Emery Hikes Oleic, Linoleic Acid PricesEmery Chemicals increased list prices for all grades

Maine Yankee, the state's only nuclear power plant, weathered a shutdown drive for the third time th

State officials and utility representatives ended a seven-year tax dispute stemming from the Three M

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says an important new market for natural gas is developing in California'

Oil prices fell sharply on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday in response to reports of a su

The sponsor of a House-passed bill requiring U.S. airliners to have a device that warns pilots of im

Sales of GMC Trucks Increase in OctoberPONTIAC, Mich. - GMC Truck dealers sold 25,746 trucks

Joint ventures may be the best way that U.S. companies can tackle the Japanese market, a prominent U

U.S. manufacturers remain upbeat about the prospects for the nation's economy despite last month's s

West African Moise Mensah, the widely acclaimed Western candidate bidding for leadership of the Unit

In this country where computer program copyright protection is still a controversial maybe, pirated

Express couriers are carving out a niche for themselves in the lower end of the air freight market a

Trucking industry executives seeking to escape from the electronic maze ''should take a look at what

Sliding stock prices worldwide and a weakening dollar cost Iran $13.2 billion during the second half

The Shipbuilders Council of America is the only supporter so far of a change in Maritime Administrat

M.W. Kellogg Co., a leading engineering contractor, said that its London- based operation center, M.

November 4, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

If Brazil and the United States again fail to sign a new bilateral civil air agreement this year, th

Genoa could lose 10 percent to 45 percent of its cargo traffic if Italian state shipping group Finma

A steamship company official says the time is ripe in Southern ports for a modern, efficient load ce

Expanded sugar drawback provisions of the omnibus trade bill will face significant opposition in the

Administration efforts begun in the early 1980s to prevent U.S. exports of militarily sensitive tech

A Senate committee has postponed for at least a week a hearing to consider legislation imposing poli

Traditional Exports Precision and optical instruments, watches, machinery, chemicals, pharma

U.S.-Soviet cooperation on weather and climate studies will increase underplans for 30 new c

Tests at a Canadian gold mine show recoverable reserves of 1.5 million ounces, 400,000 more than ori

Japanese Ambassador Akitane Kiuchi said the appreciation of the yen is benefiting Thailand's export-

Evergreen Group, the world's leading containership operator, plans to diversify with a $500-million

A former California insurance commissioner said the insurance industry's accounting models need to b