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Industry analysts suggest that Chevron Corp. of the United States has underlined a renewed interest

Chevron Reports Higher EarningsChevron Corp. reported third quarter consolidated earnings of

Berkley Net Rises To $13 MillionGREENWICH, Conn. - W.R. Berkley Corp. reported that net inco

Top Stories The potential of Free Trade Zones for curing global trade woes remains in question. 13A

Outside news events kept the 375 participants in the convention on short-line and regional railroads

The continuing revelations concerning airline maintenance delays and the leaking of an airline mecha

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The on-again, off-again plan to provide universal health care in Massachusetts was on-again Tuesday

Borden Inc.'s third-quarter net income rose 19.9 percent to $79 million, or $1.07 a share, from $65.

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York reported third quarter net earnings of $235.7 million, or $1.96

Lys-line A/S has ordered a 3,400-deadweight-ton liner ship from a Yugoslav shipyard, Titovo Brodogra

American President Lines Ltd. believes opposition to the planned reshuffling of its trans-Pacific se

The number of textile shipments seized by U.S. Customs officers during fiscal year 1987 increased dr

An advanced machine from E.W. Downs & Sons Ltd. in Britain has been designed to grade potatoes effic

The Japanese government will propose the first cut in consumer rice prices since the end of World Wa

In late March 1986, just days before U.S. planes bombed the Libyan mainland - the U.S. battleship Io

Days before a referendum to shut down Maine's only nuclear plant, a new study shows the facility has

This week's scheduled delivery of two more U.S. car ships, raising to four the number entering servi

Rubber Products Shipments to GrowShipments of U.S. industrial rubber products are projected

Kuehne & Nagel, West Germany's largest forwarder, plans to inaugurate a new sea-air and sea-land con

Two conservative Republicans and all six Democratic presidential contenders oppose a proposed federa

European Ministers Confirm Rail NetworkBRUSSELS, Belgium - Five European transport ministers

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

An Environmental Protection Agency plan to limit pesticide use in 900 counties across the country ma

Scott Worldwide, a subsidiary of Scott Paper Co., announced Tuesday that it will spend more than $25

Ghana Bauxite Co. Reports Output DipBauxite production by the Ghana Bauxite Co. totaled 79,8

Antiquated public policies and outdated trade rules are pushing the United States toward a radical e

The Chamber of Commerce calls it an eyesore and wants it junked, but some residents want to keep a b

The annual rate of production of marketable phosphate rock in August was 41.7 million metric tons, u

In an industry environment where the price is governed by market forces, the last several years have

The stock market crash has had no direct impact on the market for sovereign country debt, but the pl

Rhode Island insurers will be limited in their AIDS testing procedures if the state business regulat

German Central Bank Opposes Dollar PlungeFRANKFURT, West Germany - The Bundesbank does not w

Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Rhode Island will appeal a verdict that awarded a rival health maintenance

Japan will produce nearly as much overseas as it exports some time in the 1990s, according a report

Chrysler Corp. will cut its 38,000-member salaried work force by nearly 10 percent this year and by

October 27, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Financial houses participating in the sale of the British government's stake in British Petroleum co

The Cotton Club Thursday will pass an important milestone, its 1,000th meeting. The club has

About 2,000 crabs fell onto an interstate highway when the bottom fell out of a refrigerator truck b