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Japan's industrial output expanded 3.4 percent in the July-September quarterfrom the previou

The drop in the stock market may lead to higher insurance premiums and may force some insurers to pu

More than 10,000 earthquakes took place in the United States in the decade following 1975, and folks

Japanese stock market analysts as of Tuesday are calling the record-breaking plunge in global share

Recent dramatic global stock price fluctuations clearly underscore the requirement for coordination

The government of China stepped in Tuesday to back rescue efforts for the struggling Hong Kong stock

Mobil Oil Singapore Upgrading RefineryMobil Oil Singapore Pte. Ltd., a unit of Mobil Corp.,

Motorists are paying 99 cents for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline at self-service stations, ac

Coast Guard Alters Ship Dry-Dock RulesThe Coast Guard says it will extend the periods betwee

Freightliner Corp. is gearing up to join the battle for the aerodynamic heavy truck market early nex

The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission and his top aides concede they'll probably never end

Big Loss Possible In BP Stock SaleUnderwriters participating in the sale of the U.K. governm

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dissolved an injunction against a strike by 750 workers of

In 1985, V.S. Software Co., a small Arkansas firm, decided to test the export market. The co

A shipload of Chinese-built artillery shells was delivered to Iran in the last week, and the countri

A tin futures contract is trading again for the first time since dealings were suspended two years a

Economic ministers of major Southeast Asian nations meet in Singapore Thursday to try again to spur

Miami is the nation's top metropolitan area for Hispanic businesses, boosted by a Cuban population m

UK Company to Buy Ky. Paint ManufacturerCourtaulds PLC, a leading British textile and chemic

Boise Cascade Obtains Financing for PlantBoise Cascade Corp. said it has secured financing f

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