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The Coast Guard is going to send a few patrol cutters, small airplanes and helicopters to the gulf t

ICC Eliminates Some Obsolete RulesThe Interstate Commerce Commission eliminated obsolete rul

Gov. Michael Dukakis suffered the ill effects of major miscalculation as he moved late in the day Mo

State officials are seeking federal disaster funds to repair more than $125 million in damage as Sou

The government probably distributed $200 million in unnecessary disability benefits last year - thre

In a gesture of congressional frustration over the situation in the Persian Gulf, the Senate gave qu

Swarms of state and federal inspectors are blocking major Mississippi River bridges this week to cat

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The U.S. automotive industry appears to have fared well under the landmark tradeagreement reached be

Officials of Tahoe National Forest say they are moving quickly to salvage an estimated 135 million b

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The Pentagon is convinced that a French company violated Western export controls by selling metal ma

US Governors Probe Friction With JapanGovernors, officials and businessmen from seven southe

One way to boost sagging U.S. farm exports would be to concentrate more on selling processed or part

Oil prices weakened Tuesday as a report surfaced that Saudi Arabia was offering to sell its crude oi

The domestic copper industry, victimized in recent years by depressed prices and shrinking markets,

New and improved shipping containers are attracting the attention of the food and dairy industries a

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People who get into cars and can't get out will appreciate the work of Professor Reinhart Butter.

Consumer confidence rose for the third consecutive month in September to its highest level in nearly

General Motors Corp. will pay $500,000 in negotiated fines to the government to settle what official

A multimillion-dollar lawsuit accuses two Monterey County strawberry growers of refusing to provide

Mayor Edward I. Koch says he's "no shrinking violet" when it comes to accepting praise. Aske

NJ Firm Signs Deal With West GermansEAST ORANGE, N.J. - Electronic Control Security Inc. ann

The threat of new limits on U.S. textile and apparel imports has Britain's fashion world running sca

Shipping lines operating from Italy to U.S. Atlantic and Gulf ports plan a 6 percent rate increase N

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The price of olefins is expected to advance in the fourth quarter by 15 percent to 20 percent, accor

USG Corp., the country's largest gypsum producer that escaped a hostile takeover attack less than a

Study of a mile-long core sample of Antarctic ice shows new evidence that variations in atmospheric

South Korea's trade deficit with Japan fell in August to US$405 million, compared to US$516 million

Sen. Albert Gore Jr., D-Tenn., said Japan should assume a larger role in the international community

Finland may be forced to double its coal imports by the year 2000, according to Finnish coal industr

In Japan, where the marriage of ancient customs and modern economics has produced a blend of busines

U.S. Energy Secretary John Herrington conferred Tuesday with Kuwait's ruler, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al

Japan, the European Community and opponents of protectionism in the United States should unite in ef

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Tug company management and union negotiators Tuesday remained in marathon talks in Baltimore seeking

Feldstein Predicts Sharp Drop in DollarMartin S. Feldstein, former chairman of President Rea

After weeks of speculation about mass withdrawals of syndicates from the New York Insurance Exchange