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If Long Island Lighting Co. is taken over by the Long Island Power Authority, electric rates will be

British coal miners Monday began a national overtime ban stemming from a dispute with state-owned Br

Crude Drug Supplies Evaporate as DroughtHits Western IndiaA drought in Gujerat State

Insurers should take more care when assessing risks in a war zone, speakers addressing a gathering o

The Maine workers compensation market is shrinking as nearly a dozen insurers - holding about 50 per

September 21, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gal

GE, Redding Power Set Cogeneration VentureSCHENECTADY, N.Y. - General Electric Co. signed a

In an effort to increase oil exports to prewar levels, Iraq has signed a billion-dollar contract to

Many members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are allowing customers to scale ba

The Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. said that a subsidiary will acquire an additional 2.5 million b

Aetna Employees To Get Care InsuranceHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life and Casualty Co.'s 49,000

The government says the maker of some portable propane heaters that were sold in the 1960s and which

Gross domestic product will probably grow by 12 percent this year, twice as much as estimated in the

Nearly 40 years after the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls was created, the

Pending export control revisions in the House and Senate trade bills could help U.S. exporters signi

Belvedere Corp. announced Tuesday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Belvedere America Reinsurance Co

China has issued tough new regulations to combat illegal pricing and speculation that have clouded i

Spokesmen for a salvage expedition that surveyed the wreck of the Titanic said Monday that an explos

Several port directors say Houston's proposed $100 million state-of-the-art bag-handling facility co

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. has been awarded the Plastic & Rubber Institute's Prince Philip Award

Caribbean shippers say they will boycott a shipping conference that has increased rates on cargo bet

A streamlining of Malaysia's plastics industry is needed to reduce competition and boost the sector

Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will try to get the ball rolling on insurer-provided long-term care insuranc

Bechtel Group, the nation's largest construction company, says it expects this week to become the fi

The president's budget director is not convinced that the latest congressional budget deal is good e

The U.S. Maritime Administration is eliminating four representatives in foreign embassies,and many s

The quick demise of Milne Truck Lines Inc., one of the West's largest regional carriers, raises a fa

The market for man-made fibers in the European Community is estimated at $4.8 billion and is project

Consumption of U.S.-produced fertilizer products were mixed for the crop year-to-date period, from J

Industry Questions Drug Ingredient PlanThe Reagan administration is advocating tighter contr

Getting away with murder may not be so easy anymore. Biotechnology has engineered a forensic

Foremen represented by the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union will resume contrac

Nearly 13 million pounds of Australian beef are sitting in Philadelphia area warehouses awaiting fed

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

Standard & Poor's affirmed the triple-A ratings of five multilateral lending institutions. T

Newly appointed Philippine Finance Minister Vicente Jayme will stand by his president's credo that a

Treasury to Monitor Libya's US AssetsIn an attempt to monitor compliance with a U.S. freeze

The U.S. economy grew at a revised seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.5 percent in the second quar

The Asian Development Bank said it made the Philippines and Indonesia eligible for limited amounts o

The booming Hong Kong stock exchange is going all out to attract U.S. funds with an exhibit and conf