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New NY Unit to Probe Flex-Rating ViolationsThe state insurance department has set up a speci

This land, unique in so many ways, is trying to govern itself by a home-grown blend of capitalism an

Many Blue Cross-Blue Shield senior executives disagree with their firms' data processing managers on

Thursday marked the 90th anniversary of the Lattimer Mines shootings. Luzerne County sheriff's deput

Cities and counties surveyed by an accounting firm say privatization of services saves substantial m

The world still appears headed for an economic recession, a leading international economist said.

Israel's finance minister has set a goal of at least 4 percent growth in his country's gross nationa

Unemployment among Hungarian youth almost tripled between 1984 and 1986 despite a shortage of labor

The 52nd Frankfurt International Auto Show, considered one of the two most important in the industry

Japanese personal taxes will be slashed by an estimated total of $15.7 billion within a few days und

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Japan's trade surplus with the United States dropped to $3.73 billion last month, down from $4.41 bi

Exports from the United States to Hong Kong are growing, but much less quickly than from some rival

Taiwan's clothing industry is trying to show overseas buyers it can do more than mass produce low-en

South Korea Hopes To Buy US WheatKANSAS CITY -- South Korea is in the market for 42,400 metr

APPROPRIATE AND WELL-TIMED was the assessment by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker of the

The continuing string of federal budget deficits are less important to the nation's economic welfare

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 113,077 cars in domestic factories this week, Ward's Autom

AVIATION United Parcel Service is putting a huge package-sorting operation in place in Phila

Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson staunchly defended his nation's socialist economic policies T

A federal judge said that regional telephone companies will become free, under the Bell System break

K. Yoshida to Head Sumitomo Bank UnitSAN FRANCISCO - Keizo Yoshida was named president and c

Canadian regulators have removed the last obstacle on their side of the border to exports of natural

Curious fruit was born of Monsanto Co.'s $1 billion investment in biotechnology. Indeed, bug

US, Europe Firms Set To Fight Hormone BanBRUSSELS, Belgium - A group of chemical companies T

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Congress opened a new round in the 25-year battle over coal slurry pipelines Thursday, with predicta

The only clear winners in the escalating military conflict in the Persian Gulf have been those shipo

The International Longshoremen's Association set a deadline of8:30 this morning for management to of

Savage Industries Inc., an aggressive Salt Lake City trucking company, plans to build a coal distrib

Buhrmann-Tetterode To Acquire SentinelBuhrmann-Tetterode NV, an international paper, packagi

A Houston-area chemical company and its Norwegian parent corporation have been indicted on federal c

What's billed as the world's largest surface coal mine began production Thursday, backed by U.S. tec

Union Carbide Boosts Alkyl PricesDANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. has announced price in

Lovastatin, a revolutionary new cholesterol-lowering prescription drug due in pharmacies Sept. 14, i

Arco Chemical Europe Inc., a subsidiary of Arco Chemical Co., announced that it will construct a 420

CRS Sirrine Inc. has been selected as the engineer/architect for the design of a new film sensitizin

Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis says the state will use its regulatory power to require trash-fir

Federal regulators have granted a temporary stay to the Long Lake Energy Corp. for its proposed Alic

The chemical industry is showing strong profit growth, spurred by gains in volume for basic chemical