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Union Carbide Corp. reported a 92 percent increase in second quarter net income of $69.0 million, or

Production of marketable phosphate rock in May was estimated at an annual rate of 40.1 million metri

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

London not only ranks high as the favored European port of entry from North America, it holds the No

The four-nation Amadeus group, which is developing a European travel reservation system, has joined

Britain's Civil Aviation Authority strongly defended its record Thursday for safely controlling civi

Echoing themes he sounded last fall, Senate majority leader Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., charged the Rea

New Steel Train Runs To Reduce Travel TimeThe Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co. started a new

Legal authority to police railroad employees could help the government solve some of the industry's

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The port of San Francisco has let Todd Shipyards Corp. out of a lease, leaving Todd free to close it

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Testimony Continues In Merger HearingsAfter an administrative law judge moved swiftly to sch

YOU CAN'T SAY I didn't wait any, said John M. Bowers after he was chosen to succeed Thomas W. Teddy

The president of a Soviet shipping agency says the head of the U.S. Atlantic/ North Europe Conferenc

Sometimes when the engine is off and the boat is drifting on the turquoise waters off the old whalin

John M. Bowers, a fifth-generation dockworker who has served 24 years as the No. 2 man in Thomas W.

ANALYSTS DON'T EXPECT a battery of insurers to follow the substantial boost Fireman's Fund Corp. mad

The talk of electron volts, protons and quarks may be baffling, but the prospect of $4.4 billion in

A fierce wind tore across the desolate high desert, kicking up a blinding dust storm, spooking the g

U.S. Maritime Academy Alumni Association. Marine insurance luncheon. Sept. 16 at the Downtown Athlet

European Community budget ministers failed to draw up a 1988 budget when they could not find enough

Fueled by sharply higher results from its theme park, film and consumer- product units, Walt Disney

Wall Street has another view of the medical practice insurance crisis. Somebody out there do

Profits Rise 22 percent For Conn. InsurerSTAMFORD, Conn. - Crum and Forster Inc. had second

Rep. James Florio, D-N.J., does not want the so-called "medigap" insurance policies sold to the elde

Home Makes Offer For Gruntal BondsHome Group Inc. announced an offer that Gruntal Financial

The West Coast office of Consumers Union issued a 74-page study attacking the California Insurance D

Clarendon Group Ltd. described as a tough" call whether it might be willing to sweeten its bid even

Phillips Petroleum Co.'s Norwegian unit said that the scheduled 28-day shutdown of the Ekofisk field

Pennzoil Co. violated federal securities law in its alleged contract to acquire Getty Oil Co., the

July 23, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Three U.S. oil majors are among bidders on the final list for offshore exploration contracts India p

Big oil and big autos say two new clean air rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency wi

Bay State Gas Co. posted a loss of $479,000 for the third quarter, ended June 30, compared with a lo

Ashland Oil Inc. reported earnings of $40 million or $1.32 a share for the quarter ended June 30, 19

American Petrofina's Net Soared in QuarterAmerican Petrofina Inc. announced that it earned $

The Interior Department has placed a hold on its plan to trade away oil rights in a portion of the A

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Carson Petroleum Co. has won a contract with Metra, the Chicago commuter rail service, to supply No.