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Three electric generators in western Japan blew up from an overload, cutting power to millions of ho

Oil field equipment, a glut on the market not long ago, is now in short supply on the Gulf Coast, au

Swiss trader Panchaud et Cie. SA confirmed it has invoked the prohibition clause in contracts to sup

A re-evaluation of a 1975 General Electric Co. study reportedly critical of the company's nuclear re

Edutech, a company in India, has manufactured a portable educational electronic do-it-yourself kit t

It was Christmas in July. Santa came early for Florida strawberry growers, for Navajo rug weavers, k

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is offering free repairs to owners of some 7,500 cars sold in California.

The world AIDS scare has boosted the global demand and the price for Malaysia's natural rubber, whic

Argentina's oilseeds processing industry appears to be the biggest winnerfrom across-the-boa

Xerox Corp.'s second-quarter income from continuing operations rose 14 percent from the comparable 1

C.H. Sprague & Son Co. promoted Edward E. Bulmer to president and chief executive of this large dist

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit will improve this year and next but worsen again in 1989, two eco

THERE HE WAS AGAIN this week: Paul Volcker, inflation fighter, financial crisis manager, economic wi

Edzard Reuter has been appointed chairman of Daimler Benz, manufacturer of the famed Mercedes automo

Orders for "big ticket" durable goods, bolstered by a sharp rise in demand for military hardware, cl

General Motors Corp. said its second quarter earnings fell by 3.9 percentfrom a year earlier

Construction contracting across the nation likely will be valued at $236.1 billion in 1987, a drop o

Foreign Investment Increases in ChinaChina concluded 738 joint-venture contracts in the firs

Yugoslavia issued a sharp protest against what it called Iran's holding and searching of Yugoslav sh

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

A row has broken out between Texaco and Numast, the union that represents 23,000 British merchant of

Iran's Revolutionary Guards will conduct naval maneuvers code-named ''Martyrdom" early next month to

A top maritime labor leader said it would be better for the United States to lease idle U.S. tankers

The Maritime Administration agreed to permit both Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc. and Farrell Lines I

The U.S. Navy is repossessing a decommissioned World War II submarine that has been a tourist attrac

Loucas Hajioannou, owner of one of the world's largest oil tanker fleets, says financially strapped

The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies Thursday in moderate activity. Most t

Midland Bank PLC reported a loss of 548 million (US$877 million) for the first half of 1987 followi

The tiny International Futures Exchange in Bermuda has been trading fewer than 200 contracts a day o

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., the diversified trading arm of Sir Yue-Kong Pao's commercial empire, reported

A second director of failed Ka Wah Bank Ltd. appeared in court Thursday to face an array of fraud ch

Three Peruvian-flag liner companies have asked the U.S. Federal MaritimeCommission for anoth

Toxic Fluids Seized From Italian VesselFinance police in the Italian port of Genoa have sequ

The Maritime Administration has reported That the value of U.S. export and import traffic moving thr

Puget Sound port leaders say steamship lines are likely to continue dropping off Canadian-bound carg

A major containerport operator is planning a promotional swing through the United States and Europe

Demand for steel and aluminum railroad cars to haul coal has not met the expectations of car manufac

A report from Britain's Department of Transport blamed atrocious weather" for the loss of the Hong K

Taiwan will reintroduce a harbor tax on exports and reduce a tariff on imports to raise funds for po

The U.S. Navy has virtually abandoned the use of aluminum superstructures for newly designed warship