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Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Britain's largest industrial group, reported record earnings for t

As the deadline draws to a close today, five people are vying for the vacated seat on the Port of Se

''BRING BACK THE PIPELINE" may become the new rallying cry at Port Everglades, Fla. This is

US Navy Helicopter Crashes in Persian GulfA Navy SH-3G King helicopter on a routine ferry fl

Northeast Utilities will try to spin off its natural gas distribution system as a way to end a 20-ye

John Madden's CBS Sports chalkboard is going to Japan. Interand Corp., creator of the telest

China will give more than $110 million in loans to Bangladesh for bridge construction and the purcha

The Netherlands has refused an informal U.S. government request to deploy Dutch navy minehunters in

Japan's mammoth Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. has gone out of its way to buy foreign equipmen

The Department of Defense said it has selected five teams of U.S. and foreign corporations to pursue

A new Washington-based group seeking to represent airline passengers called on air travelers to pres

The dollar fell sharply against the Japanese yen amid rumors of a large order to sell dollars agains

Interest in some form of Brazilian debt-for-equity swap is potentially keen among creditor banks and

The Legislature's top auditor said asbestos contamination is widespread in California schools, and r

Getty Petroleum Corp., Plainview, N.Y., was awarded just over $2 million in punitive and compensator

The Columbia Gas System said that on Oct. 1 it will redeem $6,250,000 of its 11.75 percent debenture

Atlanta Gas Light Proposes RefundAtlanta Gas Light Co. has filed a proposal with the Public

The West German Bundesbank celebrates its 30th anniversary this week, amid birthday acknowledgements

The United States has fallen behind many of its allies in developing and building sophisticated mine

Recently revived Orient Overseas Container Line is considering a substantial shipbuilding program, w

Trucking Price Bureaus Map More Rate HikesTwo trucking industry pricing bureaus are consider

A power company has been slapped with a $75,000 penalty for its failure to adequately guard an open

An export development program initiated by New York City in April 1986 has produced over $1.7 millio

Sweden is investigating whether cabin cruisers sold to Iran four years ago were built to carry weapo

US Leasing Expanding Its Fleet of RailcarsUnited States Leasing International Inc. said that

Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kansas, said Thursday he believes a House- Senate conference will

Brazil, the leading Third World debtor, may be the last to determine just how - or even if - it will

American Group Forms Health Care UnitAmerican International Group Inc. said it formed Americ

Two Exchanges Study Merger PossibilitiesThe Nymex and Comex have jointly retained the manage

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

Thu., July 30, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Overseas earnings of Britain's financial services industry increased by more than 40 percent last ye

Freightliner Corp. will raise its production level for at least the second time in the past year fol

Ocean Transport & Trading PLC, the British shipping and transportation group, reported an increase i

If the same rules that determine success for business can apply to election campaigns, location may

General Public Utilities Corp. reported second quarter earnings of $51.2 million or 82 cents a share

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. has sold 500,000 shares of 6.95 percent cumulative preference stock t

The Pentagon will increase minesweeping operations in the Persian Gulf next month, but in the meanti

MTL Reported Loss Of $526,000 for PeriodSEACUCUS, N.J. - Marine Transport Lines, which opera

A motorist police said squirted a water pistol at another driver's car during an argument at a traff