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Traditional Exports Tin, rubber, copra, petroleum, coffee, coconut oil, palm oil, iron steel

Although the ability to transmit electricity without resistance offers many potential benefits, peop

Middle South Earnings Fell 9.5 percent in QuarterMiddle South Utilities Inc. reported second

Exxon Corp. declared a cash dividend of $1 a share on capital stock, payable on Sept. 10 to sharehol

Munich Re AG, the world's largest reinsurance company, reported that it expects a parent company pro

The House Wednesday turned back attempts to remove limits on liability for the nuclear utility indus

July 29, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Far Eastern owners expanded their containership fleets significantly in 1986, according to an annual

American President Launches Asia ServiceLAS VEGAS, Nev. - American President Lines has begun

Jack Abram, chief executive officer of Topgallant Group Inc., says the line wants to discuss with th

The Singapore shipping scene experienced several welcome improvements last year against a worldwide

Low pay and brutal working conditions are creating a truck driver shortage that is disrupting large

A wide scope of state insurance legislation that ranges from health coverage for drug abusers to new

Naming a spouse as the sole beneficiary of a life insurance policy may be the common practice, but i

Possible existence of a second insurance policy covering the bugged" U.S. Embassy in Moscow has come

Norfolk Opens Terminal for VehiclesMERIDIAN, Miss. - Norfolk Southern opened a new vehicle u

Ernest "Rip" Patton spends approximately one week of every month talking about truck safety.

Postal Workers Stage Strike in South AfricaJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A strike by half of

Six former top officials and technicians at the Chernobyl power plant were found guilty of gross neg

President Alan Garcia's decision to nationalize the financial system and close down private foreign

Both Taiwan's government and financial community are struggling with the problem of how and where to

USX Corp., buoyed by streamlined steel operations and rising crude oil prices, posted sharply higher

Five out of the nation's 10 medical malpractice joint underwriting associations are running out of m

Entex Inc., Texas Eastern Corp. and Teco Pipeline Co. have formed San Jacinto Gas Transmission Co.,

973.0 (July 28) Previous day - 974.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

A special National Cattlemen's Association task force has recommended that the association seek orde

The U.S. dollar started falling around mid-day to trade lower against major foreign currencies excep

Hartford Steam Cites Income HikeHARTFORD, Conn. - Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insur

Cyclops Industries Inc. is expanding its capacity to produce stainless and carbon steel as it benefi

Loans outstanding to U.K. securities firms stood at 16.8 billion at the end of May, compared with

As The Boeing Company concocts poison pills to prevent a hostile takeover by corporate raider T. Boo

As the new International Natural Rubber Agreement pact awaits formal approvalfrom consumer c

John A. Bohn Jr., president of the U.S. government's Export-Import Bank, promised Congress on Tuesda

The 500-year-old Gokokuji bell went home to Okinawa this month, more than a century after the regent

Dwindling surpluses of U.S. oil and mounting demand for petroleum products will increase U.S. depend

The value of Italian business being carried out in the Soviet Union is expected to double over the n

West German Inflation Shows Small IncreaseWest German consumer prices rose by 0.7 percent in

Taiwan Power Co. will ask for bids starting next month for coal barge unloaders, conveyors, stackers

Thyssen AG denied press reports Tuesday that its shipbuilding subsidiary Thyssen Nordseewerke is pla

A squadron of environmental lawyers is moving into New York State offices with a single aim in mind