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With U.S. warships ready to begin escorting Kuwaiti tankers in the Persian Gulf, the Reagan administ

Defense and Foreign Ministry officials said Tuesday that France does not intend to send warships int

The United Nations resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq wardrew qualified pr

Car Rental Firms Win Court Battle in Calif.Car rental companies have won a court battle over

Arkansas Best Corp.'s second quarter earnings fell to $1.9 million, or 18 cents a share, from $7.3 m

Strike by Dockworkers Continues in BombayBOMBAY, India - A 6-day-old strike by Bombay dockwo

When a flotilla of U.S. warships begins escorting a reflagged Kuwaiti tanker into the war-roiled Per

The superpower's mighty armada raced into the Persian Gulf, eager to protect commercial shipping fro

With manufacturers rushing to bring new anti-lock brake systems to the heavy- truck market, there al

Michigan and California officials, fearing higher energy prices for thousands of farmers and homeown

When James Brown's right hand was mangled on a machine used to cut submarine insulation, the 35-year

General Tire to Build Warehouse in GeorgiaGeneral Tire said it will break ground this month

Net Income Up At GallagherROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said second quar

Officials for Texaco Inc. scorned a draft plan presented by Pennzoil Co. that called for a $4.1 bill

A confident House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Tex., emphasized Tuesday that he ''would expect the administ

Getty Petroleum Corp. said that it is unable to agree to certain terms for a definitive agreement to

British Petroleum Co. said Tuesday it plans to raise about 1.5 billion (US$2.4 billion) by selling

A huge oil field with reserves of 819 million barrels of light crude was found in the western Lake M

Transco Exploration Sets Drilling VentureTransco Exploration Partners Ltd. announced a $135

A controversial plan to build a $165 million waste-to-energy plant in Pomona was scrapped by directo

Smith International Inc., an oil-field services concern, says its creditors have agreed to a reorgan

The total number of working oil and gas rigs in the United States this week totaled 922, up 31 from

Free light bulbs? On one side of the New England Energy debate, consumer and public interest

About 400 coal miners on the second day of a strike demanding pay hikes began a sit-down demonstrati

New Englanders are in a heated debate over how the region should meet the electric ity needs of its

After conquering the United Kingdom in less than five years, Blue Arrow PLC, a London-based employme

Thomas G. Plaskett, president and chief executive of Continental Airlines, resigned and Frank Lorenz

Leading senators said that a conference between the House and Senate will produce a trade bill Presi

AVIATION The DOT's order for Boeing to file notice before converting Allegis notes to stocks

A United Nations fund to support commodity prices, first proposed by developing countries 11 years a

Chrysler Corp. said its second-quarter profit fell by 12.2 percent from the same period last year, w

More than 1.3 million Americans, including 176,000 service industry workers, lost their jobs due to

Crude Prices Plunge As Supply Fears EaseCrude oil prices plunged on the New York Mercantile

Knight-Ridder Inc. reported net income of $43 million, or 73 cents a share, in the second quarter, u

A freight forwarder once charged a customer three times for the same service under three different c

Lagging traffic and rising costs are likely to produce an increase in Panama Canal tolls in 1989.

A federal judge has awarded a victory to World War II merchant seamen who have waged a long fight fo

Stability is the watchword for Federal Reserve policy, both the board's present and future chairmen

United States Lines' big Econships remain in limbo following the MaritimeAdminis tration's refusal t

With both House and Senate trade bills completed, lawmakers move on to conference, probably in Septe