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U.S. specialists operating from small craft have removed from 10 to 12 mines they think were laid by

The insurance industry says the truck safety issue won't wait until 1990 when the Department of Tran

John C. Fontaine has been named senior vice president and general counsel for Knight-Ridder Inc., ef

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 81,655 cars in domestic factories this week, according to

General Motors Corp. expects production to fall off by as much as 45 percent at its Fisher Guide par

Cigna Extends Cover To 300 Fla. PhysiciansTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - State Insurance Commissioner B

The Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear power plant in Scriba, N.Y., could be running at 20 percent of capacit

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

Two Canadian brewery giants say they may have to move to the United States if a free trade deal betw

U.S. insurers aren't sharing the growing American passion for fireworks. Americans are buyin

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

GE Credit Plans to Buy Leading Fleet LessorSTAMFORD, Conn. - GE Credit Corp. said it agreed

Emery Air Freight Quitting South AfricaWILTON, Conn. - Citing pressure from U.S. pro-divesti

A Canadian, West German and U.S. oil consortium appealed to the state council on Wednesday against a

Combustion Engineering Inc. said that it would supervise marketing of fluidized bed boilers in the U

An Indiana utility, a Nebraska city public utility and Iowa State University at Ames are buying coal

Newbay to Build Cogeneration PlantNewbay Corp. announced it will build a 70-megawatt coal- f

General Motors Corp., despite a drop in its overseas sales, ranked first among U.S. exporters in 198

PepsiCo Inc. hopes to more than double production capacity in China to 25 million cases a year by 19

Nearly half the people in the world live in countries where the average income is only about $1 a da

To judge from the "Information USA" exhibit now attracting crowds in the Soviet capital, the average

The American Association of Exporters and Importers has formed a special committee to oversee and mo

Colombia has offered a technical compromise to the International Coffee Organization economic accord

Australian cattle producers are prepared to accept limited liability forfinancial losses ari

The U.S. dollar was mixed in thin trading Wednesday, after paring losses against the Japanese yen an

The pension fund of Britain's state-run railroad proved a shrewd investor in the art market this wee

A military commander for a project that would make it possible to launch nuclear missiles from comme

China's sprawling but underdeveloped chemical industry threw open its doors Tuesday and invited the

Smoke may indicate fire, but a debate in the House Appropriations Committee showed graphically that

Transportation Research Board, 12th Annual Summer Conference on Ports, Waterways, Intermodal Termina

A large percentage of insurance companies may be inadequately protected against major computer brea

To Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, the safest path to a lower U.S trade deficit lies in cutting

Legislation introduced in the House Wednesday would permit employers to set aside tax-free money to

Evergreen Group, the world's largest containership operator, is prepared to become a member of vario

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners came down hard on Washington in a new report pro

Financial bad news continued to hit the owners of the Seabrook nuclear power plant Wednesday as a ma

Jamaica will increase significantly its share of the U.S. ethanol market in two years following a jo

GENERAL NEWS The House Ways and Means Committee will take up the Toshiba-Kongsberg issue on

NWA Inc., parent of Northwest Airlines, Coastal Corp. and Hanson Trust, isamong Shearson Lehman Brot

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