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Knight-Ridder Inc. and Tele-Communications Inc. announced their joint venture, TKR Cable Co., signed

Philadelphia Electric Co. will have outside nuclear engineers on duty around the clock in the contro

The Engineering Thermoplastics Department of The Dow Chemical Co. announced it is amending a recent

More than 2.6 million new jobs are expected to be created in the United States this year, about half

A leading Japanese businessman cautioned not to expect too much from Japan's efforts to spur domesti

The shutdown of the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant because of allegations that operators slept on

US Adamant on Tariffs On Japanese ProductsU.S. negotiators told Japanese officials here ther

Democratic leaders cleared the way Tuesday for House approval of their fiscal 1988 budget this week,

The Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control approved a power contract for a tire-to-energy

Opponents of the proposed merger of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads want the Interstate

Union Pacific Corp. is launching a new freight marketing program linking regional truck lines with t

The robust demand for advanced materials provided by the chemical industry will average 12 percent g

The market for glycerine is softening due to increased inventories, industry sources said. L

When it's time for an office birthday party at Samsung International's plant in Ledgewood, N.J., Hae

Exxon Corp. may be preparing to compete in the spot market to ship steam coalfrom its giant

American President Lines Ltd. and United States Lines Inc. have dropped a big hot potato in the lap

The General Accounting Office recommended that Congress consider reducing benefits guaranteed by the

Last week's surge in industrial prices was mainly from declines in thedollar's value and ris

Lead pollution from land sources has extended more than 100 miles offshorefrom Europe and d

Harleysville Group Inc., which plans to spread from its Harleysville, Pa., base to build a nationwid

Reinsurance Accounting & Finance for Ceders & Assumers, a seminar, will be held in Tarrytown, N.Y.,

Environmental Power Signs Sales ContractEnvironmental Power Corp. signed a 50-year power sal

Corroon & Black Completes AcquisitionCorroon & Black Corp. announced Tuesday that it complet

USDA Secretary Richard Lyng said Tuesday he is "cautiously optimistic" the European Community will d

Tuesday, April 7, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

House and Senate leaders on health-care issues pledged to amend pending proposals for acute catastro

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday after moving first higher and then lower on remarks by Federal Rese

Ex-VW Forex Dealer Arrested in ProbeBRAUNSCHWEIG, West Germany - Burkhard Junger, the former

Stock prices fell sharply Tuesday as the dollar continued to slide against the yen ahead of the meet

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

Two Merrill Lynch & Co. employees in London were fired and two others disciplined for running up 12

International Tin Council sources said that delegates at this week's quarterly session may not vote

Japanese crushers have been showing increased interest in Brazilian soybeans, and purchases have bee

The General Accounting Office will recommend a takeover of the Farm Credit System by a federal contr

China has moved to limit issues of shares and bonds until the current heated debate over the princip

Agriculture Department economists say taxpayer costs for this year's farm commodity programs could s

Monfort, Conagra Sign Merger AgreementKANSAS CITY, Kan. - The boards of directors of Monfort

Analysts for the Petroleum Information Corp. say petroleum drilling in the United States plummeted 4

April 7, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Soviet oil exporting agency Sojuznefteexport is said to be "strongly considering" an option to c