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A blazing oil well fire is staining the sea and air of Campeche Sound and embarrassing Petroleos Mex

Export Crop Acreage Is Lowest in 14 YearsStatisticians in the Agriculture Department say exp

College Retirement Equities Fund, the $25 billion equity component of higher education's pension fun

The Maritime Administration and its subsidy board broke new policy ground in allowing American Presi

Monday, Nov. 3, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Ore. Maritime Museum Opens in PortlandPORTLAND, Ore. - Portland has finally joined the other

Pitfalls in the growing use of syndication in the U.S. reinsurance industry have led to the formatio

Consolidated Rail Corp. reported net income of $107 million or $3.82 a share for the third quarter a

Poverty-stricken Liberia's economy continues to worsen, and the west African nation's foreign debts

Chinese launch rockets and tactical missiles will be among the centerpieces today at the opening of

Trade with with China must be tied in with investment, technology transfer and compensation (barter)

Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani's dismissal as Saudi Arabia's oil minister could be good news for oil tanke

Fuel loading began at the Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear power plant, putting the country's most expensiv

Takeover announcements and speculation involving "story stocks" and restructurings continued to domi

BP to Boost PVC PricesOn Nov. 15BP Performance Polymers Inc., Hackettstown, N.J., an

Atochem Inc. Hikes PricesOf DMSOGLEN ROCK, N.J. - Atochem Inc. announced that it has

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's elimination of combining substitute grain and pik-and-roll alre

The best trade policy for the United States would be based on reciprocity, Rep. Glenn Anderson told

A long-established Canadian Great Lakes operator, Halco Inc. of Montreal, announced an agreement to

American President Lines extended its cross-trade cargo operations to include container service link

The Supreme Court took another step toward a decision on how states must interpret a federal law bar

The Supreme Court ruled that federal wrongful death awards to the families of slain police officers

Tracks belonging to Burlington Northern Railroad are being offered to the city of Seattle so that a

Responding to travel industry pressure, Greece is to join Israel in a common effort in the United St

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Agreement from Mexico's commercial creditors on a multibillion-dollar loan package is expected to be

American Hoechst Corp. isn't the first foreign-owned chemical company to acquire a U.S. chemical com

The way John Svinos sees it, the $20,000 a year that Chevron contributes to the Tulsa University Art

International Minerals & Chemical Corp. and Synbiotics Corp. signed an agreement entering into a joi

The Tennessee Valley Authority entered the spot market to buy up to 224,000 tons of high sulfur stea

The St. Lawrence Seaway announced that the closing date for the 1986navigation season is Dec. 17.

Ever since its completion 14 years ago, everybody seemed to know the 853-foot Transamerica pyramid w

Hydrofoil Burns, Sinks In the River PlateBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Almost 20 people were fea

State insurance commissioner Thomas P. Menson has summoned commercial auto insurers to a public hea

Air cargo transported via Amsterdam's Schiphol airport totaled 327,900 metric tons in the third quar

Conrail is considering ways to cut its labor costs by about 6 percent to 10 percent and already is e

Foreign businesses operating in Indonesia gave a generally warm welcome to further government moves

The effectiveness of the tentative local port agreement between the New York Shipping Association an

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. will use the "golden handshake" in hopes that 500 people on i

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