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Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, the Italian state energy group, and Algeria have renewed their agreement

Potential buyers for Leaseway Transportation Corp. have yet to make bids for the giant trucking and

Jaruzelski in China WARSAW, Poland - Polish leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski has begun a prec

An LTV Corp. pension plan cannot meet the responsibility of pension checks due Oct. 1 for beneficiar

FINANCIALThe seesaw pattern of the credit markets last week will continue while participants

Electricity one day could be sold on futures markets the same way pork bellies, potatoes and other

The seesaw behavior of the credit markets last week, in which interest rates alternately rose and fe

Norway has offered a $30 million loan and some technology transfer to facilitate its sales of shipbu

Nigeria Reviews List Of Banned ImportsLAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria has banned imports of wheat w

Prosecutors have filed three counts of receiving stolen property against a Los Angeles police offic

Eurotunnel Group Seeks Investment FundsEurotunnel, the Anglo-French group that is building a

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

Deregulation and the trend toward longer truck trailer lengths has not killed the popularity of the

The United States' top energy official said that the West cannot afford to do without nuclear power

A bid by a New York investors' group to buy Gelco Corp. could sidetrack the leasing company's corpor

Knight-Ridder Graphics Network, a Macintosh-based timely news graphic service, will be available to

A U.N. expert panel announced agreement on a global computer language for the processing of trade tr

The Mexican government plans to decree this year's third minimum wage hike next month, a move busine

Indonesia, which can produce 1.2 million metric tons of rubber a year, is expected to produce only 9

FINANCIALThe seesaw pattern of the credit markets last week will continue while participants

Lumber Production, Shipments IncreasePORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber production and shipments increa

One of the largest companies in Malaysia, Promet Bhd., has been placed in receivership as creditor b

Iowa Governor Opens Trade Office in TokyoIowa Gov. Terry Branstad formally opened the Depart

An Arkansas judge who said he plans to let Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. take over $2.1 billion in

The Maritime Administration will put into effect in late October a new method of calculating operati

A UTILITY FUEL BUYER has a suggestion on contract coal pricing that makes some producers cringe.

Hargreaves Rejects Coalite Takeover BidHargreaves Group PLC, an oil and coal trading company

Indonesia is optimistic that world oil prices will rise following the Sept. 1 production cuts by mem

With traffic at the West Coast's largest airport expected to rise by 50 percent to 125 percent in th

A nuclear graveyard in space is filling with debris from worn-out Soviet satellites, and poses the t

Passenger Ship Burns in ShanghaiA passenger ship under repair near Shanghai caught fire Frid

The stress in American agriculture and agricultural finance will deepen without new policies and pra

Enrollment Declines At US Medical SchoolsMore and more graduates of U.S. medical schools are

Deepening losses apparently are unraveling efforts to prop up ailing Mission Insurance Co., controll

Union Carbide Corp. announced plans for a 50 percent increase in latex production capacity at its UC

The growing ability of large industrial companies to shop around for low-cost electric power could c

A computerized system capable of monitoring radioactive fallout caused by accidents at nuclear power

Picture a world in which the United States imports nearly half its oil, largely from the Middle Eas

Conrail Busy Upgrading Niagara Junction TrackConsolidated Rail Corp. is installing 9.5 miles

Rover Group PLC, Britain's biggest carmaker, reported an operating loss for the first half of the ye