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The following are the results of Monday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge freigh

A quirk in government figures understated the U.S. trade deficit in June and July by nearly $3 billi

Providing more hope than hard facts, some tourist industry specialists said business should improve

The French government is shifting gears once again in an effort to produce results satisfying to the

Texaco Discovers Gas At Well in OklahomaTexaco has completed a natural gas discovery well on

Occidental Petroleum Corp and Church & Dwight Co. Inc. have signed a letter of intent to form a part

Starting Nov. 1, about 1.7 million Blue Cross and Blue Shield subscribers in New Jersey will face st

Mack Employees Accept Early RetirementALLENTOWN, Pa. - Mack Trucks Inc. said 700 of its empl

Stock market participants are expected to take a new look at the fundamentals this week, now that th

Japan's Toa Inaugurates Overseas Charter RouteJapan's Toa Domestic Airlines inaugurated over

Helped by lower oil costs and increased inflows from the European Community, Greece had a $157 milli

Officials of Korea Trade Promotion Corp., the organizer of the biennial Seoul International Trade Fa

After a period of relative optimism, Australia's barley marketing outlook has been clouded by furthe

Last year government finance officials dropped a bombshell on India's shipping industry by proposing

BASF Set To ExpandIts FacilitiesCHARLOTTE, N.C. - BASF Corp. is building a second pr

A Soviet newspaper has revealed that a fire and explosion at a coal-fired power plant caused energy

The improper reinstallation of racks in a spent fuel pool at Diablo Canyon atomic power plant violat

Independent stevedores are impatient for a ruling on their challenge of the ''sub scription agreemen

The House Friday stripped away the rights of states to set their own safety standards for pesticides

The U.S. dollar was mixed Friday in typically quiet pre-weekend trading. Analysts said the d

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Frontier Insurance Group Inc. is scheduled to make its initial public offering this week to raise be

Tunisian Chamber Meets TUNIS, Tunisia - The Tunisian Chamber of Deputies meets today to cons

It's all over except the rhetoric on the tax reform bill, but there will be plenty of that over the

Officials on Friday gave the first breakdown of the costs of cleaning up after the Chernobyl acciden

Energy and Mines Minister Alfredo del Mazo and his Venezuelan counterpart, Arturo Hernandez Grisanti

The Federal Aviation Administration will force the airlines to equip their planes with collision avo

Two financially strong airlines join the competition for trans-Pacific travelers and cargo with the

Railroads and motor carriers are grappling with rising insurance liability rates that have both indu

Soviet Visit to Mexico MEXICO CITY - The Soviet Foreign Ministry announced that Soviet Forei

Judge Denies Loan To Knudsen Corp.A bankruptcy judge denied Knudsen Corp., a subsidiary of L

Japanese and foreign business leaders here are skeptical that the Nakasone administration's latest $

Fertilizer Consumption Fell in July Domestic fertilizer consumption declined slightly in Jul

Waterman Steamship Corp. lost an unusual challenge to the sale by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc. of

Senate and House conferees must still resolve several major issues before legislation authorizing po

A budget reconciliation package agreed to by Senate leaders from both parties would require USDA to

Dow B. Hickam Inc., a Houston-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, announced it has acquired Unifiber,

Scientists claimed a major breakthrough in developing a vaccine for malaria, the mosquito-borne dise

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

SEPTEMBER 21-25 - Independent Insurance Agents of America, 90th Annual Convention - Toronto