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Ultramar Petroleum Co. sold its Connecticut River Division back to the ownersfrom whom it ac

Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., will bring his House Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power to N

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng accused France of jeopardizing the launch of a new round of

A West German prosecutor said Wednesday he had found no legal grounds for charging the captain of th

Reichhold Raises PriceOf PolyesterThe Reactive Polymers Division of Reichhold Chemic

American Home Products Corp. and Chesebrough-Pond's Inc. signed a definitive agreement for the sale

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

Polish Leader in China PEKING - Polish leader Wojceich Jaruzelski will visit China in late S

Terrorism Tops Agenda STRASBOURG, France - The fight against terrorism tops the agenda of pa

The Oakland Port Commission approved a five-year terminal agreement with Associated Container Transp

Cash wheat prices in the United States, already pressured by thinning export demand, are likely to f

The Chicago Board of Trade, in a notice to members Wednesday, said expanded trading hours for CBT fu

The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to the continuing resolution limiting all pay

Blue chip stocks fell in late trading Wednesday after a day-long rally attempt collapsed under a wav

American International Group Inc. and Home Group Inc. agreed to enter settlement discussions" with 1

Citgo, Unocal, Champlin Reduce WTI PostingsCitgo Petroleum Corp., Tulsa, Okla., a unit of So

Amoco Orient Petroleum Co., a unit of Amoco Corp., Chicago, signed its third contract with the Peopl

A ferry service that carries freight trains across the North Sea between the eastern England port of

Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities edged up a tiny 0.1 percent in August but

GENERAL NEWSIndustrial production rose in August but is still down from the start of 1986. P

The European Community plans to step up its attack on Japanese trading practices by pressing for cha

Utility fuel buyers are reluctant to stockpile coal late next year as a hedge against a possible Uni

Foreign loans totaling more than US$5 billion are to be sought by the government of Thailand to spur

Japanese imports of primary products from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are

Congressional elections in the Philippines, which will help stabilize the shaky political situation,

The oil-fueled economy in Alaska may be on the skids right now, but thathasn't deterred Amer

A plan for New England regional power needs may be jeopardized by faulty projections used in formula

India's state commerce minister, Brahna Dutt, has estimated the country's natural rubber production

The purchase of a large tanker abroad helped limit the amount of merchant shipping tonnage that left

Single men and women make up one of the fastest-growing segments of the home- buying market, and for

Australia wants members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to agree to an outline of glob

Only about 3 percent of oil wells pumping on federal land took advantage of new rules permitting the

The Bank of America's retreat from retail banking in Australia has tarnished its image and lost it s

The U.S. chemical industry would support a free trade agreement with Canada if certain "fair and eq

South Africa continues to import huge amounts of crude oil despite a United Nations embargo on such

When Scandinavian Airlines organized its Distribution and Publishing Service Inc. as a special U.S.

Circle Acquires Advance DistributionCircle Express Inc., a holding company for several full

Colin Pease, Guilford Transportation Industries vice president, threw down the gauntlet to Brotherho

UN Opens Session UNITED NATIONS - The General Assembly opened its 41st session with proposal

The Argentine government awarded the first onshore oil exploration contract under the "open door" po