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The United States wants Cuba to improve safety standards at its two Soviet- designed nuclear reactor

A nuclear plant in Tennessee is "oozing radioactive contamination," and the Nuclear Regulatory Commi

Despite the Soviet nuclear disaster in April, a majority of West Germans support the continued use o

It wasn't exactly like a scene from Animal House" where fraternity members stood around and drained

Discarded six-pack harnesses, derelict fish nets and other plastic flotsam that kill ocean creatures

Houston Mariners Club. 21st annual marine insurance seminar. Sept. 21-23 at the Adams' Mark Hotel, H

Argentina Sets Record For Sunseed OutputBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Sunseed output rose to a r

Deep divisions between the United States and India and Brazil over barriers to foreign investment s

A First for VPA NORFOLK, Va. - The Virginia Port Authority is the first port agency to provi

Risk retention legislation breezed through House subcommittee and committee votes and could reach th

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone expressed concern over the precipitous climb in the value

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

The Federal Maritime Commission disclosed that three independent foreign freight forwarders lost the

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. announced it sold the Olympic Fastening Systems Inc. unit of its aeros

They call it a dromedary dairy, and its owners hope the camel milk it produces will help the creatu

Australian brewers Elders IXL announced it bought courage, one of the best- known names in British b

Microchip users in the United States are turning to the black market topurchase less costly

The Federal Maritime Commission will try to unscramble the confusion that exists in some minds about

The Nakasone administration should move now to encourage expanded directinvestments by the p

The U.S. and Philippine governments agreed to a five-point program to help revive the Philippine eco

Union Pacific Corp., parent of the nation's third largest railroad, announced it will buy Overnite T

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced that cash settlement in the feeder cattle futures contract

Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said a trade bill may be passed

A myriad of Electronic Data Interchange standards poses the biggest obstacle to widespread acceptanc

US-S. Korean Talks SEOUL, South Korea - Trade missions from eight U.S. states are scheduled

Chemtex Fibers Inc. entered into a contract with Tong Kook Synthetics Fibers Com pany, located in Gu

The Tennessee Valley Authority bought 4,000 tons of coal for $17.90 a ton plus $5.16 a ton in transp

A United Illuminating Corp. spokesman says the company has refused a consumer advocate's request to

Japan's Canon Inc. introduced a smaller, lighter, faster and cheaper line of its personal-cartridge

Angry members of the House Merchant Marine Subcommittee bore down hard on Defense Department officia

The Chicago Board of Trade's board of directors voted to petition the Commodity Futures Trading Comm

Members of the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement trade liaison committee met and reaffirme

The giant U.S. package companies invading the European market are overestimating potential traffic a

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

Round-the-world yachtsman Chay Blyth and airline tycoon Richard Branson unveiled plans Tuesday to co

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

Small companies that want to export should hire someone who speaks a second language, expand its ser

The economy continued to give mixed signals in August, as housing construction rose but building per

Once again, the New York Shipping Association is making an effort to reduce the costs of guaranteed

Julius Maldutis, Salomon Brothers' highly rated securities analyst, is making it official - the fre