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Gen. Casey Nominated To Head Space DivisionNORTON AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Maj. Gen. Aloysiu

A request by Western Union Corp. for U.S. government approval to launch its Westar VI-S communicatio

There is a growing concern in Defense Department and Navy circles that something will have to be don

The increasing influence of Wall Street on the property and casualty insurance industry has become a

European Spot Market Settles After RallyA ready supply of prompt barrels quieted down spot o

Sun Refining and Marketing Co. cut the barge price of its No. 2 fuel oil by 1.75 cents to 41.50 cen

Japan's Kurushima Dockyard Co., hard hit by the shipbuilding slump, is planning drastic reconstructi

Economic Reports WASHINGTON - The government reports business inventories for July today. In

Last week's abruptly terminated contract talks between the International Longshoremen's Association

The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is asking Congress not to let the non-bank bank

Tokai Bank, one of Japan's leading financial institutions, predicts the U.S.dollar will be w

Elizabeth Hanford Dole, transportation secretary, expressed the hope that Congress will find time to

GENERAL NEWSStrong showings in retail sales and a pickup in producer prices have analysts fe

The state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela will sign an agreement topurchase half of Ci

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes said it will meet with the National Mediation Board i

Parker Hannifin Names Collins To Head Sector CLEVELAND - Duane E. Collins was named president of

A Japanese shipping line's terminal is expected to become San Francisco Bay's first site for loading

Nigeria Formally Seeks Debt ReschedulingNigeria formally proposed a rescheduling of its debt

Union Texas Petroleum, which recently completed a well in the Badin area of southeast Pakistan, conf

Celanese Hikes Acrylic Acid Prices Celanese Chemical Co. Inc. announced it will increase the

Rubber Groups Pledge To Work for New PactKUALA LUMPUR, Malayaia - Chief rubber groups planni

Delegates from the world's major coffee-producing and coffee-consuming countries meet in London star

Lumber production, orders and shipments all decreased in 12 Western states in the week ended Sept. 6

The Federal Maritime Commission said it will monitor the Asia North American Eastbound Rate Agreemen

Indonesia devalued its currency by 45 percent, to 1,644 rupiahs to one U.Sdollar, to prevent

The Reagan administration is downplaying the numbers of Americans who are either uninsured or underi

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tacitly approved Norway's preliminary 10 percent oil export

A little known Hong Kong-Australian group is extending its reach in the United States with the takeo

If foreign leaders received ticker tape welcomes, President Corazon C. Aquino, who arrives in Washin

It's very late in the congressional session for action, but the House Merchant Marine subcommittee w

The House Agriculture Committee Friday approved a bill aimed at boosting grain quality and restricti

Rancho Seco Start-up Delayed 2 More MonthsThe proposed start-up time for the Rancho Seco nuc

Gorbachev Gives Hints Of Journey to JapanMikhail Gorbachev, Soviet premier, indicated in a m

The convulsions that rocked the financial markets in recent days have shaken the confidence of large

General Motors Corp., accelerating its efforts to slash its white-collar labor force, wants 5 percen

Foreign banks operating in the United States are lobbying to remove a tax reform bill proposal that

When the earthquake last year wiped out Mexico's most important hospitals, it also brought down a da

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

Emery Air Freight is expected to launch an intra-European air hub at Maastricht Airport in southern

EGYPT - $5.1 million to erect 46 water purification plants along the Nile River from Aswan to Cairo