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New England Power Files for Rate HikeWESTBOROUGH, Mass. - New England Power Co. filed for a

The proposed cost settlement for the Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear power plant may be further delayed by

Suggestions that Argentina's creditor banks were willing to press ahead with a debt deal without wai

National Semiconductor Wins Taiwan InjunctionTAIPEI, Taiwan - A District Court in Taipei has

The freight markets were alive with various rumors of business fixed for the Panamax sizes on the tw

The South Louisiana Port Commission voted to buy 34 acres along the Mississippi River for possible d

CNW Unit Offers Severance IncentivesChicago North Western Transportation Co. offered 1,200 e

The 15,136-deadweight-ton Malaysian freighter Alam Indah was refloated under its own power Sept. 3.

The U.S. dollar hit another five-year low against the deutsche mark Wednesday after U.S. Trade Repre

There will be no switching of terminals, at least initially, for Japanese shipping lines serving Van

The official opening in South Korea of a $425 million plant to build cars for the U.S. market began

Roy F. Weston Inc. was awarded a second three-year contract by Occidental Chemical Corp. to continue

China's main investment hunter in North America says he's not happy with the level of U.S. investmen

Contract negotiations between the four-port Council of North Atlantic Shipping Associations and the

Two sober-suited London bankers were the unsung heroes of the Iranian hostage crisis five years ago.

The chairman of Ford Motor Co. wants eventually to equip all Ford automobiles with a combination of

Disco Owner Sentenced For Setting 1983 FireWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A man who burned down his fa

Oil stocks rose sharply Wednesday and blue chips overcame earlier losses in a final-hour spurt attri

MARITIME MERIT STEAMSHIP AGENCY INC. (Los Angeles) - Leo E. Kowalski was named chairman, a n

The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway has been given the green light by the Canadian Transport

Aquino Returns to US WASHINGTON - Corazon Aquino, whose last visit to the United States was

Ghana, Togo Sign Cocoa AgreementGhana and Togo have signed the 1986 International Cocoa Agre

West Germany's 1986 oilseed crop is estimated 8 percent higher than last year's crop at 868,000 metr

Hoopla and controversy surrounding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new audit trail rules

Wednesday, September 3, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanad

Private Brazilian coal producers are forming a pool to associate with Colombian counterparts in deve

Construction began on a new facility for the manufacture of a new family of aliphatic isocyanate pro

Brazil may step up its promotion of shipbuilding and get into the market for marine containers.<

The latest retreat of U.S. interest rates is motivating tactical adjustments in this Latin American

A labor dispute halted grain-handling Wednesday at Thunder Bay, Canada's leading grain export center

China has taught its villagers to cook with energy from the sun, but it has yet to come up with a de

About the only times this small rural community on the approach to Mount Hood made national news was

Allied Fibers introduced an extensive pre-dyed yarn program aimed at the U.K./European contract carp

Iranian Navy Active NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iranian warships intercept between 15 and 20 oil tanke

A Federal Maritime Commission law judge recommended a settlement with a large cash penalty in the fi

Holloway to Address Propeller Club MeetingRetired Navy Adm. James L. Holloway III, president

An atomic reactor of U.S. lineage will power a Franco-Canadian submarine due to enter service in 198

UK-Egyptian Talks LONDON - Egyptian Prime Minister Ali Lutfy will come to Britain next week

Three of four U.S. families are optimistic about buying homes and cars, as low interest rates have r

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