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Fiber-Optic Expansion NEW YORK - GTE Laboratories said its scientists have found a way to do

Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R-Md., claimed credit for preventing yet another side-stepping of U.S.-fl

High taxes and strict quotas have convinced some truckers here to consider registering their vehicle

Maine state police say more than 60 percent of tractor trailers inspected during spot checks this sp

Philadelphia's waterfront union, by taking a tough line on enforcing work rules and a soon-to-expire

Immigration officers at the southeast England Port of Dover voted to strike for 24 hours in a disput

With the agricultural economy needing resuscitation, it might not be the best time to attempt the re

Australians Ratify Sugar Assistance PlanSYDNEY, Australia - Australia's federal government c

Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar urged governments and aid organizations to help fight a cr

Creditors of the International Tin Council claimed to have evidence that member-governments had full

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

For Americans, the U.S. trade deficit is as burdensome as it is legendary, but at least one Far East

A steamship company operating between Washington and Alaska is seeking a 50 percent reduction in fee

Port of Seattle commissioners said the Inland Waters Coalition can use port facilities to hold a pub

Japan's Nissho Iwai Plans Office in HanoiNissho Iwai Corp., a major Japanese trading firm, a

U.S. and Soviet atomic energy officials signed a protocol marking revived formal exchanges on nuclea

Directors of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. rejected a $2.1 billion takeover bid by Wickes Cos. Inc.,

Someday, solar cells that can turn light into electricity will help irrigate the deserts and bring p

Virginia Power said its plan to purchase Colombian coal was put on the back burner, partly because a

PPG Expands Silica UnitIn TaiwanPPG Industries will increase the capacity of its pre

Horst K.D. Wallrabe, president of Miles Pharmaceuticals, announced Miles' decision to jointly market

Pharmatec Inc. announced that it granted an exclusive worldwide license to Nova Pharmaceutical Corp.

The European coal market remained quiet last week, taking its time to digest the effects of rising o

FMC Increases P ersulfate Prices FMC Corp. announced an increase in its price of ammonium, p

Two longshore union locals in Miami filed suit against the Port Everglades Authority and two ocean t

Heartland Express Inc. became the second trucking company in less than a week to launch an initial p

Chernobyl Radiation Worse Than ThoughtRadiation spread wider than first thought after the Ch

Groups Reach Accord On Fruehauf PurchaseTwo competing groups bidding for control of Fruehauf

Foreign orders for new ships continued to sag in July due to the worldwide shipbuilding slump, the J

Waterman Marine Corp. reported income of $2,775,000, or $2.12 a share, for the second quarter, compa

The sign on the road to Nickel Mountain has a line that reads: "Permission to pass revokable at any

S. Africa Sees Drop In '86 Gold OutputJOHANNESBURG, South Africa South African gold output t

A two-month drought is ruining the cotton crop in the northwestern provinces of Chinandega and Leon,

First Commodity Corp. of Boston, one of the nation's biggest retail futures brokers, has been expell

The board of harbor commissioners approved port tariff increases expected to generate an additional

USDA Secretary Richard Lyng said the dairy buy-out program has been only a ''limited success" and he

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng said USDA will continue to add commodities and

Nagging questions remain unanswered here as port officials delayed analysis of their controversial w

The buoy-loading tanker Sarita is the first visible result of Norway's A/S Ugland Shuttle Tanker &

Only a decade ago, most U.S. railroads were discouraging passenger traffic of any kind. Carr