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Stocks rose sharply in heavy trading Tuesday, as bonds strengthened in anticipation of interest rate

Iraq said Tuesday that its jet fighters raided a tanker off Iran's coast, in the escalating "tanker

UN Forces in Lebanon USSEL, France - Premier Jacques Chirac said the United Nations should '

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Peter Gillies will rule this fall on a title insurance company's

The Soviet designers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactors did not make allowances for mistakes that cou

The second deadly Cameroon gas leak in two years may prompt some foreign investors to take a harder

The Conservative-minded Social Credit government of British Columbia is subsidizing jobs at a lead-z

Shipping losses due to war and accidents were lower in 1985 than at any time in the past 20 years, a

GENERAL NEWSThe Pension regulatory system needs complete review, William Brock, labor secret

With the help of its fully computerized bagging and packaging system, Saudi Basic Industries Corp. c

Major Japanese photocopy manufacturers said they will step up production within the European Communi

Tuesday, August 26,1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.K.

One girl was killed and another still missing after a sampan collided with a Chinese ship carrying m

MAD DOGS AND ASSEMBLYMEN: It wasn't really a shouting match - just Port of Oakland Commissioner Doug

The European Community Commission plans to reopen an anti-dumping investigation into imports of cert

Birth rates plummet, large families dwindle, marriages decline. Traditional family patterns in Europ

An indicator that measures how many bushels of corn can be bought from the proceeds of selling a hog

A powerful Malaysian political figure was jailed for two years and fined $232,000 Tuesday for his pa

BACK ON THE LIST: As expected, the Navy has eased its contract suspension on Litton Industries Inc.

A declaration drafted for the non-aligned movement summit and circulated Tuesday said unless urgent,

BP, Chinese Firm Sign Exploration ContractBritain's BP Petroleum and the China National Offs

There'll be a shade less Christmas cheer this coming winter for thousands of past and present Sun Co

Iran will begin exploiting oil and gas deposits on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in the near

Three major Japanese shipping lines are planning to inaugurate a joint container service between the

CUSTOMS LAW ISSUES FOR IMPORTERS OF APPAREL AND TEXTILES. In-depth course to cover valuation, quota

Ashland Studies Sale Of Coal SubsidiaryLOUISVILLE, Ky. - Ashland Oil Inc. brought in an inve

California property/casualty insurers will be subject to tighter rate regulations under new rules be

Bayer AG, one of the world's leading chemical companies, reported second- quarter earnings of 930 mi

Thailand's trade deficit with Japan dropped 36.7 percent during the first six months of 1986 compare

California May Ban S. African InvestmentsA bipartisan plan to gradually sell more than $10 b

Marine terminal service agreements should be allowed to function without their being filed at the Fe

Todd Shipyards Corp. announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Shipb

Nakasone-Chun Talks TOKYO - Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone will visit South Korea Sept. 20

Steel imports from a number of unregulated foreign suppliers rose sharply in the first six months th

Union Carbide Corp. announced its intention to sell its electrical carbon business as another step i

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's personal assets and property total 138.76 million yen (US$901,000

Major Japanese photocopy manufacturers said they will step up production within the European Communi

The Western Fuels Association will sign a contract today with Westmoreland Resources Inc. for the de

AI Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cookson America, and a member of the Anzon Group, purchased t

A leading U.S. senator predicted that wheat prices would plummet on world markets, making it unneces