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Dominion Insurance Co. of America was ordered into liquidation by a New York court as hopelessly ins

TWA Debt, Preferred Downgraded by S&PStandard & Poor's lowered Trans World Airlines' senior

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

Peking will restrict the construction of high-rise buildings close to one- story older structures be

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

One hundred miles off the coast of Louisiana, Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co. did something this

A major ammonia project in Trinidad will be financed with the help of the World Bank's International

When their suits get shiny, their shirts torn, their sweaters snagged, many Americans give away thei

Bermuda Container Line plans to move its operation in the Port of New York and New Jersey to a nearb

A new issue index calculated by Standard & Poor's Corp. jumped 56.4 percent in the first half of 198

The already rapidly growing American Excess Insurance Association raised $8.5 million more capital f

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

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

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

The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia may seek criminal indictments in the 1983 sin

Government measures to boost Argentine industrial exports met with a mixed reaction among local econ

If there's a bright spot in the oil business, Bob Sweeney knows where it is, at his company's Louisi

Gulf Canada Corp., which will terminate its operations in the Beaufort Sea, said it recently made a

Officials from 13 towns along the Housatonic River are joining together in an effort to stop a prop

Toyota Motor Net Lowest in 5 YearsToyota Motor Corp. reported net income for the year ended

Pan Am Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million FinePan American World Airways became the latest victim of

Indonesians in US LOS ANGELES - J.B. Sumarlin, Indonesia's minister for national development

The stock market is within striking distance of its early July high, but analysts said the aging bul

Magnesium Carbo nate Price Stable The price of magnesium carbonate still is quoted in the ra

Three Firms Increase West Texas PostingsCitgo Petroleum Corp., a unit of Southland Corp., in

While the Greek freighter Golden Chariot was docked at the Port of Sacramento to pick up 15,000 tons

Faster progress must be made by Taiwan in reducing its towering trade surplus with the United States

The Federal Maritime Commission adopted final rules to standardize the filing of anti-rebating certi

Qantas, Australia's international airline, has accused its U.S. competitors of dumping capacity on t

The planned Tokyo offshore money market likely will be far smaller than anticipated, due to the appl

What's a former pharmacy student from south-central Georgia doing atthe Port of Charleston? Helping

Western Airlines, 60 years old and the oldest continually operating air carrier in the country, is s

Stevedores at Argentine ports imposed partial strike action claiming employers were not keeping to a

PG&E Gets Approval To Cut Electricity RateThe state Public Utilities Commission approved a 6

Low-Cost Korean Model May Spur IBM MoveHyundai, the South Korean company known for its cheap

An overhaul of state liability insurance laws and a federal product liability standard are needed to

The U.S. dollar was about unchanged on balance Thursday against most other major foreign currencies.

Platinum deposits that could potentially double the volume of South Africa's platinum-bearing ore ha

$22 Billion July Deficit WASHINGTON - The U.S. government posted a total deficit of $22.229

Product liability legislation and sweeping tort reform changes will be aired on the Senate floor in