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Southern Co. said electricity sales to commercial customers increased 4.3 percent during the first s

For the first time this year, current crude oil stocks have exceeded year-ago levels, the American P

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled that both the seller and the purchaser of a short-line

DU PONT POSTS 8 PERCENT DIP IN AIR EMISSIONSWILMINGTON, Del. - Du Pont Co. reported an 8 per

Yugoslavia will introduce a new currency to help fight inflation currently at an annual rate of 800

Evidence of the sorry state of China's key textile industry has come from a mainland official, who c

BAUXITE PRODUCTION OFF 30 PERCENT IN GUYANAGEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's January-June bauxit

The New York Mercantile Exchange Board of Directors has approved several self-regulatory measures, i

BRAZIL - $55.6 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for irrigation works in Bahia and Pe

FRANCE'S ECONOMY GROWS 0.7 PERCENT IN QUARTERFrance's gross domestic product expanded 0.7 pe

LTV Steel, a subsidiary of LTV Corp., said Wednesday it reached a tentative agreement with the Unite

LINCOLN NATIONAL SELLS REINSURANCE UNITLincoln National Corp. announced Wednesday that it ha

Northwest Airlines' new owners should be able to repay the carrier's $3.1 billion debt with cash fro

Many Illinois insurers are fearful that Gov. James Thompson will sign a bill that would repeal a ban

This highly industrialized island will face a major environmental crisis if its government doesn't s

Once-burgeoning trade relations between South Korea and China have hit a brick wall since the June

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Wednesday on a combination of technical factors and personal income dat

As the Sept. 18 deadline draws near for interest payments of some $2 billion to foreign creditor ban

After Taiwan's parliamentary elections in December, government investigators are expected to heat up

Israel plans to sell a 50 percent stake in El Al, the national airline, the government announced on

COPPER MINE WORKERS IN CHILE VOTE TO STRIKESANTIAGO, Chile - Workers at the Chilean Copper C

Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke said Wednesday that domestic airline pilots could expect signifi

Norwegian streets may not be paved with gold but one highway unwittingly was constructed right on to

Members of the London Metal Exchange are threatening to cease dealing on behalf of American clients

New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer said Sunday that the New Zealand and Australian economies

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The environmental group Greenpeace Tuesday asked Congress to halt the legal export of agricultural p

Major shippers are protesting next month's planned rate increase by truck lines in the Middle Atlant

The U.S. dollar dropped sharply Tuesday in technical trading, with dealers unable to cite specific f

Occidental Chemical Corp. of Dallas and Marubeni Corp. of Tokyo, a large Japanese trading company, h

The Supreme Court will decide during its next term whether railroad workers while loading coal from

The South Carolina State Ports Authority filed a $1.25 million suit against Del Monte Tropical Fruit

Electric utilities will have to build at least twice as much generating capacity in the coming decad

The Hungarian government will revalue the forint against the convertible ruble, the unit used for co

Consolidated results measuring the property/casualty industry's performance during the first half of

Compagnie Generale Maritime, the largest French shipping line, and Nedlloyd Lines BV of Rotterdam, t

NY TRUCK ACCIDENT CAUSES MAJOR TIE-UPSGetting in and out of New York City was a nightmare fo

US GIVES GUATEMALA $69 MILLION IN AIDThe United States will give Guatemala $69 million in ai

Sex education took decades to reach Isidoro Martinez, and when it did, it was too late. On t

HEARINGS ARE HELD ON TUG PACT PROPOSALThe National Labor Relations Board is holding hearings