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When growth in container cargo at the Port of Seattle faltered last year, it prompted speculation th

The Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection said that mid-Atlantic electric power supplies

The government's key barometer of future economic trends, the Index of Leading Indicators, fell 1.2

With drab blank walls and a muddy tile floor, the office is every bit as charming as a muffler shop

Sponge divers and merchants in this old Florida town on the Gulf of Mexico are enjoying a vibrant bu

Invoking the backing of a U.S. government agency that insures against political risk paid off for ma

The insurance capital of the world is fast becoming the nation's mail capital and insurers say the t

TUNISIA CUTS OUTLOOK FOR GROWTH IN 1989TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia slashed its 1989 growth fore

DAEWOO WORKERS VOTE TO ACCEPT PAY PACKAGESEOUL, South Korea - Striking workers at South Kore

Ausimont NV said it sold the polyolefin elastomers division of Ausimont subsidiary Dutral SpA to Mon

Union Carbide Corp. has reduced toxic air emissions at its factories by 45 percent since 1985, said

The latest oil shipping accidents in U.S. waters are raising the likelihood Congress will widen rest

A leader of California's campaign to roll back car insurance rates came here last week to trumpet a

Does electronic data interchange have star potential? Hollywood isn't sure. Video technology

The nation's waterways don't appear headed for a repeat of last year's drought, but the U.S. Army Co

The Shipbuilders Council of America won the support of 180 congressmen in an effort to use U.S. trad

A federal judge Tuesday ordered nearly 43,000 coal miners in nine states to end a wildcat strike and

A U.S. senator won a round of spontaneous applause from insurance executives Monday when he said he

You can cut your way to prosperity. Edward L. Moyers, president and chief executive officer

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS (St. Louis) - Michael D. Renfro was named general auditor of this

Local confidence, badly shaken by events in China, got a boost Tuesday with the arrival of a U.S. hi

Airborne Express has lost its exclusive contract, reputedly worth $25 million a year, to carry IBM's

PA. AUTO COVER REFORM STALLS IN STATE SENATEHARRISBURG, Pa. - Automobile insurance reform le

This issue: NEW ENGLAND: Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., Bangor, MaineMID-ATLANTIC: Duquesne Ligh

FTC OKS SUN BUY-OUT OF ATLANTIC PETROLEUMThe Federal Trade Commission Tuesday approved Sun C

The ocean floor is full of sunken treasure from old military ships that have been blown up as target

US-JAPANESE TALKS ON TELECOM COLLAPSETalks between the United States and Japan over telecomm

The European Community's bid to forge an economic and monetary union of its 12 member states got off

Federal regulators tried Tuesday to discourage Congress from enacting bills aimed at pressing commer

The bid to create a unified European common market by late 1992 has intensified a battle for global

American President Cos. said Monday that its 1989 earnings will be lower than expected due to weak d

$610 million from the International Monetary Fund, comprising $410 million to offset lower oil expor

California Insurance Commissioner Roxani M. Gillespie said 443 property/ casualt y insurance compani

The Customs Service has approved port-of-entry status for the Virginia Port Authority's inland port

Officials in Shanghai, China's largest commercial center, jumped on the good- news bandwagon Tuesday

DEAN WORLDWIDE (Huntington Beach, Calif.) - Robert Sutton was named general manager of the freight f

Iran has withdrawn a diplomat from Bonn after Washington alleged that he helped arrange a poison gas

Gearbulk Container Services said the company will enact a direct fortnightly service from Seattle an

Longshore union leaders and their management counterparts are set to meet today to look at proposals

June 27, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,