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China intends to increase spending for the construction of new coal mines this year, reversing a tre

As the decade draws to a close, people in the heart of Illinois' aging oil patch are starting to thi

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s natural gas discovery in the eastern Gulf of Mexico has exploration officials

Mexico is planning to reform its state petroleum industry, which has been squeezed by low crude oil

Two Japanese nuclear reactors were shut down because of a defect discovered earlier this month in a

Sun Refining & Marketing Co. Thursday increased its barge price for No. 2 heating oil by 0.50 cent t

The year 1989 is a "transition year" for U.S. steam coal exporters during which a good performance c

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Despite the nation's growing number of AIDS victims, the deadly disease has yet to have any major im

Five heads of state will meet in Marrakesh this month to discuss forging a North African trade union

Dow Chemical U.S.A. removed a 2-cent-a-pound temporary voluntary allowance, or TVA, from phenol pric

UPJOHN NET RISES ON ROGAINE SALESKALAMAZOO, Mich. - Rising foreign sales of the anti-baldnes

Generic pharmaceutical companies must become more creative to survive during the coming consolidatio

DOW CHEMICAL GROUP TO HIKE MDEA PRICE MIDLAND, Mich. Dow Chemical Co.'s GAS/SPEC Technology

Federal law does not prevent local prosecutors from filing criminal charges against corporate offici

Every model of new two-door cars that was intentionally run into posts andbarriers at 5 mph

For 14 hours as a broiling summer day dissolved into a sultry night at New York's Coxsackie state pr

New incentives are being readied by the Malaysian government to encourage overseas investment, and s

REGIONAL BLOCS PacRim '89. Feb. 19-21. A biennial forum where more than 600 world political

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF WORLD TRADE (Norfolk, Va.) - Four people to help oversee import and export ma

ITC RULING FAVORS THERMOSTAT IMPORTSThe U.S. International Trade Commission has determined t

Grenada's economy is rapidly improving over five years after U.S. forces landed on the small Caribbe

A former model put all her money in one basket, and now heads a company that grossed almost a millio

Japan's annual current account surplus dipped for the first time in seven years, by 8.7 percent in 1

The U.S. Customs Service has halted a nationwide, multimillion-dollar counterfeit perfume and clothi

In a closely watched report that often gives early signals of economic activity, the nation's purcha

An insurance industry study reveals that more auto accident victims are turning to lawyers to help t

WEST GERMANY BOOSTS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German industrial pr

Iran would probably turn to West European governments as its first source for credit if the Iranian

FACTORY ORDERS SURGED OVER 4 PERCENT IN DECEMBEROrders to U.S. factories for manufactured go

Mack Trucks Inc. earned $13.8 million, or 47 cents a share, in the fourth quarter compared with a ye

Canada's first, scheduled, double-stack container train is to arrive in Toronto today from Vancouver

A major Japanese shippers association contends a capacity-reduction agreement among 13 carriers in t

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The Bank of Communications will open a branch office in April in California's Silicon Valley, local

Inbound trans-Pacific ocean carriers say they are increasingly optimistic that a general rate increa

Finance ministers from major industrial nations left here this weekend pinning their hopes for the w

West German police seized 255 tons of a chemical bound for Libya, but U.S. chemical weapons experts

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den