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HOUSTON UTILITY FILES FOR RATE INCREASEHouston Lighting & Power Co. last week filed a reques

Vietnam's agreement with the French state oil company Compagnie Petroles de Francaise-Total last wee

Elf France, the domestic refining and marketing subsidiary of Elf Aquitaine,plans to lay off

PRICES FOR GASOLINE, FUEL OIL UP IN NYALBANY, N.Y. - Statewide prices for home heating oil a

Federal Express Corp. has equipped four San Francisco kiosks with video phones so customers can talk

Deliveries of U-S.-made civilian aircraft will grow to $19 billion by 1992, a 15.8 percent annual in

The Air Force is trying to broaden legislation so that cargo-only freighters qualify for the Civil R

COMPANIES JOIN IN BID FOR AIR NEW ZEALANDLONDON - Investment Bank DFC New Zealand Ltd., Brit

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

Quick-response technology is going through a modern-day rite of passage, and a convention has been s

Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's comment Friday that the yen's appreciation since Decembe

Technology often is blamed for bringing rapid and disruptive change to our lives. But through it all

A farewell dinner is planned for the retiring commander of the Navy's Military SeaLift Command, Vice

Fiat Director to Resign Jan. 1TURIN, Italy - Vittorio Ghidella, credited for Fiat SpA's turn

Issues surrounding federal and state controls over marine vessel emissions remain unresolved, accord

The United States has designated Guyana a beneficiary of its special trade program for the Caribbean

Staunchly anti-communist South Korea is making economic pacts with several communist countries, open

DRUG AGENCY EXPECTS HUGE HEROIN SHIPMENTAn expected bumper crop of poppies in the Golden Tri

The colony's first purposely built convention and exhibition center for many years has officially op

The recent conviction of a ring charged with smuggling exotic birds from Cuba provided a glimpse int

Caribbean government and business leaders are divided over the likely impact on the region of the fr

The worst ever set of monthly trade figures forced the British government to hike interest rates Fri

The volume of world trade should grow by slightly more than 7 percent during 1988, with particularly

The American Iron & Steel Institute denied in a report that steel import restraints are causing sign

New orders in October for machine tools from U.S. manufacturers fell 1.2 percent from a year earlier

In approving Proposition 103, California voters roundly stuck it to the insurance industry by callin

Sales of existing homes fell for a second straight month in October even though mortgage rates decli

* U.S. Approves First Foreign Futures Contract 6A * H. Erich Heinemann - First Crisis for Ge

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Hissing, high-pressure steam - it heats skyscrapers, cooks vegetables, smooths creases in slacks. An

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Through the first 10 months of the year, Petroleum Heat & Power Co., retailer of more home heating o

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil settled up 11 cents at $13.97 a barrel on the New Yor

If you think you're the only one concerned with the rising costs of travel and entertainment, you mi

LyphoMed Inc. and Vestar Inc. agreed on a modification of their joint venture for the development, p

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 269,000 people during the week end

MEDIATION RESCHEDULED FOR NORTHWEST, UNIONST. PAUL, Minn. - The National Mediation Board has

Braniff Inc.'s October traffic increased 22 percent to 371.0 million revenue passenger-miles from 30

The Argentine government has forged an alliance with minority provincial parties to push through Par

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