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With this summer's drought, and votes to provide large disaster payments to farmers still ringing in

AIDS, already a problem for the life and health insurance industries, now is producing workers compe

ALLEGHANY ADVANCES ON ST. PAUL STOCK BIDAlleghany Corp. announced Tuesday that its applicati

A Texas gay rights group says it is discriminatory for a life insurance company to require people wh

This city's big steelworks and heavy machinery plant, an island of concrete carved out of a pine for

Rainfall this week along the western coast of Saudi Arabia has heightened government fears of a bigg

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Agriculture officials in five Caribbean islands are developing plans to fight the possible damage th

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Crude oil prices will fluctuate between $12 and $16 a barrel in the next five weeks, and unless the

British Coal, the state-owned coal mining company, announced Tuesday that it is keeping its prices u

Electricity output continues its strong growth for the year, showing a 5.1 percent increase for the

Oct. 18, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Chevron Co. USA says it plans to drill an exploratory oil and gas well this winter from an ice islan

LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. (Louisville, Ky.) - Robert L. Royer, president and chief executive, to

CHEVRON, MOBIL HIKE POSTINGS BY 75 CENTSChevron U.S.A. increased by 75 cents a barrel its po

Trading in the world's commodities markets has surged in the past year, fueled by inflation fears, t

INDONESIA TO SUPPORT TIN EXPORT PLANJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia will support plans to con

Many of Silicon Valley's high-technology companies have a dirty little secret: In complying with gov

South Korea is close to signing a formal agreement to open two trade offices each in China and the S

Noel Phillips, president and chief executive of Volkswagen of America Inc., the West German carmaker

Less than a month after landing a breakthrough computer deal with China, AST Research Inc. of Irvine

CHINA'S TRADE DEFICIT UP FOR NINE MONTHSChina's trade deficit was $3.4 billion in the Januar

Some U.S. aid to Egyptian and Pakistani government agencies undercuts the Reagan administration poli

Ford Motor Co. Tuesday announced plans for its largest investment ever in Britain, a 725 million ($

SOUTH AFRICA UNVEILS HOMEMADE PISTOLPRETORIA, South Africa - A weapons manufacturer Tuesday

China is trying to crack down on widespread official racketeering and corruption but is meeting stif

Uneven sales in the United States among leading Japanese automakers may mean Japan will not end its

International Design Forum 88. Oct. 19-23. World-reknown designers will be meeting with manufacturer

Venezuelan tuna fishermen say they will comply with a ban on the slaughter of dolphins, and American

A year since the world's stock markets crashed, the mood in Asia's biggest exchanges is one of quiet

Criminal charges have been filed against three seafood importers and nine other firms for purchasing

The European Community Tuesday approved an agreement between French and West German tire makers for

US HELD HAMPERING TRADE TIES WITH CHINAA senior Chinese official, in unusually blunt critici

A smaller version of Hong Kong's capitalist wonderland has attracted hordes of young people to this

Steel production fell to 1.797 million tons in the week ended Oct. 15, a decrease of 2.1 percent fro

The United States will police European Community plans to create a common internal market by 1992 to

The Federal Reserve reported in its beige book Tuesday that there is continued economic growth in mo

Manufacturing states, which have lagged behind the national average in personal income growth during