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A congressional investigating agency says the government's divided regulatory system for Alaska's of

STAAR SURGICAL SELLS LICENSE TO CANON STAARMONROVIA, Calif. - Staar Surgical Co. said it sol

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WHITE HOUSE BACKS PARTS OF TAX MEASUREThe Reagan administration Monday released a position s

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Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey said Monday his administration is invoking for the first time a 19

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Senator Linie, after carving out a relatively healthy niche in its first 16 months of operation, is

Insurance brokers are trying to ride a recent wave of growth in the value of ocean-going vessels by

Financial analysts on the sell side at brokerage houses must walk a tight line between objectivity a

USPS MOVES DEADLINE FOR AIRLINE CONTRACTSWASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service has extended u

As fast as Alice tumbled down the rabbit hole, telecommunications has been transforming the way scor

Duff & Phelps Inc., the national credit rating agency, assigned initial ratings of D&P-8 (high tripl

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

For the week ended Sept. 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

USX, IRAQ FAIL TO AGREE ON SALE OF TEXAS PLANTUSX Corp. has announced that its letter of int

The Taipei District Court in Taiwan has found a local book company and two of its officials guilty o

A new executive director for the Port of Seattle has been tentatively selected from outside Seattle,

RULING FURTHER CLOUDS SEABROOK'S VIABILITYA ruling by the Nuclear Regulation Commission rais

A standard electronic message for worldwide use by the transport industry could be put into trial us

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS BOOM SEEN FOR 1988Demand for computer peripherals will grow by almost 1

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Trade experts are urging U.S. businesses to exercise extreme caution in entering the Soviet market d

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Trade between the United States and West Africa is slowly picking up, say officials of Barber West A

Apex Resources Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., revamped its plan to sell six ships and subsidy contracts f

Chrysler Corp. is replacing the venerable K-car, the plain, boxy, front-wheel- dr ive model that hel

Indonesian bankers say the country will have to follow its own motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika - unity in

Mobil Oil Corp. said Friday that virtually all of its service stations now carry 93-octane premium u

From the drought-scorched Permian Basin to the east Texas piney woods to the River Oaks Country Club

HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, BILL MacCRACKEN! But what took so long for the recognition? William P.

Several airlines have filed for exemptions to San Francisco International Airport's next round of no

France on Friday became the first Western country to approve the use of an abortion pill. He

CHINA CURBS EXPORTS TO AID DOMESTIC NEEDChina has ordered some of its factories to curb expo

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SupplyTech Inc., a leading maker of software that converts business documents to electronic messages

Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R-Md., chalked up another small victory for U.S. maritime companies in he

CSX, UTU WORKING ON BRANCH LINE ISSUEOfficials of CSX Rail Transport and the United Transpor

The Boeing Co. says it isn't particularly worried about competition from a Japanese joint venture or

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