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Mitsui & Co. said Thursday it will send a mission to Iran in late September to study the possibility

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken a first major regulatory step toward control of g

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced that it will start up a new facility to produce developmenta

Wall Street analysts say Farmers Group Inc. got a good price in its merger agreement with Batus Inc.

Pulp and paper manufacturers here are dismissing a government report warning that potential bottlene

Joint ventures between labor and capital are helping to improve productivity on the Australian water

Participants in a meeting Monday to discuss the medical malpractice insurance crisis with Kansas Gov

Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita has his work cut out for him, even though his maiden visit

France is investigating the alleged diversion to the Soviet Union of dozens of advanced milling mach

Foreign investment will be a keystone in development of Hainan Island, China's newest province and l

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Alarmed at the prospect of having to negotiate business strategy with workers, the airline industry

PHOTO RADAR FACES SHOWDOWN IN COURTPASADENA, Calif. - Three motorists who chose to take thei

Federal officials issued new bridge inspection rules aimed at helping states spot problem spans befo

Shipping lines calling at Thailand's principal containerport are really feeling the pinch from conge

A federal judge has let stand the first damage award in 30 years of anti- tobacco litigation, but al

The worst-ever set of monthly trade figures, showing that Britain is buying far more than it is sell

It seems that it is the airlines that always lead the way with creative marketing schemes to lure t

More than 120,000 skins of a protected species of alligator were smuggled into Japan during the past

Sales of existing single-family homes in the United States fell to 5 percent in July, the first drop

The newest member of the Federal Reserve Board remains concerned that the economy risks overheating

The U.S. dollar will continue to slide as capital flows from abroad dry up, currency traders predict

Thousands of poor New Yorkers without medical insurance may soon qualify for Medicaid coverage under

The state Assembly, back in Albany in an attempt to finish the work of the 1988 regular session, has

Daiwa Securities America Inc. said it has been approved as a clearing member of the Chicago Mercanti

A group of 20 former employees of Staley Continental Inc.'s agricultural commodities trading divisio

SUBMISSION OF SHIPPERS EXPORT DECLARATIONS (SEDs). Effective Aug. 25, 1988, all filers of shippers e

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

FAA MODIFIES PLAN FOR EAST COAST TRAFFICThe Federal Aviation Administration Thursday propose

Strikes at Polish coal mines have generated a round of inquiries about the spot availability of U.S.

ACID RAIN EXPERIMENT PROVIDES NEW HOPENEW YORK - Scientists who built a 1,400-square-yard ro

Although some meat packers and retail chains have been affected by the recall of trucks in their fle

If Wednesday's oil spill in the Chesapeake Bay follows the general pattern, it will result in renewe

DELAWARE RESOLVES RACE-RATING COMPLAINTDOVER, Del. - The Delaware Department of Insurance ha

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

Consumer price rises continue to ease under a tough government anti-inflation program, with prices r

As goes grain, so goes Great Lakes shipping. The validity of that statement is being felt today as G

PITTSBURGH TO BUILD ASIAN TRADE CENTERThe city of Pittsburgh is making plans to build the fi

MCI Communications Corp. on Wednesday said it signed a multimillion-dollar agreement to provide a pr

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