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The Tax Reform Act of 1986 made important pension changes for the nation's working women. An

LAWSUIT SEEKS TO BLOCK STATE FARM CAMPAIGNA motorist sued State Farm Mutual Insurance Cos.,

Farmers Group Inc. Monday asked an Ohio court to overturn an Aug. 5 decision approving Batus Inc.'s

AIDS claimed about 13,000 American lives last year, a toll that would have ranked it 15th among all

There's one campaign promise Democratic vice presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen has made to Texas

Steel production fell to 1.822 million tons in the week ended Aug. 13, a decrease of 3.6 percent fro

Despite the recent ethics scandals on Wall Street and in the federal government, many U.S. companies

International Fair of Arequipa, Peru. A fair for capital goods and equipment, consumer goods and art

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

A sharp surge in exports from the Philippines to the United States indicates the former's trade surp

The Coleman Co. has never had a bloodier year. Five times in the last 10 months, the world's

The Reagan administration has asked Australia and New Zealand to cut back on meat exports to the Uni

CANADA AIMS TO HASTEN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTThe Canadian government is moving quickly to pass

The South Atlantic & Caribbean Ports Association will draft a resolution in support of an extension

Philippine President Corazon Aquino is under severe pressure to clean house, now that the very group

Morton I. Michelson was named president of Cascade Steel RollingMills Inc., a unit of Schnitzer Stee

Signs of renewed inflation in the United Kingdom must be strictly monitored, even though there is no

Republican officials here this week are wiping their brows over one of their main issues, as governm

The U.S. dollar took a turn to the north late Tuesday after spending most of the session traveling o

American industry operated at 83.5 percent of capacity in July, the highest operating level in eight

Taiwan's gold imports soared to 265 tons in the first seven months of this year, compared with 82.8

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

Kevin Eric Anderson, a Fremont, Calif., computer designer and engineer was sentenced to a six-year p

NORWEST CORP. (Minneapolis) - Dale Monson was named president of the Minnesota bank's St. Cloud/Sauk

Tue., Aug. 16, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

George Bush Tuesday picked 41-year-old Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle as his running mate, according to a B

JAPAN TO OFFER MEXICO DEBT GUARANTEE PLANMEXICO CITY - Japanese foreign minister Sousuke Uno

While Alaska's new hard-rock mines are expected to boom during the next few years, another kind of A

He sometimes talked about his job as pick-and-shovel work and himself as a gardener, images no one w

CHINA FIGHTS INFLATION WITH RATE HIKESChina said Tuesday it is raising its interest rates, w

Open interest in Eurodollar futures, which passed the 500,000-contract mark for the first time last

* Erich Heinemann - Happy Anniversary, Mr. Greenspan 8A * Richard Lawrence - Forging a Pacif

BankAmerica Corp. said Monday that it is relocating its Bank of America New York foreign exchange tr

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TOP STORIES: Oil is making a strong comeback for home heating only a few years after many ex

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The drought that has parched the U.S. farm belt wasn't especially severe in Mexico, but it did help

USDA SEES DROUGHT LOWERING CEREAL STOCKSWASHINGTON - Drought in the United States and Canada

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity said Tuesday the United States is not yet prepared to lift $135

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit rose in June to $12.5 billion, but most analysts remain convinced