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NORTH SEA WORKERS QUIT OVER SAFETY FEARSMore than 100 contract workers refurbishing oil rigs

With the proposed free-trade agreement between the United States and Canada edging closer to a fait

Dayton Power and Light Co. said that the its customers used a record peak level of electricity on Ju

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

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Roadway Services Inc. reported second quarter income of $15.1 million, or 37 cents a share on revenu

A new scandal involving charges of huge waste and wholesale mismanagement has rocked Far Eastern Shi

Two years from now, Minnesota can boast that it saved 700 miles of track. Since 1978 Minneso

The French merchant navy may not survive the present crisis unless action is taken to revive it, acc

SEOUL ENDS IMPORT BAN ON AUSTRALIAN BEEFSEOUL, South Korea - South Korean officials announce

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

On Global Economic Growth Europeans in 1492 boldly sailed ships across the oceans to seek ne

Federal health officials have reported the nation's first case of human anthrax since 1984, which ap

Data collected by the U.S. Customs Service from ocean lines has stoppeddribbling and started

A labor crunch looms for the U.S. energy industry if an upturn in domestic drilling occurs, industry

MALAYSIA SEEKS SWAP OF OILS WITH IRANKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia wants to exchange Ira

A statewide campaign for the no-fault auto insurance initiative on the November ballot may cost up t

CONN. INSURANCE CHIEF EXPECTED TO RESIGNMIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Insurance Commissioner Peter W.

Lack of political will, rather than failure to recognize the problems, is hampering the attempts of

Oil prices fluctuated wildly Thursday as about 13 percent of Britain's North Sea oil production was

Insurers worldwide look likely to be the major financial losers as a result of a disastrous fire and

Paul Finlay Richardson, 59, former president of Sea-Land Service Inc. in the mid-1970s, is credited

Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group Inc., reported it flew 349.7 million revenue passe

UNION PACIFIC EXTENDS BULKTAINER TO ATLANTAOMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad is now offer

The Federal Maritime Commission, in one of its periodic tariff housecleanings, canceled inactive tar

Commercial bankers are waiting for official lenders to take the lead in cutting debt-servicing burde

A three-judge appeals panel on Wednesday reversed a $62,000 jury verdict against a company blamed fo

Australian coal exports have been disrupted slightly by a seven-day miners' strike which began Tuesd

TAIWANESE BIKE SALES TO THE US DOWN 40 PERCENTTaiwan's exports of bicycles to the United Sta

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

Longshoremen in leading ports of eastern Canada have moved a step closer to a united front by approv

Gasoline stations in metropolitan New York that did not have vapor recovery systems in place by July

American Trucking Associations urged the Republican Platform Committee to reject new energy taxes to

The Interstate Commerce Commission denieda request from defunct Branch Motor Lines Inc. to collect $

The pace of new hiring slowed during May as the steady improvement in labor conditions leveled off,

When Chris Evert accidentally dropped her bracelet during a tennis match a couple of years ago, she

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, angered by insurance industry contributions opposing a California bal

MANVILLE, AETNA SETTLE INSURANCE DISPUTESManville Corp. reached an agreement with The Aetna

Proanagen Corp. of Pittsburgh, Schering-Plough Corp. of Kenilworth, N.J., and Shiseido Co. of Tokyo