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The overseas unit of American Telephone & Telegraph Co. is investing $40 million in a factory in Tha

Summer is the peak consumption period for gasoline, and with the Fourth of July falling on a Monday,

FREE MARKETS SEEN TRIGGERING FARM LOSSLONDON - Total reliance on free market forces to contr

The insurance industry must prove to Congress that it needs the McCarran- Fergus on antitrust exempt

Sweden's largest insurance company says its newly acquired U.S. insurance company will concentrate o

Dr. Ellen Czayka needs no further proof that lives would be saved if insurance companies covered the

JAMES BENEFITS (New York) - Francis A. LeFurgy was named executive vice president and eastern group

American International Group Inc., the large international insurance company, reportedly will move 2

Surrounded by isobar maps, computers and a foot-tall pile of paper on his desk, Norton Strommen is t

An auto rental insurance plan is now available for anyone who pays for a rental car using a Gold Mas

An Australian company intends to expand its operations in a bold plan to make Australia a regional r

International Business Machines Corp. declined to comment Monday on a published report that the lead

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European oil prices recovered slightly last week but the market is bracing for a possible rout as co

Congress will not enact acid rain control legislation before adjourning this year, Energy Secretary

MOZAMBIQUE PLANT TO BE REACTIVATEDLISBON, Portugal - Portugal, Mozambique and South Africa s

Surging Japanese steel production and strikes at Australian mines will boost Canada's exports of coa

MINERS' STRIKE GAINS SUPPORT IN AUSTRALIASYDNEY, Australia - The world's largest coal-export

Competitive bidding for electricity capacity in New York state may be hindered by a turf battle betw

FRANCE MAY RESUME IRANIAN OIL PURCHASESFrance is considering resumption of oil purchases fro

Multibase SA, based near Grenoble, France, acquired 100 percent of the assets of Akron-based E. Helm

Italy has decided to try to remove nearly 4,000 tons of toxic waste dumped in Nigeria, Italian state

A major Japanese oil company has increased its investment in the Australian coal industry. I

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed lawsuits late last week against Chrysler Corp. and 11

Lebanese citizens, already battered by 13 years of civil war, face a new threat: shipments of toxic

BFGoodrich Co.'s Thursday sale of its 50 percent interest in Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. marks the en

Plastic container demand is projected to grow over 5 percent a year through 1992 to 7.6 billion poun

The state department's chief drug fighter has accused Eli Lilly & Co. of being a conscientious objec

The European Community announced last week that it was reopening an anti- dumping inquiry into impor

HERE AN OFFICE, THERE AN OFFICE, but who's office is it? Sen. Wendell H. Ford, D-Ky., believ

CONSULTANT TO AUDIT NJ AGENCY OPERATIONSWOODBRIDGE, N.J. - The New Jersey Highway Authority

A New Jersey trucking executive was indicted on charges of fraudulently obtaining over $12 million i

The sudden drop in heavy truck sales for Freightliner Corp. last month is no sign that demand is coo

Western European aviation experts called on the Common Market leadership last week to remove current

CSX Transportation Corp. was expected to restore service to its west Kentucky mainline over the week

The Navy has set up a schedule for retiring 16 aging frigates in a budget- cutting move that prompte

To help cope with anticipated cargo growth of around 10 percent annually over the next few years, Ai

The Virginia Port Authority reported the growth reflected in this year's monthly tonnage totals cont

AGENCY PROPOSES SHUTTING AIR OPERATORThe Federal Aviation Administration took the first step

A $60 million plan to rebuild Seattle's central waterfront should stress working maritime uses, comm