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The drought has reduced hydroelectricity output to 30 percent of normal in the western United States

The soaring cost of medical malpractice insurance is cutting into the availability of maternal healt

As the sun beat down with unremitting intensity over much of the Midwest this week, a relatively for

Employee benefits have a significant impact on a company's productivity, staff morale and profitabil

The tiny Delaware Otsego Corp. suddenly has found itself with a lot of influential friends, as the n

BF Goodrich Co.'s new $27 million plant here has begun producing carbon composite materials for the

BUSH GIVES BLESSING TO FMC CHAIRWOMANAlthough Elaine L. Chao took her oath as Federal Mariti

North American potash production in April rose 10.4 percent to 965,742 tonsfrom 874,929 tons

The benzene market has been up and down for the last two weeks following months of little volatility

Occidental Chemical Corp. announced a definitive engineering and feasibility study for a major expan

Dow U.S.A. Co. and Exxon Chemical Co. have signed a letter of intent for the formation of an equally

KINETICS WINS ORDER FOR PLANT EQUIPMENTZOETERMEER, Netherlands - Kinetics Technology Interna

Southeast Asia's petrochemical industry is in the throes of expansion as demand grows. Indon

The Federal Maritime Commission made public its proposed rules by which carriers and shippers can co

More than 50,000 new jobs could be created in and around Britain's ports if restrictive employment p

The trade liberalization agreement signed Monday to expand U.S. access to Japan's beef and orange ma

Tecmarine Lines Inc., a privately held carrier, is expanding its service between the United States a

U.S. shipbuilders, despite their virtual absence from the world market since shortly after World War

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As much as 75 percent of the 1988 U.S. spring wheat crop could be lost to drought in Minnesota and o

West Germany Tuesday called for the European Community to subsidize the production of natural agricu

OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS FOR SOVIET GRAIN CROPThe U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that the

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is betting its proposed electronic futures trading system will be so

BRAZIL CONCLUDES TALKS ON DEBT RESCHEDULINGBRASILIA - Brazil has concluded negotiations with

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Tuesday, gaining slightly against the Japanese yen and slipping v

The Securities and Exchange Commission is working with some Canadian provinces on an experimental pl

The integration of European financial markets in 1992 may increase pressure on the United States and

An invasion of foreign investment is destabilizing U.S. financial markets, according to New York Lif

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More foreign banks might lend to China if they could get collateral, a U.S. banker said. Tho

Dayton Power & Light Co.'s electricity sales were going like gangbusters for the first quarter, and

New rules aimed at boosting the capital reserves of the world's biggest banks, which appear to leav

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

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

GETTY PETROLEUM CORP. (Jericho, N.Y.) - William E. Rea was elected vice president, product supply an

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York would give customers a total of $26.5 million in profits under t

Tue. June 21, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Surging Japanese steel production and labor problems in Australia have led to a dramatic increase in

LILCO BOARD MIGHT GET LIPA REPRESENTATIVEHICKSVILLE, N.Y. - The Long Island Lighting Co. sai