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Western Fuels Association Inc. said striking miners at its Deserado Mine in Rangely, Colo., have end

The Shell Oil Co. refinery fire in Norco, La., sent gasoline futures prices climbing Thursday and Fr

TEXAS EASTERN GAS PIPELINE CO. (Houston) - Joseph J. Solters joined the company as vice president of

Conn.'s Petro Posts Jump in Quarterly NetSTAMFORD, Conn. - Petroleum Heat & Power Co. report

The United States remained the leading foreign coal supplier to the European Community last year but

Nerco's Coal Sales Unchanged in QuarterPORTLAND, Ore. - Nerco Inc., PacifiCorp's mining subs

U.S. imports of Saudi Arabian oil have surged this year, according to new figures released by the En

The European oil market had recovered its poise by the end of the week after a nervous reaction to t

Gone are the days when the only travel insurance was a simple life policy dispensed from an airport

UTA French Airlines is content to be one of Europe's niche air carriers, but, like any business, it

Eastern Airlines is getting into the fresh fish business at retail. Within the next two mont

The $1.5 billion lawsuit by Texas Air Corp. and its Eastern Airlines unit marks a return to the use

Windfall Funds Depend On Air Cargo TrafficMIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The federal government will re

Airbus Industrie, the European aircraft consortium, is negotiating to sell two aircraft to East Germ

In an effort to beat back competition and stem losses in the billions ofdollars, retailers,

Wang Laboratories Inc. set course on a new strategy to integrate desktop computer networks for busin

Response Called Heavy To FMC Tariff ProjectThe Federal Maritime Commission has reported a he

The Maritime Administration approved the transfer of a large barge to foreign registry and received

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Alaska could reap substantial benefits from trade with the Soviet Far East, but it must be patient,

A House-approved amendment to a defense spending bill provides an extra $475 million for Coast Guard

EDI has been accepted. Now the world is ready for electronic payments, saidRoy DeCicco, seni

The average Japanese visitor to Hawaii spent three times as much a day as U.S. tourists in 1987, acc

A move is under way in Congress to let state governments control the export of logs from state lands

European airports, airlines and ferry companies have launched a joint effort to stop the European Co

U.S. consumers took on $4.461 billion more in installment credit than they paid off in March, after

Caught on the horns of a dilemma, the authorities reluctantly are allowing sales clerks from other c

Crude oil prices recovered last week instead of collapsing as had been widely feared after talks bet

A Columbia University index that forecasts employment trends jumped to a record high in April while

AVIATION UTA French Airlines, though content to be a niche player in Europe, hasplan

The nation's unemployment rate last month fell dramatically, to its lowest level since June 1974, bu

In its war on drugs, the U.S. Customs Service isn't trying to make policemen of shipping executives,

The chairman of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. said Chinese Premier Li Peng personally assure

Maersk Line is likely to have an even bigger impact on the trans-Atlantic liner trade than was origi

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Robert R. Frump, an award-winning journalist who specialized in financial and maritime reporting, ha

USF&G Corp. and Legg Mason Inc. announced Thursday the filing of a registration statement with the S

Brazilians will be allowed to import single copies of U.S. computer programs for personal use, even

Citicorp Chairman John S. Reed is scheduled to arrive here today for two days of talks with governme

BURUNDI - $17.8 million from the International Monetary Fund, in further support of government econo