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The workers compensation system is plagued by inadequate rates and an expanding range of benefits, a

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

Moody's Investors Service said the credit quality of U.S. corporations continued to decline in the f

The United States will report some single-digit trade deficits in the next few months, which will he

NEW YORK - Ruco Polymer Corp. announced a 3-cent-a-pound increase on all polyester powder coating re

The Environmental Protection Agency said it issued two orders banning further sale or commercial use

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz

Honda Appoints Fritz As Portland ForwarderHonda of America has appointed the Portland office

The first segment of Metro Rail will open as scheduled in January 1993 even though 10 major construc

Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis says he will ask the Interstate CommerceCommission to fin

When is a ski resort not a ski resort? When it is a conference center, of course, and when there is

Representatives of shipping companies belonging to the Trans-Pacific Freight Conference of Japan and

Tort reform edged out rising medical costs as the focus of a panel discussion sponsored by the worke

Barclays PLC plans to raise 921 million ($1.7 billion) through an offering of new equity to existin

Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill. Thursday put his presidential campaign on hold, reducing the Democratic quar

Millions of Americans have home computers, but only about half of the adults with them actually use

The Teamsters union and major trucking companies renegotiated their week-old labor contract, adding

Reagan administration officials are taking a low-key approach while business officials appear more o

The U.S. economy will continue to expand at a steady to slightly stronger pace in the second quarter

Bill Bans Drilling In Chesapeake BayANNAPOLIS, Md. - Spurred by the increased interest shown

Ohio Plant to Use Clean Coal TechnologyBRILLIANT, Ohio - Ground has been broken for a $150 m

Today Honda Motor Co., Japan's No. 3 automaker, will celebrate the arrival in Tokyo of the first Hon

Company Applies EDI To Medical IndustryST. LOUIS - McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Co.

April 7, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

Conrail revealed that it made a host of changes in its safety-related programs and operations in res

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Micron Technology Inc., Boise, Idaho, purchased 1,629,000 shares, or about 14.5 percent, of Hauppaug

Some former and current state insurance regulators say the insurance industry used pressure tactics

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter says an institute that bears the Carter name is going to use a gra

Thu., April 7, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Every day, sawmill owner Jeff Loth watches trucks loaded with the best hemlock and fir logs from Was

AVIATION Midway Airlines Inc. has had a bumpy ride in its brief 10-year existencefin

Pittston Coal Export Corp.'s 1988 coal supply contract with Japan's steel industry shapes up as a fa

Arch on the North Fork, a coal company with strip mine operations in Breathitt County, Ky., reached

Most interested carriers want the Federal Maritime Commission to call off for now at least its plann

The world's maritime nations hope to make progress toward the harmonization of ship survey and certi

At the United States' request, the Inter-American Development Bank is looking into an $11.1 million

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Japan Will Try Again To Win Import AccordJapan will send a senior official from the Agricult

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is increasing prices of its Airflex vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylen