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Sodium cyanide pellets were spilled on a snowy section of Interstate 80because of a truck wr

A U.S. district court judge will hear arguments March 29 by five U.S. maritime unions against the Re

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The three firebombs used in the harbor tug strike are much alike, federal investigators say. It rais

The strike by some 2,500 tugboat workers in New York harbor has put John Bowers, president of the In

The World Bank, the largest source of aid loans to the Third World, announced Monday it made a profi

Senators pressed Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan Wednesday, but he said the United Sta

Ship Agency Drops Action Against TaiwanThe Federal Maritime Commission Wednesday dropped its

British companies are less prepared than their continental European counterparts for the creation of

Engineers from Kenworth Truck Co. say their new idea truck is not for sale. Not for sale. Not for sa

The news was almost too good to be true for Kishnan Gopalan. His San Jose, Calif.-based company, Pri

Four senators have introduced what they call experimental legislation authorizing $1.1 billion for c

The Overseas Private Investment Corp. hopes to expand its programs to help U.S. investors in over 10

Brokers fear they will be pushed aside if the U.S. Customs Service heeds a consultant's suggestions

A five-member mission representing Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party flies to Washington today

Interest rates might move lower if the budget deficit is cut more thanfinancial markets expe

A sudden halt in Argentina's lucrative grain trade with Iran has upset President Raul Alfonsin's bud

A Corps of Engineers report says it would be economically feasible to deepen Boston harbor's shippin

The Federal Maritime Commission late Wednesday dropped its proposed retaliation against ocean carrie

Atlantic Container Line, a major European ocean carrier, will move its national headquarters from Ne

Energy Secretary John Herrington has appointed 15 new members to the National Coal Council.

The Japanese steel industry has had British Columbian metallurgical coal producers under its thumb f

Pyro Energy Corp., one of the most aggressive producers and marketers of Illinois basin coal, has pu

Madison Gas Posts 5.2 percent Hike in '87 SalesMADISON, Wis. - Madison Gas & Electric Co. sa

Addington Purchases Ky. Coal PropertiesAddington Resources Inc., Ashland, Ky., announced tha

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities voted to make rates charged by Public Service Electric & Ga

New Jersey is among the states that have been washed in acid rain, according to a federal report.

United Canso Oil and Gas Ltd. said its principal banker has demanded that all overdue payments due t

Australia's Bond Corp. is not deterred by the depressed state of the coal industry and is expanding

Mar. 2, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY of the U.S. coal industry was written in February when a cargo of coal

Oil prices slumped again Wednesday in Europe with North Sea Brent for March delivery skidding 40 cen

Noble Affiliates Inc. announced that its Samedan Oil Corp. subsidiary has settled gas contract dispu

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. will pay $39 million to clean up ditches, lagoons and other groundwate

A strong contribution to earnings from Chesebrough-Pond's Inc. helped lift earnings of Unilever, the

The folks in rural Taylor County, Ga., are in an uproar, and Ryan Delcambre of Dow Chemical U.S.A. c

Proposals for a Malaysian petrochemical plant have been made by a U.S.-German joint venture and init

Union Carbide Corp. is investing $40 million for the expansion of fluid cracking catalyst manufactur

Occidental Chemical Corp. increased the list price schedule for dry caustic soda on March 1 for spot