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A major creditor of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire has demanded immediate payment of $275 milli

Scientists say they used laser beams to watch chemical molecules the instant they were created, an u

TOLLAND, Conn. - The combined sales of plastics and elastomers used in the production of flexible tu

U.S. Playing Card subsidiary Uniroyal Plastics Co. agreed to sell its European thermoplastic sheet o

Glaxo Holdings PLC, a British pharmaceutical company, says it intends to develop its best-selling ul

Environmental legislation and regulations are expected to increase in 1988, according to Fred C. Har

Sutcliffe Speakman PLC, a leading producer of activated carbon, has acquired Barnebey-Cheney Co., it

Petrochemical Output Increases in MexicoMexico's Department of Energy & Mines reported that

A year into a mandatory program to burn Oklahoma coal, utilities in that state are citing problems w

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement again postponed a new surcharge itplans to charge

An attempt by the Long Island Lighting Co. to reopen a prudency review for its Shoreham nuclear plan

The past year was one of the port of Portland's best ever. Led by a 27 percent increase in g

Elliot Fabri remembers when most folks snickered as they drove past a lot full of modular homes.

WASHINGTON - Stock prices, vendor performance and a lower money supply pushed the U.S. leading econo

Morgan Guaranty's innovative proposal to reorganize some of Mexico's foreign debt is getting a cauti

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

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With more than 60 double-stack container trains already leaving the West Coast each week, a railroad

Service to Remember Amtrak Crash VictimsA memorial service for the 16 passengers and crewmem

A renegotiation of a debt package that originally totaled $75 million should make life considerably

Farrell Asks Marad To Lift Subsidy CurbsFarrell Lines Inc. wants the limitations removed fro

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There is little hope that a settlement to the strike at Canada's Prince Rupert port can be obtained

Vietnam's National Assembly has approved a foreign investment code to try to attract Western capital

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

S. Korean Trade Team To Hold Talks in USSEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean delegation led b

Although the familiar yellow trucks are most people's image of Ryder System, that is far from the wh

AVIATIONDuty Free Shoppers is bracing for battles over Asian airport concession. 1A The ste

Carol Quinn, Director Of Steel Group, DiesCarol P. Quinn, executive director, American Insti

Atlantic States Association of Rail Shippers, annual seminar, Jan. 13, Hershey Philadelphia Hotel, P

WILTON, Conn. - In the face of continuing losses and difficulty integrating its recent acquisition o

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The U.S. economy's ability to create jobs will falter in 1988 after nearly five years of strong grow

1259.0 (Dec. 30) Previous day - 1261.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Banks Agree to Unload Former USL ShipsA group of banks that owns eight jumbo containerships

For some U.S. companies, business is booming in the Middle East. Literally booming. The Iran

Large regional truck lines posted a mixed earnings pattern in the third quarter, financial data on f

The falling value of the U.S. dollar is taking a toll on the country's textile and apparel importers