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Prime Minister Wilfried Martens was quoted as saying Monday he does not reject sending Belgian mines

Transcon Lines Opens Terminals in SoutheastORANGE, Calif. - Transcon Lines is opening severa

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If the pharmaceutical industry won't come to the mainland, then the mainland must come to the pharma

Dissident Teamsters may file a lawsuit contesting the ratification of the union's new labor contract

New regulations on how much solvent is allowed in varnish, stain and other coatings have some homeow

An Agriculture Department analyst says there is a vast potential for contamination of the nation's u

A federal bankruptcy court has taken most of the legal fetters off the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., free

Halley's comet is made partly out of plastic, a scientist has discovered, and a lot of other objects

Argentine-French Group Plans Fertilizer PlantBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A consortium led by F

New York State Environmental Conservation Commissioner Thomas C. Jorling has urged the federal Envir

Four crewmembers of the tugboat Gadget were cited by the Maritime Administration for a rescue operat

J.P. Industries Buys Assets of AquariusANN ARBOR, Mich. - J.P. Industries announced it has p

Ugland Management Co. of Grimstad, Norway, appears to have averted bankruptcy, but the company is be

The Greek government has been accused of neglecting the country's shipping industry and failing to e

Italy's first computerized customs clearance system will begin online operations this month in the G

Sen. Edward Kennedy's proposed employee benefits legislation will mean higher insurance costs for al

Talk of a possible visit by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Silicon Valley brings memories of the

The Military Sealift Command says it's cheaper to man five cable-laying ships with civil servants th

A federal appeals court absolved Monsanto Co. of knowingly exposing seven workers to dioxin, but fou

Insurance companies are pushing a watered-down rate control bill in an effort to derail stronger leg

The nation's firefighters are launching a campaign for tougher state laws to reduce the more than 1,

An article on Massachusetts auto rates Aug. 27 misidentified a spokesperson's employer.Joseph DiGiov

An almost immediate payoff will result from Consolidated Freightways, Inc.'s adoption of a new data

Capital Holding Forms New Credit FacilityLOUISVILLE, Ky. - Capital Holding Corp., a life ins

A key witness against Teamsters President Jackie Presser has recanted his testimony, blaming medicat

The Federal Home Loan Bank Board voted to move forward with plans to bring $10.8 billion into the in

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has indefinitely shut down Pier 40 in lower Manhattan

A grand send-off for a replica of the 15th century ship Santa Maria on its voyage to Europe was post

The new superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy plans no change in the academy's mission

Harry Rutstein tried for seven years to sell millimeter wave devices to China, but could not do so b

The Houston World Trade Institute announced its first fall calendar of international business semina

The U.S. dollar moved slightly higher Monday afternoon on talk the Federal Reserve was calling tradi

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

The euphoria over Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's move to liberalize the economy and encourage private

Debt-ridden Mexico, short of cash since its economic crisis began in August 1982, suddenly has found

Security Pacific Buys 30 percent of Burn Fry Corp.NEW YORK - Security Pacific Corp. is buyin

Schlumberger Ltd. signed a definitive agreement for the purchase by National Semiconductor Corp., Sa