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Wildfires racing toward rural communities Thursday forced thousands to flee as National Guardsmen an

French chemical giant Rhone Poulenc received the green light from the Brazilian government for a $50

The Scandinavia Fund recently received approval from U.S. and Swedish regulatory agencies to invest

United Technologies Automotive Inc. and Augat Inc. have announced a joint venture agreement for the

Soft drink giant Seven-Up has taken Coca-Cola to court here over allegations that its rival was cond

Saudi Arabia, the largest importer of U.S. feed barley, Tuesday apparently suspended imports for up

Chinese officials formally opened a $100 million glass factory here this week, praising the U.S.-Chi

Purolator Approves Merger With EmeryBASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Purolator Courier Corp. stockholde

Citing an imminent hazard to workers, state safety officials have shut down critical repair machiner

For the week ended Aug. 22, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

A leading investor in the shipping industry has urged a complete shipping embargo in the Persian Gul

More than 100 vehicle safety inspectors fanned out across 11 Northeastern states last week to track

Brother International Corp. named Michael J. Kimball as resident representative in Nagoya, Japan, t

Carnation Co. said it was voluntarily recalling all flavors and sizes of its Bon Bons ice cream nugg

A federal appeals court has decided that a stockholder can sue seven high- ranking Bank of America o

John B. Connally faced his creditors Thursday after telling a bankruptcy court he has $93.3 million

The Conference Board's Help-Wanted Advertising Index rose to a high for the year in July, signaling

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

Tateho Chemical Co., which lost at least 20 billion yen ($142.2 million) in Japanese government bond

Steel production in northwest Indiana is booming as steelmakers welcome the newfound demand.

Mexico is examining options for using its $15 billion foreign currency reserves to reduce its $100 b

Isuzu Motors Joins Thai Engine VentureIsuzu Motors Ltd., a leading Japanese maker of small t

Most farm experts agree that trade barriers make it harder to sell crops abroad, but there is a disp

A senior U.S. official has questioned the effectiveness of the U.S. oil embargo against Libya and wh

W.B. Hinton Drilling Inc. took two of its eight rigs off the market this yearbecause there w

With the price of travel continuing to rise, particularly for the business traveler, the prospect of

Australian transportation giant TNT has fired the latest salvo in Europe's fast-escalating express f

Fourteen elms injected with genetically altered bacteria will be destroyed, say Montana State Univer

Japanese vessels will not enter the Persian Gulf for at least "one or two days" unless the Japanese

Negotiators in Ford Motor Co. contract talks, hoping to reach an agreement by Sept. 14, say they hav

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Not long ago, the waterfront neighborhood here had a reputation more foul than the sulfur clouds tha

The port of New Orleans and the city, both short of cash for much-needed development, agreed to a la

The Jamaican economy, lifted by expansion in key sectors, is growing faster than expected. T

Brazil's central bank announced proposed guidelines for converting $1 billion a year of foreign debt

New York has more helicopter flights than any city in the country but still lacks a maintenance and

A commuter pilot was sucked partway out of his plane and clung to a door for about 10 minutes but su

Barbara A. Curran, president of the state Board of Public Utilities, will resign her post later this

Australian Miners Consider ProtestSYDNEY, Australia - Australian coal miners continued meeti

A long-awaited cleanup is set to begin Friday at the 400-acre site of the abandoned Johns-Manville p