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A 49-car freight train carrying gasoline and oil derailed and caught fire in a tunnel in western Chi

Rumors about the renewed possibility of Kuwait chartering U.S.-flag tankers again made the rounds he

The port of Sacramento says it will restart a container barge service to San Francisco Bay ports nex

A new system for cleaning flue gases from thermal power stations fired with waste has been developed

Salutar Inc. announced that it has entered an agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. for the licen

The medical malpractice crisis is not just a U.S. malady. Doctors in Britain also face stiff

Japan's government will sharply boost its spending on research in superconductivity next year, offic

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

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

UGI Corp., a diversified utility, said its Reading, Pa.-based Gas Utility Division plans to reduce r

Britain's strongest miners' union voted Monday in favor of taking a so-called industrial action unle

Here are the reductions in average prices for gas distribution companies from 1983 to 1986, as provi

The transportation industry needs a limited return to federal regulation,mainly to improve s

McAllister Brothers Inc., New York-based towboat company, has expanded its operations to include the

Merrill Lynch & Co. appointed Orestes J. Mihaly, who has been New York State's assistant attorney ge

It's 2:30 a.m. and John Sansone is awakened by a call that the Burmese ambassador to the United Stat

Shippers and most truckers rejected a Transportation Department plan that would force hazardous mate

The pigs that race at the Illinois State Fair are imported from Vietnam, but the 5-H Ranch at Cape G

State Insurance Commissioner Roger Singer Monday issued regulations barring discrimination on the ba

SEATTLE DISTRICT - Vessel Manifests. Seattle Customs no longer requires presentation of a dock copy

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When Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. recapitalized recently, it did not forget its workers. Employees

The Senate Agriculture Committee's work on a Farm Credit System rescue bill might be delayed until e

The average price of gasoline in the United States rose more than half a cent during the last two we

If preliminary estimates hold up, the port of Portland had a far better year than in recent times an

Kenneth V. Ridenour knew that Medicare wouldn't pay all of his health-care costs if he got sick, so

Computer Group Hits Circuit Board RulingThe Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers As

George White, general manager of Westburne Industrial Enterprises Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont., is in a

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Huntingdon Enters Talks to Buy WTI Inc.HUNTINGDON, U.K. - Huntingdon International Holdings

The pace and scope of economic reform are very much in doubt due to divisions in China's ruling lead

Shell Oil Co. will spend $30 million exploring for oil on the Argentine mainland, the first substant

Two more nuclear power stations with a capacity of 2,000 megawatts are to be built at Paks in centra

In Russ Banham's Inside Talk column August 21, an incorrect reference was made regarding the Insuran

Almost two-thirds of Japanese workers polled in a recent survey said they were dissatisfied with the

In a big step toward establishing nationwide quality standards for health maintenance organizations,

Sumitomo Machinery Corp. of America will build a new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Ches

Agriculture Secretary Richard E. Lyng says a formal agreement has been worked out between the depart

National Conference of Insurance Legislators will hold its second 1987 seminar Sept. 9-11 in Newport

Mass. Faces Challenge On Rate RejectionWorkers compensation carriers in Massachusetts will h