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SCM Chemical, a division of N.Y.-based Hanson Industries, has announced plans for a major expansion

Railroad executives and economists said Monday they are not optimistic about new investment in conve

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A microcomputer-based system designed to assist auditors in evaluating banks' com mercial loans was

Mikhail Gorbachev's radical reforms of Soviet economic management are expected to become law this we

Perched high on the hill overlooking the Shenango River, the black stone mansion that had been the h

In 1973, when Arab nations cut off oil supplies to the United States, Americans panicked, gasoline p

When the U.S. Department of Energy was created, its declared purposes were to promote energy alterna

If this turns out to be the beginning of a new oil boom, an event fervently awaited in Texas, then l

Willis Faber and Stewart Wrightson, Britain's second and fifth largest insurance brokers, respective

Union workers are clear winners in last week's decision upholding transfer rights to Mack Trucks Inc

American Carriers Inc. vaults into the ranks of the nation's largest trucking companies with its acq

Ambac Indemnity Corp. is no longer a perceived weak sister in the municipal bond insurance industry.

U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger left Japan Monday afternoon with a promise from Prime Minis

The government of Bangladesh says Americans are poorly represented as investors in the Central Asian

The U.S. dollar continued to inch higher Monday, while the pound sterling slid. Analysts sai

An Australian company hopes to cut the cost, and speed the results, of mineral exploration on the Br

The 16 foreign banks that entered the Australian scene two years ago underestimated the competition

The Danish container vessel Clifford Maersk, 25,130 deadweight tons, is understood to have gone agro

In August 1986, an Aeromexico DC-9 plunged into a crowded Cerritos, Calif., neighborhood after a mid

The Transportation Department Monday unveiled its promised comprehensive drug testing, rehabilitatio

After years of steady decline in hauling freight, Australia's railways are fighting back with better

Lawmakers concede making a dent in the enormous trade deficit has proved frustrating and at times fu

Mexico's government and industry are working well together to spur the private sector and reduce the

BP North America Now BP America Inc.British Petroleum Co. PLC said Monday that its subsidiar

Peru's new prime minister and Cabinet were sworn in Monday, with Guillermo Larco Cox, chosen as prem

A new Dutch-built safety cabinet, employing a patented airflow regulation system, protects both pers

U.S. businesses may be neglecting their corporate identities even in the face of rapidly increasing

TOLL-FREE HOT LINES. Customs wishes to remind the importing and manufacturing communities that it ha

A Kuwaiti government official on Monday called on the superpowers and the international community fo

Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., seeks support for tightening future manning require ments on U.S.-flag sh

Don't look for Daniel J. Kerrigan to hang out his shingle as a transportation consultant now that he

Mon., June 29, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Rorer Group Inc. has made an offer to merge with A.H. Robins Co., Richmond, Va. Rorer offici

THE BUSINESS OF STOCKING critical spare parts inventories at overnight air express hubs is getting m

Twice before, they had sent packages from the Federal Express counter in Bellingham, Wash. But now t

Railroad grade crossing safety in Tennessee will be promoted with a train ride on July 15 as part of

Norway's oil and energy minister, Arne Oeien, says he is satisfied with the new OPEC agreement reach

Israel must reorient its economy and double its exports by 1997 if it is to be economically independ

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., developer of nylon, Teflon, Lycra and synthetic rubber, spent $1.156