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The rights of Claiborne County, Miss., residents were not violated by a state referendum dividing th

Prices continue to slip in the secondary market for country debt as a result of uncertainty over the

Most businesses are unprepared to prevent earthquakes from damaging computer equipment vital to ever

Continental Bank Sells Unit to Swiss BankContinental Illinois Corp. said Monday it is sellin

Rampant hunger and malnutrition in some regions can be eradicated only by establishing a rational in

Brazilian Beef Extract Refused Entry Into USThe U.S. Department of Agriculture refused to al

GENERAL NEWS Canadian auto workers union leaders will seek a meeting with UAW officials late

Leo H. Sternbach, Ph.D., former director of medicinal chemistry at Hoffmann- La Roche Inc., was name

Heavy truck sales continued to show muscle in May with double-digit gains over sales a year ago, pre

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A drilling depth record for California oil wells was broken last week when crews bored through a roc

A coal industry advisory group substantially revised an earlier estimate that low oil prices could c

Roofs made of untreated wood shake shingles have taken a heavy rap in two fires that destroyed 32 Pe

Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Corp. announced the second of what probably will be a series o

Vista Chemical to Hike Flexible PVC PricesVista Chemical Co. announced that it is increasing

Three stevedoring companies and five insurance companies want the Federal Maritime Commission to ste

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., shadowed by Wall Street's insider trading scandal, is working to polish

Tougher copyright laws are expected to come into force in Indonesia later this year, a government mi

The hottest job candidate in the financial world is a bald, 59-year-old career government worker who

Tougher copyright laws are expected to come into force in Indonesia later this year, a government mi

GENERAL NEWS Canadian auto workers union leaders will seek a meeting with UAW officials late

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NY Regulation Limits Junk Bond InvestingLife insurers in the state will be forced to limit t

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

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Centerior Energy Corp. announced a refinancing plan totaling about $1 billion and providing for the

The Navy bought nine more merchant ships for its standby, ready reserve of merchant-type vessels, br

The Greek government proposes to buy natural gas from the Soviet Union and Algeria, as part of its p

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

As the United States prepares to send one of the world's most sophisticated air defense ships into t

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Interviews with top executives of Hitachi Ltd., Japan's electronics giant, reveal the company is gea

FMC Reinstates Fuji As Non-Vessel CarrierThe Federal Maritime Commission formally reinstated

Merck Sharp & Dohme intends to ask the Food and Drug Administration to allow use of a hypertension

A new government-sponsored medical study shows a large number of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas di

Almost 18,000 creditors of Texaco Inc. were invited to a meeting as the giant oil company argues aga

Argus division of Witco Corp. is increasing prices for benzoyl peroxide and other selected peroxide

A $170 million contract awarded by the U.S. Navy to Westinghouse-Airship Industries Inc. to provide

A Panamanian cruise ship with casino gambling on board soon may be calling the Mississippi Gulf Coas