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The Nakasone administration's plans to force the country's financially troubled shipbuilding compani

- In the United States, consignees avoid the payment of customs duties on goods they have ordered by

Officials trying to help a New Orleans family squeeze their sailboat under a bridge took careful mea

Sea-Land Corp. says that unless it can compete with U.S. carriers that have government operating sub

The owner of a barge of garbage that went 6,100 miles only to end up where it started says he's not

The U.S. Marshals Service seized a freighter stranded at Port Everglades, a move that will further d

Calif. Vintners Vote Statewide CommissionST. HELENA, Calif. - The state's winemakers voted W

Trading practices dating back more than a century will end next week when the London Metal Exchange

A lack of funding has prevented the government of President Corazon Aquinofrom implementing

A flourishing risk management system has enabled Chicago to emerge as a keyfinancial center

Three US Lawyers To Practice in JapanThree American lawyers Thursday became the first foreig

A flourishing risk management system has enabled Chicago to emerge as a keyfinancial center

Trade officials from nine Asian countries and Hong Kong agreed this week to establish an Asia trade

Three US Lawyers To Practice in JapanThree American lawyers Thursday became the first foreig

The European Community is inviting another damaging trade war with the United States as its farm min

For lawmakers in Washington, the U.S. trade deficit is a lot like a nagging cold: no matter how much

For lawmakers in Washington, the U.S. trade deficit is a lot like a nagging cold: no matter how much

Depending on the laws of the countries where its branches operate, the Banco do Brasil faces in the

Depending on the laws of the countries where its branches operate, the Banco do Brasil faces in the

Several U.S. refiners increased their posted buying prices of West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the

The Customs Service said it plans to choose its new northern California inspection sites by early Ju

Brazilians' jovial love of celebrations was nowhere evident Wednesday as this country completed the

Strong inventory drawdowns in crude, distillates and gasoline reported this week by the American Pet

Oil refining margins are starting to improve, Exxon Corp.'s chairman said Thursday. Narrow m

NERCO Buys Stake In 42 Oil, Gas WellsPORTLAND, Ore. - NERCO Inc. acquired working interests

The Jaime Lusinchi administration's excessive fiscal demands on Petroleos de Venezuela SA have place

Senate Finance Committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, said that he "would certainly oppose" any

President Reagan signed into law Thursday legislation repealing the Fuel Use Act. The repeal will ma

Low-power testing will resume shortly for a third time at the Shoreham nuclear plant as new safety e

The heirs of a woman asphyxiated in her Queens home 10 years ago were awarded $343,000 in damages fr

The European Commission reported a minor release of radioactivity which took place Tuesday in its nu

For once, as they gather at next month's seven-nation Venice summit, the leaders of the United State

Carolina Power & Light Co.'s coal-fired generating plants operated at an equivalent availability fac

Occidental de Colombia Inc., operator of the Cravo Norte Association, an nounced Thursday that the C

The board of the Occidental Petroleum Corp. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 62.5 cents

A behind-the-scenes battle is brewing over postage rates for the multimillion-d ollar advertising in

Spain's Empresa Nacional de Petroleo has threatened to close its Tarragona refinery indefinitely if

AN ECONOMIC GRAND-SLAM TODAY will provide a mix of figures. Data will be released on busines

Export-Import Bank chairman John A. Bohn Jr. expressed firm opposition to a proposal that the bank e

Consolidated Natural Gas Co. elected George A. Davidson Jr. chairman and chief executive, succeeding