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Oil ministers of four Persian Gulf states are to meet in Qatar on Sunday, Abu Dhabi's official news

Demand for electric power from the nation's investor-owned utilities is expected to increase by 2.2

Oil futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange can withstand the restora tion of official p

Supplies of key petroleum products followed normal seasonal trends, with gasoline inventories increa

Conoco Norway is considering using an advanced oil production ship to enable it to start operating o

Morton Thiokol Inc. agreed to purchase CVD Inc., a major producer of materials made by the chemical

In polymer research, academic institutions in the United States are "very far behind" their Japanese

Benzene Prices Move Up AgainThe price of benzene moved up again, spurred by an apparent slow

Senators to Push For Textile QuotasTextile-state senators will revive their efforts this yea

Leather Showcase Set The third edition of the New York Leather Exposition will have an inter

Minority shares in Mexico's government-owned banks tripled in value in their first full week of publ

The Soviet government notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it is prepared to open t

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., of Osaka, Japan, has developed a self- teaching speech training

The Reagan administration's decision to restore most favored nation tariff treatment for Poland coul

The Peruvian government is eager to use countertrade to pay more of its foreign debt, but the Soviet

Construction of new homes and apartments edged down 0.1 percent in January, the government reported.

A British member of the European Parliament asked the European Community to undertake an inquiry int

The U.S. dollar edged cautiously higher Wednesday against major foreign currencies, but analysts rem

GENERAL NEWS Construction of new homes and apartments edged down 0.1 percent in January, the

U.S. Treasury officials wouldn't confirm reports from Kyodo News Service, Japan's leading wire agenc

Vote to Halt Aid WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to halt U.S. aid

European shippers, already facing a downturn in exports to the United Statesbecause of the w

A group of British Falklands War veterans in the sleepy English town of Wincanton is helping Iran e

The Reagan administration is joining Senate liberals in a call for repeal of the insurance industry'

Grace Establishes Subsidiary in ChinaW.R. Grace & Co., the international specialty chemical

The president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Robert Habush, blasted the American Ba

An ad hoc subcommittee of the Virginia Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor this morning was to co

New Judge Assigned To Union Carbide CaseBHOPAL, India - The presiding judge in the Bhopal ga

All 23 syndicates at the Miami insurance exchange are being urged to consider voluntary rehabilitati

The Journal of Commerce, regretfully, misreported key figures in the latest earnings report by Cigna

Aetna Earnings Top ExpectationsHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Co. reported a sharp

Unocal Corp.'s successful fight in 1985 to stop a hostile takeover attempt by financier T. Boone Pic

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

Sea-Land Service Inc. will move a trucking operation to the Hessenatie Neptunus N.V. terminal in Ant

GENERAL NEWS Construction of new homes and apartments edged down 0.1 percent in January, the

Grace Establishes Subsidiary in ChinaW.R. Grace & Co., the international specialty chemical

Japanese officials will host a tour of U.S. university administrators next week, offering them land,

Proposition 65 Backers Fear Shorter Toxic ListAssemblyman Tom Hayden and other backers of Pr

Canada's Coast Guard wants modification of a four-year-old design for a very large icebreaker intend

A trade bill introduced in the House of Representatives would shock the world economy and create ear