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India's Food Output Expected to IncreaseIndia's food output during the 1986-87 agricultural

Catalyst Resources Sets 4 percent-8 percent Price IncreasesCatalyst Resources Inc. announced

The man set to play a leading role in framing aviation legislation the next two years says his mind

Eighteen crewmen apparently died when the small Philippine-flag cargo ship Balsa 24 capsized in a vi

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Gains by pharmaceutical and high technology issues helped the stock market test its recent record hi

A state senator from Los Angeles is proposing a 15-cent increase in the cigarette tax to pay for hea

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Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole again called for legislation giving the Federal R

No Mubarak Visit CAIRO, Egypt - President Hosni Mubarak has rejected a U.S. suggestion that

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Hampden Oil Co., which bought Ultramar Petroleum Co.'s Connecticut River Division last fall, is clos

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Dragon Airlines Ltd., a commercial carrier established two years ago, was granted permission by Hong

Emery Air Freight Corp. is hoping to upgrade services between Hong Kong and the United States by mov

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A jury awarded a retired sea captain and his wife $10.4 million in a case involving the ocean shipme

Corporate and personal income taxes are cut and some consumption levies only slightly increased in t

Bored brokers on the floor of the Baltic Exchange had something to talk about Wednesday after the ne

It's easy to see why investors snapped up British Airways stock when the British government sold it

A truck driver training company acquired a controlling interest in Overland Express Inc. and plans t

President Francois Mitterrand said Italy and Canada should be included automatically whenever the ma

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A section of a 1-inch-thick steel support wall inside Three Mile Island's Unit 2 reactor melted duri

Early signs suggest the Senate may be more cooperative than the House in working with the Reagan adm

The Supreme Court left for a later day a determination of whether a municipality may be held liable

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The United States is locked in an argument with Latin American and West European governments over re

UN Efficiency Eyed TOKYO - The United Nations must become more efficient and more useful, th

State protection of what are described as Indonesia's key fledgling industries will continue for the

India's economy expanded between 4.5 percent and 5 percent in the current fiscal year, down slightly

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Automobiles are becoming one of South Korea's major export items this year, with the value of such s

Medhi Navab, Iran's vice minister for economic affairs, arrived in Paris this week to resume negotia

Foreign exchange reserves controlled by China's treasury have declined by about one-third to $1.5 bi

Automobiles are becoming one of South Korea's major export items this year, with the value of such s

Differences between coffee producers and consumers may be too great to be overcome at this week's me