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PSE&G Rate Proposal Would Reduce BillsNEWARK, N.J. - The average winter electric bill for a

Banks tend to be more forthcoming than insurance agents when offering life insurance for sale, and t

Stocks wavered back and forth in uncertain trading Wednesday and then spurted ahead in the final hou

Philippine Debt Talks Rescheduled for MarchMANILA, Philippines - Renegotiation of a $12 bill

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

The Agriculture Department may go underground with the nation's burgeoning grain surplus - way unde

William Harris Receives Transportation AwardThe Transportation Research Forum has conferred

The Dutch government is to mediate between striking dockworkers and employers in the port of Rotterd

Almost 800 tug and barge workers on the West Coast stayed off the job Wednesday as a strike against

An unusual swirl of economic factors underlies the moves of four U.S.-flag carriers to enter the eas

American President Lines, a leading trans-Pacific ship line, is asking the Maritime Administration t

Baldwin & Lyons Forms New P/C SubsidiaryBaldwin & Lyons Inc., an Indianapolis company whose

The cheap-dollar therapy for the nation's trade deficit is taking a long time to work, but many econ

Government farm price supports and subsidies are important in many countries, including the United S

Canada's trade surplus with the United States fell by C$4.5 billion in 1986, preliminary figures on

New York University School of Continuing Education is now registering for its intensive course in Cu

Harris Corp. was awarded a $5.5 million contract by Landsvirkjun, the na tional power company of Ice

Developing countries should drop their opposition to inclusion of services under the General Agreeme

Americans aren't the only ones hooked on stocks. Foreign investors bought nearly as much U.S

APC Names Ronald OliveVice PresidentOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Cos. named

A truck driver from Whitestone, Queens, was arrested on burglary charges after a woman saw his oil t

Starting today, jetliners will trace new routes above the Eastern United States, raising the likelih

Japanese officials conducted a simulated flight test last week using a computer-equipped aircraft to

Union Pacific Railroad is giving its automated train control systems a $38 million face-lift and is

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey suspended rate increases of three auto insurance companies pending

Nordana Line Expands To Northern EuropeNordana Line is extending its Caribbean, U.S. Gulf an

Ron Baker, vice president of Los Angeles-based Importoys, picked up a long- haired doll in a white c

The port of San Francisco will begin work this month to widen the entrance to its largest container

The government of Taiwan is promising further tariff cuts on imports as part of a new campaign to as

Soviets to Participate In Iowa Trade SessionDES MOINES, Iowa - Soviet officials agreed to pa

In a move likely to aggravate trade tensions between Western Europe and Japan, the European Communit

China's auto industry is expected to recover in 1987 from a bad year in 1986 to produce 365,000 vehi

Greece's Socialist government, in a move that in more orderly environments might be regarded as cont

Liberation Graphics has signed an agreement with the Soviet Union's international book distributor,

BASF Corp. agreed to purchase Rohm & Haas Co.'s Blazer herbicide business for an undisclosed sum.

GENERAL NEWS A panel of leading economists urged Congress to set more realistic targets for

Educators said Tuesday they fear a lawsuit filed against local school officials by a man whose teen-

Home Group Cuts Its Operating LossThe Home Group, Inc. reported Wednesday a fourth quarter o

Crowley Maritime Corp., which has a subsidiary preparing to compete with United States Lines' servic

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den