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Saudi King Appoints Minister of PetroleumRIYADH, Saudi Arabia - King Fahd issued a royal dec

Endangered by a dramatically dwindling domestic market, oil field equipment makers are expanding the

Rescue officials called off a search Friday for three missing crewmen from an Icelandic freighter th

Faced with plummeting earnings in 1986, Elf Gabon, the offshoot of France's state-controlled Elf Aqu

Industry analysts hope Argentina and Holland are on the way to settling their lengthy dispute over d

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

The Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act of 1986 is a separate act that became law whe

Allegations that British civil servants in charge of policing giant takeovers may have engaged in il

Sen. Jack Danforth, the Missouri Republican relinquishing the chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Co

With the coming of the deregulation of London's financial markets, known familiarly as "The Big Bang

The New York Power Authority's Niagara Project produced more hydroelectric power this year than in a

Hurt by declining productivity, a worsening labor shortage and rising production costs, the Hungaria

The Fluorocarbon Co. announced the purchase of the Fluid Components division of Nacom Industries.

Crompton & Knowles Corp., a producer and marketer of specialty chemicals and equipment, announced it

December 24, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Hydrochloric Acid Market FirmsThe market for hydrochloric acid is reported to be getting str

FMC Corp. announced the sale of the assets of its chlorine/caustic business based in Squamish, Briti

Minden Oil Operating Under a New NameBLUE BELL, Pa. - Minden Oil and Gas Inc. said it is now

Puget Sound P&E Seeks Temporary Rate HikeBELLEVUE, Wash. - Puget Sound Power and Light Co. a

COORDINATION NEEDED. Burt Rutan, designer of the remarkable Voyager aircraft, and president

Medicare Abandons Payment Delay PlanUnder mounting pressure from Congress, federal Medicare

SPI Unit Updates BooksOn MarketsThe Society of the Plastics Industry of Canada has u

The U.S. dollar continued its week-long decline against major foreign currencies Wednesday in tradin

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

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

JANUARY 6-7 - Insurance Crisis Conference - San Francisco - Laventhol & Horwath certified pu

IDB HONDURAS - $12.4 million to help finance a rural development program benefiting 4,300 lo

Jack Block, whose chubby face won him the title of Carnation Milk's Baby of the Week during the Depr

Taiwan has about 40,000 trading companies, but the government's efforts to foster large trading hous

At a congressional hearing held in northern New Jersey two years ago, a local woman told of her fear

Japan's November gold imports dropped sharply to 8.6 metric tons from 70.1 metric tons in October, m

The Wayne Newton libel case is causing concern in the news media, stirring fears that a record $19.3

Lovers who in years gone by might have quietly taken their venereal diseases to the doctor are incre

Unocal Corp., Los Angeles, made its first shipments of synthetic crude oilfrom its shale oil

Pentagon personnel and health officials have won an internal battle to keep alive a new program of d

A study linking increased high blood pressure among doctors to decreased income indicates economic f

Just a few years ago, a specter was haunting Japan - the unhappy specter of overly expensive crude o

In about two years, the $1 billion cleanup of the nation's worst commercial nuclear accident is due

The West German multinational group, Thyssen-Bornemisza, purchased 2 percent of Garrone, Italy's maj

The American Automobile Association reports that retail gasoline prices are 33 cents to 37 cents les