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GENERAL NEWS President Reagan will ask Congress to cut spending for basic energy research an

The 1986 shipping season on the St. Lawrence Seaway marked a possible small turnaround for Great Lak

Grenada's business leaders are disappointed that the expected flood of new foreign investment has f

Continuing valve problems could delay the commercial start-up of the Nine Mile Point Two nuclear pow

Coal's share in Brazil's energy picture, still only 2 percent, could triple by the end of the centur

Racal Increases Stake In Cellular NetworkLONDON - Racal Electronics PLC said it signed agree

International Salt to Hike PricesInternational Salt Co. announced price increases on its eva

Santa Fe Energy Acquires PropertiesSanta Fe Energy Partners purchased gas producing properti

A pilot "job bank" computer program to match farm workers with farms that need them will begin early

Competition Erodes US Edge in High TechSANTA CLARA, Calif. - The United States begins 1987 w

Albany Hospital Probe Yields New IndictmentALBANY, N.Y. - A continuing investigation into po

An attorney for the widow of an astronaut killed in the space shuttle Challenger explosion said a fi

Japan's economic expansion in fiscal 1987, starting in April, will depend much more on efforts to st

United States Lines Inc. received permission from a U.S. court to file for protection from its credi

It seemed nothing more than a light summer shower. But the Aug. 8 rain at the port of Jacksonville l

States are expected to act quickly to implement a new law establishing a national commercial truck d

Panel Talks to Rebels MANILA, Philippines - A four-member government panel flew to Saudi Ara

RETAIL BUYERS TAKE A BREATHER: The Christmas holidays mean a hiatus for retail store buyers. The sea

The Commerce Department reported still more evidence of improved economic health during the fourth q

AT&T's planned New Year's Day price cut for long-distance service will be larger than previously ann

The Chinese government has drafted a law that would forbid the interception and opening of mail of

Financing Nearly Done For Midwestern RailFinancing is being completed for the purchase and o

Alaska's economy may be in store for a better New Year, as the Organizationof Petroleum Exporting Co

Japan's new budget cannot work to assist the government in achieving its economic growth target of 3

China's trade deficit dropped to US$2.13 billion in the first 11 months of1986, less than half what

The Golden Gates Ports Association has awarded Price Waterhouse a $152,000 contract to design an aut

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Mexico's aging railroad network is getting a much-needed transfusion of money and machinery in 1987.

Two Indonesian offshore oil concessions owned by a U.S. petroleum exploration company were taken ove

India has received offers of tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid to help build up its east co

A woman has filed a $30 million lawsuit against Geraldo Rivera, law officers and producers alleging

The Chinese government has drafted a law that would forbid the interception and opening of mail of

China's trade deficit dropped to US$2.13 billion in the first 11 months of 1986, less than half what

Florida Growing Fast WASHINGTON Florida, continuing a Sun Belt population boom, became the

GENERAL NEWS President Reagan will ask Congress to cut spending for basic energy research an

Throughout the history of commercial air cargo (which, as a bona fide industry, started at the end o

McDonnell Douglas Corp.'s decision to launch the MD-11 has sparked renewed questions about whether t

Two U.S. airlines, Jetstream International Airlines Inc. and Air New Orleans, have ordered a total o

In August 1985, a group of oil executives and environmentalists who often hold opposing positions fo

The gypsy moth, known as a leaf-chewing destroyer of trees and shrubs in many eastern states, has be