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The chemical industry's inability to hold down construction costs and project delays will continue t

The latest monthly figures on business inventories and use of production capacity continue to suppor

Pressures from low commodity prices and burdensome debt payments, not President Reagan's Caribbean

Oil industry analysts are skeptical that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would be

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Top Stories The specialty chemical industry is attracting foreign investors in increasing nu

Saudi Venture ProducesPVC, VCMAL-JUBAIL, Saudi Arabia - The National Plastic Co. (Ib

Westvaco Corp. a major producer of paper, packaging and specialty chemicals, announced Monday that i

Unison Transformer Services Inc. announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from Dublin,

Freeport Cuts Price Of SulfurFreeport-McMoRan Resources Partners, Limited Partnership, an af

Consolidated Edison's Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant went back into service after a weekend shut

The New York State Supreme Court threw out a coal conversion permit issued to Central Hudson Gas & E

The Department of Energy moved the national clean coal program to its second phase by asking industr

International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. said it established a scientific business unit, the IMCELL

With arguments and lockouts, the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association has been trying to

China to Construct 28 Coastal Power PlantsChina will construct 28 new power stations near co

A British labor union delegation back from a trip to investigate the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclea

The Ohio Valley Coal Operators, St. Clairsville, Ohio, filed unfair labor practice charges against t

Brazil's Odebrecht heavy construction group will lead a Brazilian-Argentine consortium building a 26

U.S. oil imports average 5 million barrels a day, the highest level since 1981, according to a Harva

Grove Valve Co., Oakland, Calif., and Ledeen Co., Sun Valley, Calif., received a $14 million contrac

Pacific Northwest sawmill operators, looking for a new market to ply their wood products, are hungri

His economic reforms credited with sweeping government victories at the polls Saturday, Brazilian Pr

Houston Industries Inc. reported consolidated earnings of $184.8 million, or $1.65 a share, for the

What's in a name? The owners of Maritima Aragua SA, which operates Maragua Line, have found that thi

In some professions, burying the competition gets harder each year. Just ask your local casket maker

The Canada Labour Relations Board ordered the Quebec local of the International Longshoremen's Assoc

After four years and $1.2 billion in out-of-pocket expenses, Northrop Corp. halted work on its F-20

A cooperative formed by 300 longshoremen has written to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney prote

Japan's crude steel production will fall almost 20 percent by 1990 if the value of the nation's cur

General Strike Call Fails in PhilippinesA call for a general strike to protest the murder of

Lockheed Locks Out 400 Union WorkersAbout 400 union workers offered wage cuts by Lockheed Sh

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The New York Insurance Department promulgated the final version of its new commercial insurance rati

Japan is at it again in the financial guarantee insurance business. New York Sen. John R. Du

State Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Merin was expected to make a personal appeal to state legislato

High Court Says No To Health-Care CaseThe Supreme Court refused to hear arguments over the l

Circle Agrees to Buy Stock of Mid-WesternCircle Express Inc., a holding company for several

Portugal is counting on its recent entry into the European Community to spur foreign investment.