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Personal incomes in the United States rose a modest 1.4 percent in the spring as overall income grow

The U.S. dollar's three-day rally faltered Tuesday as the currency slipped lower against all major c

Bougainville Output Of Gold Fell in QuarterSYDNEY, Australia - Gold output at Bougainville C

Japan's "big five" steel companies will cut annual production over the next two to three years to 90

Budget Deficit Widens WASHINGTON - The U.S. government deficit widened in September to $3.73

The General Accounting Office again criticized the U.S. Customs Service for its cargo examination s

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Two major oil companies, Chevron USA Inc. and BHP Petroleum Inc., filed to relinquish undeveloped We

The port of Houston is enjoying a boom in cotton exports, but a businessman who helped boost those s

Total waterborne commerce moving through the port of Duluth-Superior for the period ending Sept. 30

Cunard Line Ltd. will spend $130 million, the amount many companies pay for a new vessel, to refurbi

Although the number of farms in the United States dropped in 1986 at thesharpest rate in more than a

Dartco Offers ReinforcedXydar ResinThe first reinforced grade of Xydar resin and maj

Public Service Co. of New Hampshire says the growth in electricity from cogeneration facilities and

Brian Barrow is a soft-spoken, low-key, Cambridge-educated Englishman who apparently favors understa

A good product or service means nothing if a market doesn't exist, so timing and location are keys t

Cummins Engine Plans To Trim Work ForceCOLUMBUS, Ind. - Cummins Engine Co., a manufacturer o

China may become a major importer of U.S. corn, buying as much as 50 million tons over the next five

GENERAL NEWSKnight-Ridder Inc. agreed to acquire the State-Record Co., a South Carolina news

Long Island Lighting Co.'s chairman introduced to the business community two programs designed to ho

Unpredictable yet calculating, Texas Air Corp. may be the only large U.S. company the future of whic

Nuclear power will be France's energy of the future despite the accident last April at Chernobyl, a

Local shipping executives say a just-issued strategic plan for the Port of New Orleans contains no s

Poland Asks Paris Club For Debt ReschedulingPoland asked its creditor banks in the Paris Clu

Presidents of Baltimore's ILA locals held a special meeting to complain about their top negotiators

Japan's "big five" steel companies will cut annual production over the next two to three years to 90

Politics, money and sports affected stock market trading Tuesday as the Dow Jones industrial average

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

The port of Los Angeles will restructure its chain of management command, dividing the responsibilit

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS, AND LOSE THEM: Gov. Bob Graham of Florida turned a 1978 campaign gimmick into a

Grace Ventures Corp., the venture capital subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co., headquartered here, announ

The head of the Strategic Air Command wants 50 more long-range MX missiles to be built and put on tr

A new risk retention group will offer environmental coverage for chemical manufacturers, consumer pr

EC-Comecon Contacts LUXEMBOURG - The European Community said it was willing to hold a second

The International Cocoa Organization secretariat forecast a world cocoa supply surplus of 32,000 met

Banks in industrialized countries refused any voluntary new lending to the world's 18 most heavily i

Shanghai is taking steps to restore luster to its fading charms as China's largest industrial center

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The United Mine Workers union convened the first special constitutional convention in its 97-year hi

Negotiations on a U.S. textile accord with China will be highly contentious and result in more quota