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The 99th Congress curbed the Energy Department's politically volatile nuclear waste dump program and

After 10 years of construction and controversy, nuclear fuel has been loaded for the first time into

The collapse of talks in Geneva over a new International Natural Rubber Agreement should pose no im

Australia's mounting current account deficit has prompted the government to launch a national export

A long battle between independent container freight stations in California and the Pacific Maritime

Chubb Operating Income Rose in 3rd QuarterWARREN, N.J. - Chubb Corp. reported third quarter

Citicorp Picks New DirectorOf BrokerageCiticorp elected Peter W. Carlson, 40, chief

Ford Motor Co., the nation's No. 2. automaker, Thursday reported a 121 percent jump in its third-qua

Five thousand years of Chinese civilization may never be the same. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and the

After seven successive years of declining earnings, has Commercial Union Assurance Co., one of Brita

Transco Energy Co. reported consolidated net earnings of $7.8 million for the third quarter, or 31 c

With an investment of $32.1 million, Esso Italiana, a unit of Exxon Corp., radically modernized its

Acetanilide Stability SeenContinuingThe demand for acetanilide USP has remained fair

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. reported third quarter net income of $343 million, 25 percent higher t

Third quarter net income of National Distillers and Chemical Corp. was $8.1 million, equal to 27 cen

Week of August 17-August 23, 1986 This is a compilation of U.S. coal exports for the week. I

The city Department of Transportation on Thursday banned trucks at least 33 feet long from midtown a

Wallenius Line commenced a roll-on roll-off transshipment service linking the U.S. and Canadian eas

Two new regular services have been established between Australia and Papua New Guinea and between Au

A RISKY FASHION: Here's one time where New York isn't leading the way in new fashions, and pray for

A decision on the challenge to Florida's new insurance and tort reform law is expected by Monday, i

The government will use part of the $12 billion from its newly negotiatedfinancial rescue pa

'Cease-fire' Urged WASHINGTON - The United States, without retaliating for the latest expuls

Bird-Johnson Co. has acquired 76 Corp., a major marine propeller and distribution facility in Seattl

Barge freight rates on the mid-Mississippi River rose dramatically this week as elevators, burdened

Grain production dropped this year by at least a million tons in Henan, China's largest wheat-produc

Sheraton to Develop Tourist Hotel in ChinaThe Sheraton Corp. has signed a preliminary agreem

Business in Taiwan hopes to learn from Hong Kong about how to fight protectionism as part of its dri

South Korea's Hyundai Group, which gave the United States the $4,995 Excel subcompact car, is appeal

New York's insurance superintendent accused the nation's major insurance industry chief executives o

The Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. says it could build a 280-mile pipeline more cheaply and environmenta

California's 1986 wine grape harvest and crush were completed this week, weighing in at 2.7 million

Petroleum products have pooled beneath nearly all oil refineries in Los Angeles County, posing a pot

The Greek government announced a major new lignite discovery, with confirmed deposits put at 400 mil

Workers in a labor dispute at Brooklyn Union Gas Co. overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer from t

Two Navy jets collided over Alabama and another plunged into Chesapeake Bay, a plane hit trucks pav

The 1984 Shipping Act has benefitted big shippers at the expense of the ''little fellow," according

Hanjin Container Lines has integrated the sales office in its Seoul, South Korea, headquarters with

The USDA raised its estimates for current-year Cuban and Soviet sugar production. Cuban cane

Official sources confirmed the International Monetary Fund returned to Argentina as the Treasury i