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UN Opens Session UNITED NATIONS - The General Assembly opened its 41st session with proposal

The European Community foreign ministers delayed formal approval of a farm trade agreement with the

Steel production rose to 1.283 million tons in the week ended Sept. 13, a 1.7 percent increase from

While marine hull insurance may have seemed profitable over the past year or two, this is only becau

GENERAL NEWSPresident Reagan and Congress are on diverging paths in their anti-drug programs

PTCA to Join Suit On Truck Tax RefundsThe Private Truck Council of America will file a legal

The congressional clock has all but run out on stalled efforts to pass acid rain legislation in 1986

Egypt said it is raising crude oil export prices by 60 cents a barrel, the fourth increase since Aug

Southland Corp. and Petroleos de Venezuela SA signed a definitive agreement for Southland to sell ha

China and Pakistan signed an agreement for extensive cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear ener

Crude is flowing from Norway's Oseberg offshore field and into the production testing ship Petro Jar

Norway will keep its promise to cut back North Sea crude oil production only if OPEC agrees to a per

Tampa Bay Parties File For London ServiceCivic parties of the Tampa Bay area filed a joint p

Eight years after one of the world's largest oil spills from a tanker, lawyers, fishermen and mayors

A Conference Board analysis of the tax reform bill claims tax cuts in the bill would support imports

Emery Air Freight plans to launch a second daily DC-8 flight between the United States and Europe by

The arrival of U.S. integrated parcel operators will precipitate a rate war in the intra-European ai

Cash-rich and cocky, Pacific Western Airlines, Canada's third largest air carrier, is looking for up

Federal-Mogul Corp., a maker of engine components, announced it signed an agreement to acquire the S

Legislation imposing the recommendations of a presidential emergency board affecting the Maine Centr

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

CP Rail is going to continue testing fast trains carrying British Columbian export lumber, despite a

GAO Asked to Examine Pollution in BayA Sacramento area congressman asked the General Account

In an effort to get legislative action on tort and product liability reform, an estimated 1,000 peop

Pa. Places Mutual Fire Under SuspensionHARRISBURGH, Pa. - Mutual Fire, Marine & Inland Insur

Property insurers may see Connecticut's 1986 tort reform, which is effective Oct. 1, as sufficient t

Many women and doctors aren't making good use of cervical cancer screening tests, and lost lives may

Arnold Chait is still refusing to let Ambassador Insurance Co. die. Vermont Insurance Commis

American Re-Insurance Corp. is moving its headquarters to Princeton, N.J., after 58 years in New Yor

American International Group Inc. and Salomon Brothers Inc. said they are joining together to offer

Sea-Barge Becomes A Member of NMCSea-Barge Group Inc. joined the National Maritime Council,

The French merchant marine again is seeking to boost its share of seaborne trade between France and

Japan's financially ailing Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co., one of the country's six largest shipp

As many as 3,300 Canadian west coast longshoremen will be in a legal strike position as of today, i

Crowley Maritime Corp. does not foresee making any changes in the overseas markets served by Coordi

Two Japanese ocean rate-making conferences voted to postpone until after Sept. 30 the implementation

Maryland has withdrawn its bid for legislation that would reimburse the state $58 million for the co

The first U.S. Navy warship to be armed with the new MK41 Vertical Launching (missile) System, the U

Hershey Foods Corp. and Dietrich Corp. announced that they have entered into a purchase and sale ag