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Corn remained in mostly good to excellent condition in the Corn Belt and Northern and Central Plains

The federal agency that underwrites the pensions of 38 million retired workers agreed to take over p

Seven companies applied recently to the Federal Maritime Commission for licenses to act as independe

Industry officials are divided over who will pick up the pieces of General Motors Corp.'s market sha

Sihanouk in Jakarta JAKARTA, Indonesia - Prince Norodom Sihanouk, president of the tri-parti

Representatives of the Reagan administration warned that retaliatory measures against Japan may be f

Taiwan will stop buying corn from the United States if corn farmers there continue to support trade

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking public comments to help design next year's feed grain

Tuna Resourcing Inc. of St. Louis asked the Maritime Administration for permission to sell its 1,219

Despite disappointing results so far, China holds some of the world's most promising petroleum areas

Rep. James J. Florio, D-N.J., wants Congress to open settlement files in civil justice cases. If ado

The following are the results of Tuesday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge freig

The rebirth of Australia's government-owned domestic airline has been accompanied by an awareness th

Sponsor Blasts Defeat of Fishing Insurance BillThe sponsor of federal legislation aimed at r

The committee of commercial banks overseeing bank credit negotiations with Mexico said they had agre

Australia lifted a three-year ban on uranium exports to France, conceding that the sanction didn't w

Quaker Oats Acquires Maker of Rice-A-RoniSAN LEANDRO, Calif. - Golden Grain Macaroni Co., a

Responding to the industry's ongoing financial difficulties, the head of the All Japan Seamen's Unio

If your neighborhood travel agent has a harried, disjointed look these days, there may be a good re

The port's Terminal 1 should be converted into a public facility for use by cruise and tour boats, a

A gloss of unanimity for the goal of funding catastrophic and long-term health insurance benefits ca

Port officials generally are content with the tax reform bill's provisions allowing port authorities

PNSC Begins Service From US to KarachiPakistan National Shipping Corp. has begun a weekly se

British Aerospace Inc. announced that Jetstream International Airlines, Erie, Pa., has ordered seven

COAL SUPPLIERS are anxiously awaiting word from the Tennessee Valley Authority on two fronts.

The smallest of British Columbia's two new northeast project coal mines was forced by its Japanese c

NY Utility Building Experimental Coal PlantALBANY, N.Y. - Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. will co

GENERAL NEWSA first-year revenue gain in the tax reform bill might give Congress an excuse t

Heavy truck traffic has increased between 40 percent and 50 percent on Interstate 95 since the state

A/S Ivarans Rederi wants the Federal Maritime Commission to act to block the collection of a stiff $

The Department of Interior, despite strong objections from its regional office here, agreed to deed

Sun Co. raised the posted purchase price for West Texas Intermediate crude by $1 to $14.25 a barrel.

China signed seven oil contracts with groups formed by 14 international oil companies in the second

The Navy, still fascinated by nature's answer to underwater design, is spending millions of dollars

KEEPING THEIR FINGERS CROSSED: Most of the Jacksonville Port Authority's attention is focused these

Eastern Replaces Pair To Stem CancellationsEastern Airlines announced it is replacing two ma

Canadian National Railways said second quarter profit rose to C$59.9 million (US$43.1 million) from

Fruehauf Board Weighs Competing BidsA special committee of Fruehauf Corp.'s board of directo

Brazil is moving cautiously to adjust overloaded industrial capacity to booming demand, slowly lower

Agreement appears to be nearing in the high-stakes struggle over California's decades-old unitary me