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Inaction by the Environmental Protection Agency and "stonewalling" by the chemical industry have hel

A major industrial group said the Massachusetts health-care system is at a crisis point, but that ch

Each year, more than a million workers are killed or seriously injured in on- the-job accidents.

IT'S BEEN STANDING ROOM ONLY, with television monitors out in the halls for some late-comers.

The decision by the trustee for the Delaware & Hudson Railway to abandonplans to resurrect t

NEW BARGE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON MISSISSIPPIKANSAS CITY, Mo. - The U.S. Coast Guard Wednesd

The departure of the Soviets from Afghanistan should do little to alter U.S.-Pakistani trade, Pakist

Barring a dramatic change in political winds, the course has been set for privatizing Brazil's secon

A group of nearly 200 firms called Wednesday for an end to the government's steel import restraints,

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Trade pundits on both sides of the Pacific expect U.S. exports to Australia to continue climbing thi

In a major victory for Japan's largest maker of semiconductors, a federal judge ruled that NEC Corp.

Rep. John LaFalce, D-N.Y., dismissed opposition threats that repeal of Section 89 non-discrimination

Hormones? What's the beef? Not surprisingly, the latest trade skirmish - over hormone-fed me

Feb. 8, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Sun Co. said Wednesday that it found oil on the U.K. Continental Shelf. The well, drilled to

ARGENTINE CURRENCY CONTINUES TO DROPBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Housewives and small businessm

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS (St. Louis) - Raymond Laurence was named vice president and branch

The European Community Wednesday proposed a minimum 15 percent withholding tax on most investment in

Union Carbide Corp.'s UCAR Emulsion Systems group announced price increases, effective Feb. 20, 1989

A southern Illinois congressman says he is concerned a that hostile takeover of Philadelphia-based P

NEW AT&T SOFTWARE FOR PBXS INTRODUCED- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has introduced an

South African unemployment, particularly high among blacks, appears set to worsen because the econom

As President Bush prepares to lay his budget plans before Congress and the nation tonight, business

Union des Assurances de Paris, France's leading insurer, announced Wednesday it is taking over an It

The automobile insurance industry, buffeted by criticism for high insurance costs and the way premiu

The Port of Long Beach this week announced a restructuring of its top management, with the clear emp

While ship traffic on the Delaware River rose slightly last year, Philadelphia's two major docks onc

Kuwait's oil minister said in remarks published Wednesday it would haul down foreign flags on its oi

GULF CANADA SEEKS NOD TO EXPORT NATURAL GASCALGARY, Alberta - Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. Wed

LASMO APPOINTS PICKERILLTULSA, Okla. - Jerry L. Pickerill was named executive vice president

CALIF. COLD SNAP CAUSES RECORD GAS DEMANDCold weather Monday caused record demand for natura

Japanese brokers are predicting good things for Tokyo stocks this year and foreign investors seem co

Wed., Feb. 8, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The Food & Drug Administration said Tuesday it is swamped by new AIDS drugs submitted for its approv

A bipartisan group of 10 senators urged President Bush Tuesday to put acid rain high on the agenda f

Making a buck selling electronic data interchange services has always been hard. It may be about to

The head of a U.S.-Soviet organization here was released after posting a $100,000 bail following his

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Despite a new assault on its environmental permits, a small New England railroad plans to overcome l