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Genentech Inc. won its first U.S. patent for its heart attack drug tissue plasminogen activator, or

TWO OF 3 US AIRLINES RESUME HAITI FLIGHTSTwo major U.S. airlines resumed daily flights to Ha

European Community leaders next week may endorse a study that could ultimately lead to a multilatera

The Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement is laying off six of the nine employees at its U.S.

A study by WEFA Group for the Ports of Philadelphia suggests Chilean fruit exports will double in th

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A Federal Reserve study warns that legislation pending before Congress to hike the minimum wage 50 p

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket durable goods plunged 2.2 percent in May, the steepest dive

Employee benefits have a significant impact on a company's productivity, staff morale and profitabil

The landlocked southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan says it is surprising officials in Beijing w

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has ordered about 30 U.S. and foreign- flag liner companies to

Everyone wants it. People who can locate a little complain that it's not enough. How much you pay fo

Supplies of gasoline and distillate fuel increased last week, according to the latest supply bulleti

Cast in the green glow of her video display terminal, Danielle Taylor, a Long Island travel agent, r

The dollar is headed lower and the Federal Reserve is liable to pull in its credit reins later this

The Supreme Court Wednesday saved pension plans tens of millions of dollars by ruling, 5-4, that emp

Computer pundits call it the democratization of data. With the United States Bureau of the C

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR RULE COMPLIANCEThe Federal Maritime Commission extended until Sept. 30

The Maryland Insurance Division this week ordered a West Indies-based physicians' malpractice insure

Less than a year ago, as the South African economy began to pull out of a two-year recession, a reco

Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., said he may filibuster against a second trade bill unless changes are

As the sun beat down with unremitting intensity over much of the Midwest this week, a relatively for

BHOPAL CARBIDE PLANT LEAKS TOXIC CHEMICALBHOPAL, India - The Union Carbide plant at Bhopal h

M.A. Hanna Co. has reached a tentative agreement to sell its Wenatchee, Wash., silicon operation to

Some 65,000 plastics enthusiasts from nearly 1,000 companies around the world are estimated to have

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding 242 hazardous waste sites to the Superfund N

Mobay Corp. announced plans for a 130 million-pound-a-year expansion of methylene diphenyl diisocyan

Power transmission lines in the eastern United States are full to capacity, compounding the problems

A trucking company in pursuit of coal transport opportunities is blazing the way for a Wyoming produ

Middle East crude oil prices are heading down below $13 a barrel because producers keep pumping at a

ANOTHER MEETING of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; another inconclusive ending wi

After moving 1.3 million cubic yards of earth, the Port of Portland is looking for a developer for a

Trade ministers from the United States, Japan, Canada and the European Community will gather in this

Members of the troubled Asbestos Claims Facility voted last week to disband the facility and replace

Matson Navigation Co.'s new 387-foot container barge Islander slides into Neches River from launchin

U.S. imports of sugar-containing products in 46 tariff categories more than doubled to about 666,400

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PACIFIC ENGINEERING TO REBUILD FUEL PLANTHENDERSON, Nev. - American Pacific Corp.'s Pacific

CON ED CUSTOMERS SET POWER DEMAND RECORDConsolidated Edison Co. said electricity demand in i