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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

U.S. taxpayers are bankrolling the world's newest ship registry, a Marshall Islands flag-of-convenie

Truckers support the basic concept of a plan by a coalition of shippers and transportation brokers t

CHINESE OFFICIAL SAYS NO DEVALUATION LIKELYBEIJING - China has no plans to devalue the yuan

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK (Scottsdale, Ariz.) - Keith D. Maio was named senior vice president and senio

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Japanese consumer activists say their government is reluctant to strictly enforce auto industry safe

The soaring cost of medical malpractice insurance is cutting into the availability of maternal healt

The tiny Delaware Otsego Corp. suddenly has found itself with a lot of influential friends, as the n

The Securities and Exchange Commission is working with some Canadian provinces on an experimental pl

Another piece of the past is about to die. Soon the rhythmic clatter of the telex machine wi

Lessors of railroad flatcars are cautiously optimistic about prospects for flatcar leasing over the

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Wallenius Lines, the Swedish car and truck carrier, plans to transfer one of its vessels to the U.S.

Each arm of its six red crosses is 27 feet across, it has a screw that weighs 53 tons and if you unr

Shipping conference lines on the North Atlantic may cut rates for wine and spirits from France and W

ICC CHOOSES SUCCESSOR TO DELAWARE & HUDSONThe Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday afterno