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Lear, Tenngasco Units Settle Contract DisputeLear Petroleum Corp. and Tenngasco Corp., a uni

USDA set the differential for whole kernel milled rice loan rates at $1.00 a hundredweight for the 1

Management and International Longshoremen's Association representatives in Mobile, Ala., agreed on a

Oil industry analysts are skeptical that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would be

Pressures from low commodity prices and burdensome debt payments, not President Reagan's Caribbean

Freeport Cuts Price Of SulfurFreeport-McMoRan Resources Partners, Limited Partnership, an af

International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. said it established a scientific business unit, the IMCELL

China to Construct 28 Coastal Power PlantsChina will construct 28 new power stations near co

In some professions, burying the competition gets harder each year. Just ask your local casket maker

State Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Merin was expected to make a personal appeal to state legislato

Only Sea-Land Service Inc. and Waterman Steamship Corp. reacted to proposals to alter the way the se

One-fourth of major U.S. cities expect to run out of room for their garbage within five years, accor

USDA Official Disputes Grain Embargo StudyUSDA secretary Richard Lyng told a press briefing

Grain farmers usually keep a weather eye on foreign crop conditions to help determine how wheat and

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Gold is likely to test the $380 level and platinum $460 in the wake of Friday's New York sell-off, a

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Lockheed Locks Out 400 Union WorkersAbout 400 union workers offered wage cuts by Lockheed Sh

A British labor union delegation back from a trip to investigate the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclea

Circle Agrees to Buy Stock of Mid-WesternCircle Express Inc., a holding company for several

Baltimore's five locals of the International Longshoremen's Association are to vote today on a new c

Spain and Finland have joined the growing list of European nations seeking to establish domestic fla

Japanese importers stepped up purchases of U.S. corn last week, as rising U.S. basis levels prompted

The money property/casualty insurance companies pay lawyers to defend against policyholder claims sh

One of the world's most isolated countries, North Korea, finds itself at the center of world attenti

Bombay Exchange Crippled by Tax RaidsBOMBAY, India - Brokers on the Bombay Stock Exchange sa

The scandal over insider trading on Wall Street hit London's financial community Monday when dealing

French airlines are headed for a series of strikes as management is facing up to unions on questions

British Airways, the soon-to-be-privatized national airline, reported an operating surplus for the t

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Japan's crude steel production will fall almost 20 percent by 1990 if the value of the nation's cur

Portugal is counting on its recent entry into the European Community to spur foreign investment.

South Asian leaders agreed to move toward more concrete and action-oriented projects, but shied away

After three years of sometimes heated public debate, the Jamaican government has decided it will not

Many foreign bank branches in the United States may reincorporate as U.S. subsid iaries to avoid the

Stocks involved in real or rumored takeovers and restructurings fell sharply early Monday, as Wall S

Neither the management of Flying Tiger Line nor the union that represents the airline's pilots appea

CULTURE SHOCK: Never before in my life had I felt culture shock, despite several experiences when it

General Strike Call Fails in PhilippinesA call for a general strike to protest the murder of

What's in a name? The owners of Maritima Aragua SA, which operates Maragua Line, have found that thi