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Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., citing doubts about lap-only safety belts, is calling on Transportation S

Restriction Exceptions On Snuff Ads CriticizedTwo congressmen say exceptions to proposed fed

The outlook for U.S. transport industries appears uncertain while chances of a ''mini-recession" lat

Pennsylvania's new law permitting auto insurers to continue to set rates based on sex is being chall

New Jersey's measles epidemic is over, but the 904 cases reported in the last 10 months is the highe

Dorcas Hardy, a New Right foe of big government who recently took charge of the massive Social Secur

Stocks were mixed in active trading Thursday in a muted reaction to the Federal Reserve's half-point

The U.S. dollar was about unchanged on balance Thursday against most other major foreign currencies.

Travelers Corp. is expected to continue to lag the property/casualty insurance industry's earnings r

Japan Standing Firm On Its Discount RateJapanese banking officials said Japan will not immed

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

Thursday, August 21,1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.K

Platinum deposits that could potentially double the volume of South Africa's platinum-bearing ore ha

The Soviet Union will have to reconsider the siting of atomic power plants near populated areas beca

Vista Chemical Co. completed refinancing and consolidating its outstanding bank debt with a revised

For the week ended Aug. 9, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

Q:You're spending $500 million on expansion when other shipping companies are taking losses and cutt

A $22.7 million contract to overhaul the destroyer USS Fletcher wasawarded to the Long Beach Naval S

Exports of U.S. farm commodities this year may total only $26.5 billion, the lowest value in nearly

The Federal Maritime Commission adopted final rules to standardize the filing of anti-rebating certi

Final details for restructuring of Wah Kwong Shipping & Investment Co. Ltd. go to creditors today,

$22 Billion July Deficit WASHINGTON - The U.S. government posted a total deficit of $22.229

The Port of Oakland may have to self-insure the first $1 million of its liability losses, a harbor e

Canadian Port and Harbour Association. 28th annual meeting Sept. 6-10 at Hilton International Windso

The Federal Reserve Board's fourth cut this year in the discount rate likelywill touch off another r

A new lending agency for Latin America and the Caribbean may be in place by early 1987. The

The U.S Army Corps of Engineers expects an extended drought in the Southeast as the region enters th

The French carmaker Renault said it is closing most of its Mexican manufacturing operations due to d

The upcoming round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations is not expected to yie

Product liability legislation and sweeping tort reform changes will be aired on the Senate floor in

Virginia Power's one-year test of transporting coal by barge worked. Railroads have lowered their ra

Overseas oil companies "are farsighted and optimistic about the future of offshore oil in China," de

Nordana, Dafra Lines Set New ServiceNordana Line announced a service link between it and Daf

Independent truckers are asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant them a share of the insu

Trading in the markets where shipowners and charterers hedge against price fluctuations in freight r

Of all places, why here? That was one local reaction to the announcement by the Internationa

The century-old Bath Iron Works Inc. said it was sold Thursday to Givens, Green, and Van Amerongen L

Rough seas Thursday forced rescuers to postpone a search for two men presumed drowned after a ship c

The United States Atlantic and Gulf Southeastern Caribbean Conference announced it will increase U.S

Argentina's hydrocarbons output rose in July compared with the previous month but still lagged behin