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Cash prices on the spot oil market continued their decline this week on high inventories that moved

The warehousing and distribution network at the port of Seattle took a step forward as port leaders

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is considering loans totaling just under $1 billion to support U.S. sale

So many ships and barges have crashed into the Blair Waterway drawbridge that bridge-tenders say the

GENERAL NEWSThe slump in public works projects led the decline in construction contracting.

The Georgia Insurance Department and the St. Paul Cos. reached agreement on the insurer's challenged

USF&G Reports Rise In Operating IncomeUSF&G Corp. reported improvement in virtually all line

The executive suite at Purolator Courier Corp.'s sleek headquarters looks strangely Spartan. Gone ar

Reinsurance companies are set to grow even faster than the impressive prospects for the property and

A four-fold increase in liability insurance premiums has led a rising number of small- and medium-si

Federal efforts to educate the public about AIDS have been inadequate and the government must spearh

The first insurance exchange outside the UK and North America is expected to be operating in Austral

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Sureway Air Traffic Corp. believes the acquisition of Archer Air Division will propel the air expres

Japanese Bond Market Seen Likely to GrowInnovation, deregulation and internationalization ar

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

People Express Inc. Tuesday announced a 12 percent pay cut for its full-time employees, and blamed t

The dispute over the Federal Aviation Administration's restrictions against foreign repairs to U.S.

Eastern Airlines turned down a union coalition's request that it delay its merger with Texas Air Co.

Canadian Pacific Air Lines, of Vancouver, may start service to Bangkok within a few months, an airli

Bill Planned to Rescind Transition Tax ReliefThe two senators from Arkansas promised to intr

Marines Plead Guilty To Freight Train TheftsYUCCA VALLEY, Calif. - Eight Marines pleaded gui

St. Louis Refrigerator Car, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., began building and repairing r

Ryder System Inc. will gain a larger share of the international aviation after-market through its ac

Tighter delivery demands, a smaller trade deficit and slower business inventory growth should boost

Norfolk Southern intends to forge ahead with plans for improving North American Van Lines and reveal

A representative of the trucking industry said here that "the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of

NWA Earnings Jumped During Third QuarterST. PAUL, Minn. NWA Inc., parent of Northwest Airli

Because of provisions stripped from the Conrail sale legislation, officials will need to take pains

Mexican Trade Links MEXICO CITY - Mexico will start new negotiations with Brazil and Argenti

It was apparent to those who had been in world trade for any length of time that Sears, Roebuck and

A Commerce Department-sponsored conference to help U.S. companies set up plants in Mexico is pushin

Wrightson Names VPAt US UnitPeter D. Wood rejoined Stewart Smith East Inc., a broker

The productivity of U.S. non-farm businesses rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.2 percen

Many United States companies are using marketing strategies and performance based on the thinking of

Contracts for construction slipped 6 percent in September, led by a decline in public works projects

The U.S. dollar steadied in quiet trading Wednesday, moving higher against some major foreign curren

"They just didn't do their homework," complained the head equities dealer at one investment bank ang

Medium-sized corporations grew an average of 15 percent over the past year and are projecting a cont

Rampant speculation on rumored takeover-or-restructuring issues highlighted trading Wednesday as the