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Mon., Nov. 30, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

After looking to foreign suppliers to fill recent spot coal needs, fuel buyers for Florida Power Cor

It was a cliffhanger, but the real end still hasn't been reached in the saga of Thailand's efforts t

About 1,300 representatives of Japanese dairy farmers and food processors across the country staged

Officials in the Philippines are tightening rules for new garment exporters seeking government incen

The duty on cigarettes is now levied on a per-unit basis instead of by weight, in what the Hong Kong

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY AIRPLANE CRASHES? The answer, according to comic Bob Bobcat Goldthwait

Thomas W. "Teddy" Gleason, the 87-year-old retired head of the International Longshoremen's Associat

As the aftershocks from last month's stock market crisis and subsequent economic turmoil begin to su

A new method for performing bone marrow transplants on leukemia patients may double or triple their

Con Ed Seeks OK For Refunds on GasConsolidated Edison Co. of New York asked the state Public

The decision to create two separate work forces at the south of England port of Southampton is provi

A New York-based law organization has urged the Supreme Court to hear the appeal of the Norwegian ow

Fare Hike May Squeeze NJ Transit PassengersNEWARK, N.J. - People who ride New Jersey Transit

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

Commercial fisherman Arthur Ochse sends 10 men out on his scallop boat for extended trips at sea wit

Organ Retrieval Groups Face Loss of FundingThe Association of Independent Organ Procurement

Japan No. 1 Market For South Korean SteelSEOUL, South Korea - Japan in the fist nine months

The new fall in the value of the peso is good news for silver mining, Mexico's oldest major export i

The U.S.-Canada free trade agreement may be jeopardized by a possible Canadian court challenge over

Despite lagging export sales, new orders for U.S. machine tools last month rose sharply and reached

An Arab-Malaysian holding company has been set up to promote economic cooperation between Malaysia a

The United States is lifting its embargo on Indian cotton textile imports and is freeing 13 million

Nov. 27 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

The Maritime Administration is considering cutting subsidy payments to U.S.-flag ships that haul car

Canonie Environmental Services Corp. announced that it has received the award for a remedial investi

The dollar is poised to test new lows this week, currency traders and economists say. Virtua

A West German discount rate cut could be part of coordinated moves by the Group of Seven industriali

The Massachusetts residual market pool for high-risk drivers is undecided on whether to give a $45 m

Arthur J. Obester was named the U.S. Export-Import Bank's liaison officer in Los Angeles. Mr. Obeste

November 25, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Plan Filed for Reopening Of Peach Bottom PlantPhiladelphia Electric Co. has submitted to the

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

1171.5 (Nov. 27) Previous day - 1169.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Industrial Output Rises 8.1 percent in JapanProduction at Japan's factories and mines in Oct

Adobe Signs Contract With Japanese FirmMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Adobe Systems Inc. announced

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

Carbide to Hike Latex PricesDANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. said its "UCAR" Emulsion Sy

Purchasing Managers Report Slower GrowthTEMPE, Ariz. - The U.S. economy continued to grow in

A drug initially evaluated for the Army as a way to protect troops from nuclear radiation may turn o