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Wed., Nov. 18, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The U.S. dollar declined slightly Thursday in lackluster trading, as players stayed on the sidelines

Six Pacific Northwest producers and traders of softwood lumber and panel products won Justice Depart

THE OIL AGE isn't going to end soon. That was the message Roger Herrera, Alaska exploration chief fo

Crude oil production in the lower 48 states fell 14 percent in October, while imports hovered around

Cathay Pacific Airways is concerned about the adequacy of facilities in Vancouver for handling passe

Philippine 'Dry Hole' Now Producing OilAn offshore oil well in the Philippines that was rece

The news for all of those planning to travel overseas is not good. Most European countries, and sele

Universal Maritime Service Corp. has won a $26.6 million stevedoring contract to handle cargo at the

- An Indiana insurance professor has set the insurance industry on its ear by procuring and publishi

Allen C. Johnson joins Northwest Airlines Inc. as director of baggage service. He held the s

The National Association of Independent Insurers has no intention of getting married. At the group's

Truck Demand Shields Volvo From CrashGOTEBORG, Sweden - Diversification and the strong perfo

A wave of price cutting has developed in the United States crude oil market as several major refiner

The international coffee market will be more stable as a result of the recent agreement on productio

Moody's Investors Service reports that the mortality and morbidity costs of AIDS are "unlikely to ca

New shipbuilding orders placed with South Korean yards increased sharply during the third quarter of

EnergyNorth Inc., parent company of Concord Natural Gas Corp., Gas Service Inc. and Manchester Gas C

Chinese Purchase More US WheatAn additional 1 million metric tons of U.S. wheat has been app

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., which last week reached a $45 million agreement with the state so it c

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Truck buyers are still putting heat on truck makers to build better products, but for the time being

Sales by U.K. retailers in October generally fell short of the levels that had been predicted in Sep

Republican and Democratic budget negotiators Wednesday expressed dissatisfactio n with a deficit-cut

The operator of the world's largest fleet of gas carriers is transferring 11 gas carriers and two oi

Truck fleets have proved once again that they are the greatest natural resource equipment makers hav

Air cargo volume at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport will double within 14 years, a

Britain is prepared to reach an agreement with Spain over the status of the airport in the British c

Kuwaiti Terminal To Reopen SoonLoading at Kuwait's Sea Island crude oil terminal, which was

Kuwait has bought a 10 percent stake in British Petroleum Co. PLC, the world's fourth largest oil co

Scientists have set up shop at Long Beach City College to study Southern California's winter smog in

Traditional Exports Potatoes, tobacco, sheep, cattle, iron, lead, alum, stone and timber.Pot

Copper prices will remain firm on chronic supply tightness, and three-month metal contracts will pea

Wed., Nov. 18, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced Tuesday that it would move quickly to get out of its l

Charging that the lead industry continued to market lead paint for almost half a century after learn

Shipowners in the UK Get Insurance BreakMembers of the Transmarine Mutual Strikes Assurance

The Gulf & Mississippi Railroad, once hailed as a premier short-line, is in serious financial troubl

Producers of small aircraft turbine engines stand at the threshold of spending more than $1 billion

Australia's international airline Qantas has acquired a 20 percent stake in small Fiji-based Air Pac