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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s profit rose 39 percent to $218 million in its fourth fiscal quarter, the compa

Heating oil prices are sliding as the market continues to be bedeviled by bearish factors. P

Port of Galveston officials met with union leaders in that Texas city Thursday in an attempt to prev

Taiwan has decided not to create a new zone to accommodate foreign companies seeking tariff-free man

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Portfolio insurance will survive the recent stock market crash, but the technique is likely to under

THIS WAS A SUMMIT? Budget negotiators may have been earnest and hard-working for week after

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

With only a little more than a month remaining until Christmas, tree growers expect to sell a record

President Reagan tried to ease fears of a looming economic downturn, saying there was no reason to b

Stronger measures for the control of pollutants entering the Great Lakes are the highlight of the re

The Department of Transportation Thursday ordered that all trains operating on the Northeast Corrido

Federal Railroad Administrator John H. Riley Thursday moved to cut through the rhetoric and calm the

A new chart showing shipwrecks and other objects on the ocean floor at theentrance to New Yo

The time is right for U.S. manufacturers to step up to bat in Japan's booming sporting goods market,

Siemens to Purchase Systems From MoscomEAST ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Moscom Corp. has signed a cont

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