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Bedlam broke out on the floors of U.S. futures and options exchanges as trading in stock index futur

Wall Street's stunning reversal on Monday sent Mexican stocks tumbling further this week, alarming o

A mine was reportedly spotted in the main shipping lanes of the Persian Gulf Tuesday, and radio moni

Carriers remain uncertain what the Federal Maritime Commission may have in mind about keeping record

Arthur Andersen & Co., the public accounting firm that quietly has become the nation's biggest compu

The recent revival of coffee export quotas has made some coffee grades scarce in West Germany, impor

October 20, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

In Dave V. Sharma's private Utopia is a "pure" air cargo terminal where virtually every pound of air

The oil industry could be badly hurt by a stock market-related downturn in the economy, after being

The Hong Kong stock exchange halted all trading until next week. The local futures exchange

Credit card purchases in China doubled in the first six months of this year over last and the trend

Livestock producers are seeing prices weaken this fall as more cattle, hogs and chickens head for ma

* The Hong Kong stock exchange stops trading for the rest of the week; European markets hold up; the

Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, urged President Reagan to agree to a freeze on defense spending levels in

Showa Line's new trans-Pacific shuttle service has a transit time of 11 days between Kaohsiung and L

Oct. 20 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

1105.0 (Oct. 20) Previous day - 1097.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Top Stories U.S. economists remain hopeful that the dollar's decline will spur growth in exp

Caribbean countries are shipping increasing quantities of garments to the United States although the

Tue., Oct. 20, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The loss of wealth created by the plunge in the world's stock markets could mean harder times ahead

Insurance stocks took less of a beating than many other industries in the recent stock market plunge

Heublein Inc. of Farmington will sell its McGuinness Distillers Ltd. unit, of Toronto, to Montreal-b

GAF to Buy Back Up to 21 percent of SharesWAYNE, N.J. - GAF Corp., the object of a $2.3 bill

Petroleos Mexicanos' investment program may help resolve a critical political problem for Mexico's r

Texaco, DOE to Test Gasification TechnologyTexaco Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy ent

A small airline with headquarters at Northeast Philadelphia Airport is poised to open a major operat

VU/TEXT Information Services Inc. introduced Global Search, which makes it possible to search throug

The Japanese government took steps to curb spiraling land prices, particularly in Tokyo, by approvin

Panic stock selling cost California's Public Employees Retirement System, which provides pensions fo

AIR CARGO Sabena's North American cargo operations manager dreams of a "pure" air cargo term

NYC Ferry Operation Will End FridayELIZABETH, N.J. - Ferry service between here and New York

Falling off a wave of high expectations, the electronics and computer industries received as thoroug

Hvide Shipping Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, has announced the signing of an agreement in principle to a

The Robert B. Derecktor of Rhode Island Inc. shipyard won a $2.5 million U.S. Navy contract to repai

A new excise tax law that should have simplified the system for cargo comingfrom the mainlan

A new law, requiring Oklahoma utilities to burn Oklahoma coal, has been the salvation of the state's

Energy Futures Prices Drift in New YorkEnergy futures prices drifted on the New York Mercant

The United Auto Workers took the issue of job security to the bargaining table this year and emerged

For debt-ridden Brazil, this week's plunging New York stock market poses a still undefinable mixture