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Two mineral companies announced plans Wednesday to get out of the electric utility business.

General Electric Co. became the second of nine companies qualifying for a portion of $400 million in

Consumers Power Co. and Bechtel Power Corp. said Wednesday that they had reached a tentative agreeme

Calif. Utility Puts Solar System in ServiceThe latest in a series of commercial-scale solar

Japan's energy needs will grow 1.4 percent annually, reaching 3.39 billion barrels of crude oil equi

October 7, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

The reported Saudi plan to offer rebates to key crude oil buyers based on spot market trends could p

Japan Air Lines is cutting back service between Tokyo and Vancouver to three flights a week this win

The chairman of the independent National Transportation Safety Board sided with the Reagan administr

Emery Air Freight reported September shipments rose 11 percent to 1.31 millionfrom 1.17 mill

Boeing Receives Orders From Australia, UKBoeing Commercial Airplane Co. received orders from

Air Express International agreed in principle to acquire the Pandair Group of Companies, the air fre

NYC Seeks to Broaden Transit Voucher UseThe city is investigating the possibility of letting

Consolidated Rail Corp. raised the roofs on 100 boxcars by 21 inches to increase capacity to move au

Major railroads are making a strong sales pitch to hazardous waste shippers emphasizing a number of

A negotiating session between representatives of 14 striking labor unions and the management of the

Computerize or risk devastation by better-capitalized competitors is the conclusion reached by a rec

Mack Sale, Lease-Back Nets Millions in CashALLENTOWN, Pa. - Mack Trucks Inc. said it complet

Brown Transport Co. Inc.'s acquisition of Thurston Motor Lines Inc. creates a giant non-union trucki

Salomon Bros. Inc. Transportation Conference - All Modes, Oct. 7-9, Willard Inter-Continental, Washi

Navistar International Transportation Corp. has begun start-up operations and pilot production at a

Oct. 7 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

1075.0 (Oct. 7) Previous day - 1071.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

The United States and Mexico may sign a trade agreement within the next 30 days, but it will be far

The Bank of China signed an agreement in New York to borrow $200 million from a consortium of 28 for

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

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Wed., Oct. 7, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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

Tin-producing countries meeting in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur believe that their policy of e

Five of Canada's 10 premiers expressed serious reservations about the draft U.S.-Canada free trade d

Trade officials familiar with the 1985 U.S.-Israeli free trade agreement say this earlier pact offer

The U.S.-Canadian free trade agreement would make Canadian oil exempt if the United States adopted a

Mayor Tom Gustafson sums up the effect of logging the Tongass National Forest with a quick trip down

The long-standing Kremlin policies of huge subsidies, easy credit and rigid prices for Soviet agricu

The head of Japan's prestigious Science Council says his country is looking for someone to build a c

The Jamaican government has given the Aluminum Co. of America an ultimatum on deciding the future of

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Fujitsu Micelectronics Inc. will break ground here today for a $70 million semiconductor plant.<

European nations should place new restrictions on agricultural imports before they cut their farm su