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Kidder to Expand Currency OperationNEW YORK - Kidder, Peabody & Co. said it plans to establi

Omnibus legislation that changes how victims are paid damages in personal injury cases was signed la

E.F. Hutton Life Insurance Co. announced that it has changed its name to First Capital Life Insuranc

Opponents of Gov. George Deukmejian's plan to abolish Cal-OSHA won a tactical victory in federal cou

Attorney General LeRoy S. Zimmerman alleges in a suit filed Wednesday in Commonwealth Court that Cre

Jardine Strategic Holdings' $391 million purchase of a 20 percent stake in the Wall Street firm Bear

NO ONE LIKES TO TALK about the 'T' word, so we talk about revenues, said House Budget Committee Chai

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on an absence of selling rather than any buying interest, traders said

Yen bond prices plunged Thursday as numerous rumors about whether the Bank of Japan would raise its

World Bank President Barber Conable pledged full support Thursday to proposals from Treasury Secreta

New orders for goods from U.S. factories fell 1.7 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted $202.53

House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., who had earlier opposed the secondary marke

BULLETIN The House of Representatives voted, 393-0, late Thursday to reauthorize the aviatio

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has decided to use a new method to rid itself of the loan portfo

AIR CARGO Dramatic changes were forecast for the air cargo industry. 5BAirlines began their

Canadian-U.S. discussions on a proposed free trade agreement were inconclusive again Thursday.

Thu., Oct. 1, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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

Edmund S. Hawley, formerly with Citicorp, was named vice president of external affairs at Union Paci

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

A House committee report concludes that repealing the law separating bankingfrom securities

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

The earthquake that struck Southern California early Thursday left about $5 million worth of propert

When 58 Kroger trucks stopped dead in their tracks at one terminal, and then, two days later, more K

When it comes to self-praise, it's hard to compete with the National Dairy Promotion and Research Bo

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Hard as it may be to re-establish the competitiveness of U.S. goods in world markets, it will be eve

Economists disagreed sharply over the merits of Treasury Secretary James Baker's proposal that the p

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

New England Association of Rail Shippers, seminar and conference, Oct. 1-2, The Mount Washington Hot

Dow Chemical Co. is recalling its pesticide cyhexatin because of the risk of birth defects, the Envi

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found only minimal safety violations at a New Jersey nuclear p

Trinidad and Tobago has drafted plans for expanding and improving its oil and gas industries and its

The U.S. market for flame retardant chemicals is projected to reach 586 million pounds in 1991, valu

In the third government shake-up affecting key energy sectors, the minister of electric power and a

Public Service Co. of Colorado will soon try to restart its idle Fort St. Vrain nuclear plant, but e

Norfolk Southern Corp. has ended its efforts to win the right to load coal in the Delaware Bay, opti

A draft report prepared for Vice President Bush recommends that utilities be offered a special two-p

Moody's Downgrades Public Service RatingsNEW YORK, N.Y. - Moody's Investors Service said lat

September 30, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gal