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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rom-Amer Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said it signed a binding letter of intent with G.U.S.m.b.H. of Cologne

Japanese shipowners and seamen agreed Wednesday to allow Japanese and Japanese-chartered vessels to

Saudi Arabia denied reports that it was offering crude oil at discounts from the official prices est

Pacific Lighting Sells Real Estate UnitsPacific Lighting Corp., parent of Southern Californi

Backers of a vetoed bill that would have regulated "Medigap" health insurance policies sold to the e

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee looking at product liability law reform wants assurances

A federal judge has upheld a $20 million award of compensatory damages for birth defects a jury attr

AVIATION Transportation managers hope the legal smoke will be cleared before they are requir

US Cotton Crop Gains In Southeast and DeltaU.S. cotton harvesting made significant gains in

On a street corner near National Taiwan University last week, a vendor selling hand-knit sweaters dr

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

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

Investors seeking to diversify internationally should adopt a "passive" investment approach, accordi

The number of barrels of crude oil imported from Iran by U.S. companies in July totaled either 19,76

A story on Tuesday's insurance page incorrectly stated the threshold at which life insurers can test

It's a heart-warming scenario: A small U.S. shoe manufacturer, threatened with extinction by the ons

MetPath Inc., a subsidiary of Corning Glass Works, announced that it has reached agreement to sell 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger has overridden plans to send a small number of Coast Guard pa

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

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday on fears of higher interest rates worldwide. Analysts sai

Major U.S. banks raised their prime lending rates to 9.25 percent from 8.75 percent Wednesday, follo

Henry Kaufman, chief economist at Salomon Brothers, predicted the Federal Reserve will incrementally

Police said Wednesday they have arrested a Taiwanese and a Japanese for allegedly illegally copying

A $55,000 study is under way to test a brand name drug against a generic equivalent. The dru

New Jersey and New York stand a good chance of facing construction bans for failure to meet Clean Ai

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