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The government is having a tough time divesting its holdings in Mexicana, Latin America's largest ai

The Massachusetts Port Authority wants local power to restrict Logan Airport traffic, as a Massport

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

The inquiry into the Aug. 16 crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 has shifted from Detroit to othe

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

The New York Stock Exchange Monday listed a European Currency Unit bond issue, the first foreign-cur

U.S. personal income rose 0.4 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $3.736 trillio

The United States will have a current account surplus and Japan a current account deficit sooner tha

Alliance Capital Plans First Spanish FundAlliance Capital Management Corp. will file a regis

The Senate Agriculture Committee's work on a Farm Credit System rescue bill might be delayed until e

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

Fri., Aug. 21, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

The crunch is on as Ritz crackers come to Thailand. The Nabisco Brands Inc. unit of RJR Nabi

West European nations may be quicker than the United States to respond to Kremlin leader Mikhail S.

Japan's government will sharply boost its spending on research in superconductivity next year, offic

Taipei Expects Growth To Reach 10.6 percent in '87TAIPEI, Taiwan - The government said it ex

A similarity between a Danish campaign poster and an advertisement for the latest James Bond film ma

Indian Mills Urge Raw Cotton ImportsIndia will need to import at least 1 million bales (one

The U.S. market for ethylene glycol is projected to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent a y

Worldwide capacity for refined butadiene is projected to reach 7.3 million tons in 1990 from a curre

UGI Corp., a diversified utility, said its Reading, Pa.-based Gas Utility Division plans to reduce r

Petrochemical Complex Target of Iraqi BombNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraqi warplanes bombed a key Ira

Britain's strongest miners' union voted Monday in favor of taking a so-called industrial action unle

Long noted for the steady, even comparatively slow expansion course plotted for its two ports, the N

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' August production is expected to reach an estimat

The U.S. Coast Guard will allow vessel owners to use either of two vessel measurement systems, effec

Conrail has dropped unfair labor practice charges against the International Longshoremen's Associati

Retired Greek merchant marine officers who take jobs with Greek shipping companies, whether afloat o

The average price of gasoline in the United States rose more than half a cent during the last two we

President Suharto inaugurated a $93 million West German-built nuclear reactor at Serpong, 18 miles w

American President Line's President Harrison is discharging containers at Seattle's Terminal 5. APL,

Consolidated Rail Corp. said that improvements are needed at its Philadelphia anthracite terminal so

Five months after earthquakes ruptured a key petroleum pipeline, Ecuador has resumed oil exports, th

Brent Blend crude oil fell around 90 cents to $17.50 a barrel in hectic trading Monday, following a

Natural gas utilities are discriminating against their residential customers by giving huge discount

American President Lines Ltd. has petitioned the Maritime Administration to reconsider an earlier Ma

S. African Labor Group May Turn Down FundsAlthough the AFL-CIO is raising money for striking

August 24, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

Chevron USA Reduces Posted Buying PricesChevron U.S.A. Inc. decreased by 50 cents a barrel i