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Panic oil buying, hoarding, skyrocketing prices and huge economic disruption could follow a choking

August 6, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

France has urged its oil companies to stop buying Iranian crude oil, Industry Minister Alain Madelin

MidCon Corp.'s interstate pipeline subsidiary wants its utility system customers to make their own a

Mass. Rules on Testing For Aids DelayedAn unexpected amount of testimony at two days of publ

Dome Petroleum Ltd. said it has defaulted on nearly all its loans because some of its lenders were u

A massive health insurance plan, referred to as state health insurance, has run into trouble even as

Current long-term care insurance policies are not a good buy, a House subcommittee concluded after s

Hall-Houston Agrees To Supply Mich. UtilityJACKSON, Mich. - Hall-Houston Oil Co., Houston, w

A LIFE INSURANCE-sponsored AIDS ad campaign to get the truth across about the deadly disease has run

AIG Posts Rise In Operating NetAmerican International Group Inc. reported that income from o

Occidental Petroleum Corp. is preparing a seismic survey program to probe potential oil reserves in

Two asbestos cases on different ends of the country involving claims from former Brooklyn Navy Yard

The head of the special office created by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to monitor the Tennessee

Royal Insurance PLC is giving the equivalent of $1.7 million to the Royal Shakespeare Co., allowing

President Reagan is not getting his choice of a veteran House Republican aide to become the chief en

U.S. coarse grain exports are forecast to increase to 63.4 million metric tons in 1992-93 from 49.3

Senate OKs Nominee To Nuclear CommissionKenneth C. Rogers of New Jersey has been confirmed b

The people of the twin-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago are hoping natural gas will fu

Heavy over-shipments of textile goods to the United States earlier this year are backfiring on China

Forecast Revised For China SoybeansThe U.S. agricultural counselor in Beijing has forecast C

Some U.S. exporters are finding a market in Japan for a lower grade of metallurgical coal used in st

Rep. Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts is the most visible critic of nuclear power in Congress, and

The Reagan administration has no objection to a bill requiring Congress to approve swapping oil righ

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

Cahners Publishing Co. announced it has reached an agreement with the Technology Information Researc

New Jersey may be culturally and geographically remote from Malawi, Yemen, Somalia, South Korea and

Cargo handling at West Germany's 13 largest seaports dropped slightly during the first five months o

The Japanese have "smart cities" on the drawing board to help reduce congestion and solve other urba

Amid fears that the U.K. economy was over-heating, the Bank of England forced British banks to raise

The Federal Reserve Board approved a request by Security Pacific Corp. to operate a computerized exc

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

The London International Financial Futures Exchange is working on a new clearing system that should

The combined major government bond markets in July registered a total return of -2 percent non-annua

The dollar was mixed in international trading Thursday, but was rising slightly in New York despite

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

Farm real estate loans made by the Farm Credit System would be pooled and sold in a secondary market

Thu., Aug. 6, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Citibank Weighs Swaps in ChileSANTIAGO, Chile - Citibank is evaluating a series of debt-for-