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The 1,013-page trade bill the Senate is trying to put in shape this week is packed with provisions d

Texas is moving ahead to impose the nation's first sales tax on insurance, but an aide said Gov. Bil

AND THE ENVELOPE please? The federal judge handling the more than 1,500 asbestos-related claims file

The French government is to grant financial aid to French shipping companies seeking to reorganize a

Before the end of this week, airlines flying some Boeing 757 and all 767 jets must install a switch

Trans Ocean Ltd., a specialty container leasing firm, plans to take over management of Nautilus Leas

When Allis-Chalmers Corp. sought bankruptcy court protection this week, the once-mighty manufacturer

The U.S. dollar continued to gain against most foreign currencies Monday, after rising to a three-mo

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

The number of working domestic oil and gas rigs this week rose to 872, an increase of 59 from the pr

A record 919 U.S. corporations changed their names in the first half of 1987, ac cording to Anspach

Stock prices declined Monday, following the traditional pattern of weakening after the July 4 holida

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

US Presses Japan For Farm TalksU.S. trade negotiators are ready to start bilateral talks wit

Dutch Group in Kuwait To Sell MinesweepersTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch Navy and a ship

U.S. Navy ships are cruising the whole Persian Gulf, including the northern off-limits zone declared

In less than two years, a British-controlled company has tripled sales of duty-free goods at Vancouv

Pledges by President Corazon Aquino to get government out of business seem to have run into a brick

A permanent truck weigh station will be built at the former site of a Greenwich toll plaza on Inters

Major Oil Companies Seek OPEC DealsTEHRAN, Iran - Major oil companies are approaching Organi

The Interior Department, despite pressure from Congress, has made little if any progress in enforcin

The European Community Commission said it was investigating charges that Japanese companies were sel

The Israeli army has temporarily banned all fishing off the occupied Gaza Strip for security reasons

EC Lobbies Against Omnibus Trade BillBRUSSELS, Belgium - Senior European Community officials

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Houilleres du Bassin de Lorraine, the largest semi-autonomous production subsidiary of Charbonnages

Shipping executives were shocked at the removal last week of Francis A. Scanlan as chairman of the D

The Federal Maritime Commission announced it intends to form a committee of industry representatives

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a report last week that provides an overview of curr

Nissan Diesel Involved In Student ProgramDALLAS, Texas - Nissan Diesel America Inc. said it

Illegal aliens from Mexico continued to pour through the railyards here as the Mexican government ma

Proposed legislation to improve catastrophic health insurance coverage under Medicare won't make a d

A comprehensive plan for regional cooperation for the use of energy resources in the Middle East has

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

The Federal Maritime Commission announced it will proceed with a cost-benefit analysis of proposals

The United States might consider reducing the U.S. naval force in the Persian Gulf if Iran and Iraq

Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. is operating under a program that might scare a lesser truck fleet t

I'm back, Mountain, again here at launch, standing in Maryland, looking out across the Pennsylvania

Mon., July 6, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Fireman's Fund Corp. should take a page from the book written by the Peerless Insurance Co., the com