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The Supreme Court struck down two disputed Pennsylvania truck taxes in a major ruling that could for

The dollar fell abruptly against major foreign currencies Tuesday morning on rumors the Federal Rese

The first of four U.S.-flag ships being built to haul Japanese automobiles and defuse trade tensions

Top Stories Puerto Rico's economy is expected to strengthen this year following a dramatic i

Japan will tighten controls on issuance of export licenses in the wake of illegal shipments of highl

U.S. subsidiaries in the newly industrializing countries of Asia could be far more affected by new t

An appeals court overturned a federal rule on natural gas transportation that was a key part of the

Precious metals and grain futures prices fell sharply Monday in active trading, with gold and silver

The external debt of developing countries in Asia grew much faster than that of counterparts elsewhe

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

Tokyo Stocks Suffer Third Worst LossTOKYO - Tokyo stock prices plunged Monday to the third w

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

For the second straight week, the U.S. dollar started out on a strong uptrend, topping a 10-week hig

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

Squibb Corp. will invest $115 million in Cetus Corp.'s efforts to develop biotechnology-based drugs

The government today will produce its official estimate of just how much the United States is in deb

Mon., June 22, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Production of plastics resins totaled 3.969 billion pounds in April, up 7.3 percent from the same mo

Melamine Chemicals Inc. plans to take the company public and use proceeds to build a new melamine pl

The Canadian government is seeking business partners to put up the cash for expansion at Vancouver I

Drug stocks slightly outperformed the Standard & Poor's 400 index during May, with a 1.2 percent inc

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the University of California at Berkeley concer

The McDonnell Douglas Corp. is hoping to usher in a new generation of wide- body air travel with a s

Two of the nation's largest hotel chains are working together in an attempt to take over the beleagu

The Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged its inspectors are engaged in increased surveillanc

Part of the capital of Air France, the French state-controlled airline, could be opened to private i

GENERAL NEWS Canada and the United States will operate common border facilities experimental

Eastern Lowers Rates For Sprint ServiceEastern Airlines has lowered the rates for its same-d

GENERAL NEWS Canada and the United States will operate common border facilities experimental

The fundamental differences between management and labor were the first order of business discussed

Both a lawyer and an economist, CSX Transportation Group President and Chief Executive Officer John

The Supreme Court Monday refused to review the Federal Reserve Board decision to allow a bank to dea

Gov. Thomas H. Kean and NJ Transit Corp. are expected to announce this week a series of rail project

Saatchi & Saatchi Co. announced the formal merger of two of its advertising agencies to form a combi

Heath Meriwether, until recently executive editor of the Miami Herald, Monday was named executive ed

Panel Votes Funds For LA Metro RailA House panel voted to allocate $150 million for the Los

Customers of Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. are scrambling to find new routes for their natural g

A state-owned Taiwan company will buy more than $1 billion worth of U.S. petrochemical products duri

With the ink on Imperial Chemical Industries PLC's contract for the $1.69 billion acquisition of Sta

Chun Agrees to Meet With Political FoesSEOUL, South Korea - President Chun Doo-hwan made a d