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Heavy Construction Declines in CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Declines in non-residential an

U.S. monetary authorities may have to raise interest rates sharply if the rate of inflation threaten

Phillips Petroleum Co. has agreed with Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Tokyo, to produce salmon growth hormon

ISFA Corp. named BankAmerica's former president, Thomas A. Cooper, as chairman and chief executive o

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

In July 1979, four months before militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Teheran, the Iranian revoluti

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday as its four-day bullish trend began fading. Analysts said

The nation's 1,000 largest manufacturers plan to boost their capital spending steadily throughout th

Stocks rose slightly in quiet trading Thursday, with the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials edging

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration made clear that the Democrats' long-sought budget com

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration made clear that the Democrats' long-sought budget com

AFTER UNINSPIRING WEEKS OF DELAY, Democrats in Congress at last agreed on a budget. But even when th

New Jersey lost more manufacturing jobs in April, but the state's economy continued to churn out whi

The first paragraph of a story headlined Transco Says It Won't Haul Other's Gas" on Page 1 of Thursd

Americans' personal incomes rose 0.2 percent in May, half the April increase, while their spending e

The World Bank is trying to encourage U.S. firms to compete more aggressively for projects it funds

BankAmerica Corp. officials called on executives of more than 30 Japanese banks Thursday to invest

The Reagan administration sent Congress legislation to create a comprehensive new tariff classificat

The government is seeking the extradition of a former bank executive now in the United States to fac

Ocean carriers are still empty-handed in their efforts to remedy the bulk of the difficulties create

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

The European Community warned its trading partners it would block the negotiations now under way in

A union representing 40,000 hairdressers urged the Food and Drug Administration Monday to ban the u

Shipping sources in London said reports that Iran has been laying mines in shipping lanes off Kuwait

Waterfront labor and management officials say the new International Longshoremen's Association contr

President Reagan's budget chief, James Miller, sat in his office on a hot June day and bitterly reca

Recent clashes between protesters and police in South Korea and South Africa and last year's politic

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America is telling a bankruptcy court that it's all a clerical error

Primerica Corp. Lists on London MartGREENWICH, Conn. - Primerica Corp.'s common stock was li

The latest technology in transportation is causing disruptions that are hampering California growers

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

The AIDS virus has sent another jolt into the way life insurance companies conduct business followin

Thu., June 18, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Reichhold Hikes Price Of Phenolic ResinsMISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Reichhold Ltd., a subsidiary

The shipping industry is in trouble not because of overcapacity but because it doesn't know how to p

Plaquemines (La.) Port, Harbor and Terminal District strongly opposes efforts by the New Orleans Ste

The board of Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, will meet Monday to consider the sale of nearly 20

Carbon dioxide emissions may be released into the earth's atmosphere more slowly than previously tho

American Cyanamid Co. announced plans to construct a multimillion-dollar addition to its agricultura

If ports and marine terminals don't use their antitrust immunity for pricing discussions, they're li