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

If the U.S. stock market is in the stratosphere, the Japanese market is in never-never land. The U.S

MORE GOOD NEWS is reflected in the latest quarterly financial figures for the neighboring ports of L

U.S. financial markets rebounded Wednesday from Tuesday's selloff on news Paul Volcker would be leav

The retirement of Paul A. Volcker from the Federal Reserve Board could breathe new life into a flagg

New $28 million Burlington Northern bridge over Willamette River in Portland, Ore., will be the long

Argentina's state railroads ran up annual deficits averaging $1.22 billion during the first half of

Alan Greenspan is expected to be more receptive to efforts to deregulate the banking industry than o

U.S. Rep. Mario Biaggi, his son and five others were indicted Wednesday on racketeering charges stem

The ownership of 11 Kuwaiti oil tankers being placed under the U.S. flag has been transferred to a U

Pennwalt Offers Free Pseudo Steam EngineWYANDOTTE, Mich. - Pennwalt Corp., owner of the form

A carrier battle group scheduled to leave on a Mediterranean tour this weekend will include a replac

S. Korea Opens Doors To Foreign Ship LinesSEOUL, South Korea - Foreign shipping companies wi

Japan cannot provide funds to help support U.S. efforts to protect ships in the gulf because of cons

The House passed a $391.3 million plan for maritime programs amid warnings that continued decline of

Free navigation, which the United States says it is defending in the gulf, has been at the center of

Port officials praised the Customs Service's decision to require ocean carriers to adopt by Jan. 1 a

Most of the nation's largest truckload carriers say they will abide by the 55- mile-per-hour speed l

Chrysler Truck Sales Set Record in PeriodDETROIT - Chrysler Motors reported total truck sale

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1024.5 (June 3) Previous day - 1047.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval of new ra

Gasoline inventories continued their normal seasonal decline, according to the latest weekly supply

A fire that raged through a gasoline storage yard for more than 20 hours was brought under control W

If you have read the financial news pages casually in recent years, you might think that not much wa

EC Officials Optimistic On Mideast Oil SupplyEuropean Community energy ministers concluded t

Subsidiaries of Texas International Co., Oklahoma City, and Conoco Inc., Wilmington, Del., working w

The California Energy Commission Wednesday unveiled the state's first vehicles that can run on gasol

Crude oil prices would have risen more than 6 percent this year in U.S.dollars and nearly 39

Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and the Black Hills Power & Light Co. in South Dakota have j

Coal in Harlan County, Ky., one of Appalachia's most prolific coal producing counties, can be mined

When Chevron took over Gulf Oil in 1985, Frank Dickson and Joe Synan had a choice. They could move t

Exxon has agreed to tight air-pollution restrictions for a $2.5 billion offshore oil and gas develop

UAE Economy Bounces Back From Oil SlumpABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emi

A four-hour meeting by senior Thai officials seeking to break an impasse overcopyright prote

The president of R.J. Reynolds-M.C. Tobacco Co. apologized to the Japanese people Wednesday for the

U.S. computer chip makers have invested millions of dollars and adopted Japanese cultural practices

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

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

Bankers Trust, Exxon Plan Tokyo BrokerageNEW YORK - Bankers Trust New York Corp. and Exxon C