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

Maine Flood Damage Nears $115 MillionHigh water receded as flood-weary Maine residents were

CalFed Inc. is moving into property and casualty insurance in a way that history shows is risky in m

The stock market will return to its winning ways later this week, analysts predict, although much wi

Regulation is a bitter pill for most businesses. But stricter rules governing asbestos are proving t

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

Buffalo Reinsurance Co. has grabbed a well-known reinsurance actuary from a competitor in line with

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

Tokyo Mart Weighs More Foreign SeatsTOKYO - The Tokyo Stock Exchange may increase membership

Canada's "Big Bang," the planned deregulation of its capital markets, may provide attractive opportu

Fri., April 10,1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A portfolio of 37 biotechnology companies outperformed the Dow Jones industrial average by a 2-to-1

The U.S. Treasury's introduction last fall of the American Eagle gold coin inspired more public inte

Copper is forecast to rally to 67 U.S. cents a pound in May, basis Comex first position, before the

Although beer consumption by Americans has slowed in recent years, it still is a hop or two ahead of

The Soviet Union surprised Agriculture Department experts by once again boosting grain imports, sugg

China Halts Corn ExportsChina has halted corn exports, and in recent weeks has diverted for

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. asked its shareholders to vote on an amendment to the company's charter t

Australia is expecting a large increase in Japan's beef imports under a new agreement yet to be nego

North Sea oil prices surged past the $19 a barrel mark last week as short covering by traders propel

Two oil-state senators who chair key committees introduced a bill to raise oil prices to $24 a barre

China used more cotton in the last two years than previously indicated, which has triggered extensiv

The Canadian government Friday approved natural gas export licenses authorizing the export of 393.5

Massachusetts gasoline prices continued their average 1 cent a gallon-a-month upward spiral, accordi

A suspected methane-gas explosion in a coal mine 430 feet underground killed 34 workers and injured

April 10, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Statoil to Operate Three Dutch BlocksOSLO, Norway - Statoil was selected as operator for thr

The Journal of Commerce has added three cities to the gasoline price table for reseller rack sales.

Vice President George Bush, pushing for the use of alcohol in cars, trucks and buses to reduce air p

U.S. oil producers are not pleased with the House's deficit-reducing idea of having the petroleum in

Shipper Request to ICC May Stir Antitrust RowIn a move that may launch a major antitrust fig

S. Korea Cites Decline In Crude Oil ImportsSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's crude oil impo

Barging rates for coal have taken a sharp jump in recent weeks and could stay up for the remainder o

The head of Argentina's state nuclear energy board, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, resigned a

Boston Edison's Pilgrim nuclear power plant likely will not be restarted until late summer, adding t

California's three largest private utilities say their customers might pay in the short run but woul

Internal Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents dealing with allegations against a Louisiana nuclea

The Reagan administration and the House Interior Committee are trying to close a mining law loophole

TVA Awards Contracts For Coal DeliveriesTennessee Valley Authority awarded six spot market c

The nation's largest general retailers Thursday reported their sales were mixed in March, with bad w