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What a difference three years can make. When People Express Airlines Inc. entered Texas for

The second 24-hour strike in a week by ground crew of Spain's domestic airline Aviaco Monday forced

Certified Air Freight, which has operated People Express Airlines' cargo service for the past two ye

Harper Group, a San Francisco-based transportation concern, and Yamashita- Shinn ihon Steamship Co.

Atlantic Richfield Corp. will pay New York state $6 million as a partial settlement for the environm

Baker Opposes Fee On Oil ImportsJames Baker, U.S. treasury secretary, said he opposes a fee

Premier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov, in a new effort to attract foreign customers for satellite launches, sai

A group of Japanese banks, led by the Export-Import Bank of Japan, will provide five Japanese tradin

During a break in OPEC's latest meeting, the oil ministers of traditional enemies Saudi Arabia and I

Ingersoll-Rand Co. and Dresser Industries Inc. formed the Dresser-Rand Co., a 50-50 joint venture pr

Several members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries notified buyers of new, increas

Norsk Hydro is evaluating several ways of getting the most out of the $85,000 daily rate the company

Hadson Corp. said its subsidiary, Hadson Gas Systems Inc., purchased 100 percent of the common stock

For the Sydney Futures Exchange, 1986 was a year to remember. Signalling the beginning of w

Both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures TradingCommission fare

For followers of stock market "indicators," one of the busiest times of the year is at hand.

Monday, January 5, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Baker Says Fed Policy 'Is Quite Adequate'Treasury Secretary James Baker endorsed the Federal

The pound sterling will fall to $1.45 and yields on 14-year gilt bonds will rise to 10.9 percent by

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

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

The computers said "Buy!" and institutional investors jumped on the bandwagon Monday, sending stocks

Chandler Set to Acquire National AmericanCHANDLER, Okla. - Chandler Insurance Co. Ltd. said

The U.S. dollar moved higher Monday morning when the West German central bank en tered the market to

Property and casualty firms in Canada more than doubled profit in the first nine months of 1986, con

Alexander & Alexander Inc. said three insurance companies agreed to back a new insurance facility fo

Eastern Utilities Buys Citizens Heat & PowerEastern Utilities Associates said it completed t

Emery Chemicals announced a major expansion and updating of its solvent separa tion facilities at it

Scriba would appear to be a typical rural U.S. town. It is mostly residential with a dozen or so sma

CNW Corp.'s Western Railroad Properties unit signed two long-term coal transportation contracts with

Pennwalt Corp. acquired Pharmasol Corp., a specialized aerosol developer and manufacturer in Easton,

PPG Industries announced the acquisition of Mazer Chemicals Inc. of Gurnee, Ill., a manufacturer and

Reform of the tort law liability system for settling civil complaints is alleviating the medical mal

Demand For BenzeneStrengthensThe market for benzene continues on an upward trend as

Resin Output IncreasedIn OctoberProduction of plastics resins totaled 3.891 billion

The property/casualty industry was asked to provide more "quality control" to improve the credibilit

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration can expect help from Congress on the budget, like it

Splashy TV reporter Geraldo Rivera did not libel a Palm Beach Jai Alai executive by implying that he

A Portland company that filed for protection under U.S. federal bankruptcy laws late last year won a