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Transportation stocks sprang to life Friday after lagging blue-chip issues during the stunning New Y

The three largest members of the Association of Tin Producing Countries, Indonesia, Malaysia and Tha

In one of life's financial ironies, the stock market completely overshadowed the credit markets last

The Reagan administration once again will be requested by the Nakasone government to monitor prices

Differentials between cash and futures prices for crude oil, heating oil and gasoline widened signif

In an effort to maintain its world market share in agriculture, Canadian authorities are banking on

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

Laidlaw Transportation Ltd. reported fiscal first quarter earnings of C$26.2 million, or 24 cents a

The strikes crippling French trains and Paris subways have given fading unions - especially the Comm

The Federal Reserve hopes to prevent Japanese banks, even indirectly, from easily buying up U.S. ban

New corporate research and development centers probably will focus on the fast-growing service indus

Eastern Airlines emerged from perhaps its most tumultuous year as the biggest acquisition of Frank L

January 9, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

The Maritime Administration has refused to reconsider a decision giving subsidized liner companies m

The price Ecuador receives for its crude oil reached $16 a barrel, the highest level since oil price

A coalition of insurance industry interests have charged in a federal suit that inadequate rates wil

The Japanese trade surplus with China for last year is estimated at US$4 billion, down from the US$5

Maryland will receive $80.9 million for various water projects during the 1988 fiscal year, accordin

GENERAL NEWS Favorable economic data don't appease economists. Page 3AFINANCIALThe

NEC Corp., a major Japanese electronics manufacturer, plans to commission South Korean and Taiwanese

Sex Discrimination Suit Settled Out of CourtAn out of court settlement was announced in a cl

Brazil is planning to reduce its coal purchases from traditional sources, which include the United S

Heavy central bank intervention enabled the U.S. dollar to maintain a steady tone Friday as the mark

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percen

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter warned the U.S. may take strong action against Japan for i

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng, in a general overview of the administration's

Apple Computer Inc. has no plans to gobble up other companies with the $600 million swelling its cof

Boldly, desperately, Consolidation Coal Co. is checking into the feasibility of offering coal to the

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Good economic reports from the fourth quarter again failed to convince analysts that the U.S. econom

The Export-Import Bank announced its first export credit insurance policy to help a U.S. trade assoc

Japan's electronics industry showed little surprise at Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s recent r

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An Indonesian Cabinet Minister says he expects oil prices to go above $18 a barrel soon if producers

Western Canadian coal exporters are gearing up for further price and volume cuts when contracts with

Small property owners in the nation's inner cities are falling back on emergency insurance plans in

Miffed by a drop in their export quota to the United States, Australian sugar producers are agitatin

Mexico's annual inflation rate broke the triple-digit barrier for the first time in 1986, the centra

Horace Alston and Richard Hughes have been ousted as leaders of the Internation al Longshoremen's As

One aspect of the farm industry that's likely to see continued change is the banking industry.