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A decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to force up the world price of oil b

NEW YORK - A relative buying flurry in the insurance industry was reported at the close of last year

State Farm Requests Auto Rate Hike in Pa.HARRISBURG, Pa. - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insu

The South and East Africa/U.S.A. Conference announced thaT effective Jan. 1, 1987, member lines will

Olsen Sells 2 Vessels, Lays Off 70 EmployeesOSLO, Norway - Seventy employees aboard the Fred

In addition to watching the usual numbers that are grist for their forecasting mill, credit market a

Cessna Aircraft Co.'s Caravan I has been approved by the U.S. Postal Service as the first single-eng

Economic Reports WASHINGTON - The government will release consumer installment credit figure

A federal courtroom may be the next forum for new Interstate CommerceCommission rules for de

Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. President Dean Thornton was wrong when he predicted a year ago that i

Truck drivers will never become fully productive until manufacturers design rigs that are more comfo

The Savile Row tailors Gieves and Hawkes, offering a few men's suits at 1911 prices, disappointed so

U.S. coal exports moving through New Orleans area terminals in 1986 will be up between 26 percent an

Siemens, Telecom Plus Set Share Purchase PactBOCA RATON, Fla. - Siemens Information Systems

A survey of more than 3,300 Chinese indicates most of them favor economic reforms which they hope wi

The Federal Maritime Commission's counsel said shipping agents failed to make a case against a Georg

CSX Corp. reported 1986 net earnings decreased to $418 million, or $2.73 a share, compared with $442

Increased interest from foreign investors has prompted the Kingston Free Zone to begin expanding it

Palau's President Lazarus Salii and his Cabinet are searching for means to assure the tiny western P

There is little confidence among European oil traders that the firm trend induced by the Organizatio

A new incentive program for rural electric cooperatives to pay off their low- interest government lo

To White House chief of staff Donald Regan, they are businessmen who owe their existence to tax shel

The Internal Revenue Service is proposing the use of credit cards to simplify the process of paying

A Reagan administration move to turn the Overseas Private Investment Corp., a federal agency, into a

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

A U.S.-Canadian agreement intended to settle a lumber trade dispute between the two countries has be

A Brooklyn, N.Y., company owned by a Nigerian tribal chief plans to build a $400 million automobile

Britain's economy will boom this year with higher growth and falling unemployment, predicted the Con

Universal Savings Sold To Australian FirmORANGE, Calif. - Unity Corp. Ltd. of Sydney said it

The U.S. dollar began 1987 foreign exchange trading Friday by sliding lower against major foreign cu

Palau's President Lazarus Salii and his Cabinet are searching for means to assure the tiny western P

JANUARY 6-7 - Insurance Crisis Conference - San Francisco - Laventhol & Horwath certified pu

US Farm Prices Fell 2.4 percent in DecemberThe index of prices received by U.S. farmers for

Union Texas Petroleum reported a crude oil discovery in the Badin area of Southeast Pakistan.

The Reagan administration will send its fiscal 1988 budget proposals to Congress today, even though

Amoco Passes Through Superfund Act CostsAmoco Oil Co. raised the price of all its refined pr

Alaska's economy may be in store for a better New Year, as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting C

GENERAL NEWS There will be no one home at Capitol Hill or White House when the fiscal 1988 b

The unusual acquisition of foreign shipbuilding rights and the swapping of chartered tonnage appears

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