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Despite the stock market's fast start on 1987 trading, analysts appear to be unconvinced that the ma

Chinese graduate student Xu Shiku is an expert in debt financing. He wears a Western-style tweed jac

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

The European Community's environment commissioner, Stanley Clinton Davis, added his voice to those c

Exploration activity on the Norwegian continental shelf fell sharply in 1986. Thirty-seven explorato

A nuclear waste disposal technique that could save billions of dollars has been developed at Argonne

France's largest union called for the two-week national rail strike to spread to other state-owned i

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 1987 marks the Interstate Commerce Commission's 100th birthday and - despite some in

Tourism earnings in Grenada are climbing as U.S. tourists pour into the eastern Caribbean island.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Haztech Inc. of Atlanta was awarded a contra

San Joaquin Valley wine grape growers may benefit from a 200 percent levy on selected European Comm

Profits of U.S. automakers ran between $6.6 billion and $6.9 billion last year, down sharply from t

Friday, Jan. 2, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

United States Lines renewed the insurance on its fleet of 14 containerships. Hull and war-ri

Will cattle and hogs be subjected to CAT scanning to see if they're too fat for the consumer market?

From Aztec to high-tech, corn's past is a mystery and its future a challenge. The nutritious

The Massachusetts Port Authority says it completed a year-end, $5.99 millionpurchase of a fo

Resort hotel liability insurance was hard to get before the fire that claimed more than 60 lives in

Rohr Industries Inc. said it will build more than $300 million in components for McDonnell Douglas C

Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods soared 4.1 percent in November, the biggest increase

The dollar's value against the austral, the new Argentine currency launched with President Raul Alfo

OIL, GAS Western Oil and GasAppoints D. HendersonDoug Henderson was appointed execut

Duty-free status for goods imported under about three dozen different tariff classifications expired

Texas Names Brokers To Handle PlacementsTexas Air Corporation appointed Lloyd's of London in

The second of Hong Kong's struggling shipping groups is sailing buoyantly into the New Year after a

The Burlington Northern Railroad's short-haul intermodal Expediter service will become considerably

ICC Orders Conrail To Cancel Hauling TaxConrail has been ordered by the Interstate Commerce

January sales, one of the world's greatest merchandising events, have gotten off to a brisk start, a

M&T Chemicals Inc. announced an increase in its prices for tributyltin oxide, effective Jan. 2, 1987

Chevron Chemical Co. announced it is selling its specialty and commodity fertilizer plant at Fort Ma

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad Urged Malaysians to dedicate themselves to improving productivity to

Arkla Unit Acquires Arkansas Firm's AssetsSHREVEPORT, La. - Arkla Inc. said its Arkla Explor

Because of low world wheat prices, countries that import grain for animal feed are beginning at an i

An effort by Mexico to upgrade its beef and dairy herds has meant new sales opportunities for U.S. c

The announcement this week by officials of Douglas Aircraft Co. that production will begin soon on t

R.A.F. Group acquired Vinyl Building Products Inc., a designer and extruder of vinyl-framed windows

China's boldest experiment in Western-style financing begins soon with the re-opening of the Bank of

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

China's boldest experiment in Western-style financing begins soon with the re-opening of the Bank of

The Swedish Club has captured a big share of the international ship's hull insurance market.