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

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

Undeterred by a recovery of the dollar, the price of gold rose strongly in the Far East and Europe M

Japan to Allow Banks To Buy Foreign BondsIn a bid to slow the appreciation of the yen, the J

Monday, September 22, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU

Australia could become an exporter of platinum as a result of the discovery of huge reserves of the

Riding the crest of expanding trans-Pacific trade, Los Angeles and its neighbor, the port of Long Be

On one side, the director of the Port of Los Angeles faces a vigilant steamship community. O

When Ezunial Burts was executive assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, he applied basic manage

Calif. Non-Smoker Sues Tobacco IndustryOAKLAND, Calif. - A non-smoking Fremont woman who say

Richard G. Taylor left office Monday as president of the nation's largest insurance agency associati

The state Supreme Court will decide a case filed by a Marin County couple with standard insurance co

A settlement was reached in a complex trial stemming from allegations that pollution by W.R. Grace &

Starting Nov. 1, about 1.7 million Blue Cross and Blue Shield subscribers in New Jersey will face st

Comparing today's insurance crisis with the challenges of the Great Depression 50 years ago, Robert

Support from prospective investors and syndicate managers has grown substantially for a Toronto-base

"No...Problem!" Or so it's written on T-shirts, travel bags and even sandals hawked these days in so

Thai Oil Imports Rose In First Half of YearBANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand imported 26.8 millio

Thailand may lose significant foreign exchange earnings and face an unemployment crisis as Middle Ea

Like many countries in East Asia dependent on imported oil, an economic bonanza has fallen to Taiwan

Crude oil prices on the Northwest European spot market ended last week quietly, based on nervousness

Energy and Mines Minister Alfredo del Mazo and his Venezuelan counterpart, Arturo Hernandez Grisanti

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' crude oil output for the first half of September

With the Chernobyl accident still fresh in West German minds, a dispute over a nuclear plant just ov

The Federal Aviation Administration will force the airlines to equip their planes with collision avo

Magellan Petroleum Corp. said the 922-mile main trunk of the natural gas pipeline from the Australia

The merger of Delta Air Lines and Western Airlines will produce another mega- carrier with more carg

Japan's Toa Inaugurates Overseas Charter RouteJapan's Toa Domestic Airlines inaugurated over

Two financially strong airlines join the competition for trans-Pacific travelers and cargo with the

Mack Employees Accept Early RetirementALLENTOWN, Pa. - Mack Trucks Inc. said 700 of its empl

Stock market participants are expected to take a new look at the fundamentals this week, now that th

Uncle Sam is trying to prove to truckers that their daddies were wrong when they said front brakes w

The way to sell road-railer service is to "make the customer feel he's using a truck line," a Norfol

Union Pacific Corp.'s billion-dollar buy-out of Overnite Transportation Co. fits neatly with the rai

The following are the results of Friday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge freigh

MARKET MOVES: Speculation that other railroads are looking to purchase trucking companies is running

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY GREECE - $1.05 million in emergency aid for the victims of the Sept. 13 e

Railroads and motor carriers are grappling with rising insurance liability rates that have both indu

Soviet Visit to Mexico MEXICO CITY - The Soviet Foreign Ministry announced that Soviet Forei

The West Berlin-based German Institute for Economic Research-DIW urged the Bonn government to stimul