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Thursday, September 18, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanad

Is William F. Connell or Albert L. Bossier head of Avondale Industries Inc. ? Is the company's headq

The U.S. economy grew at a minuscule annual rate of 0.6 percent from April through June, the worst p

U.S. imports of crude oil and refined products hit the highest level in six years last month because

Southern California Edison Co. has joined with at least 13 other utilities extending from Oregon to

The new tax bill awaiting final passage in Congress makes vast changes in pension law without decid

It might sound like carrying coal to Newcastle - or oil to the Persian Gulf - but the recent shipmen

West Germans Seek To Protect Their BeerSAARBRUECKEN, West Germany - If the Common Market for

The Kvaerner group, together with a Norwegian consortium, has assembled the world's largest fleet of

CSX Opens Terminal In Jacksonville, Fla.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - CSX Transportation has opened i

The stock market tiptoed toward today's triple witching hour Thursday with prices fluctuating nervou

A commercial salvage effort was under way Thursday to clean up the residue of 70,000 gallons of gaso

With approval of a $15,000 feasibility study, the port of Houston has moved closer to development of

Burlington Northern Railroad is selling one of its branch lines to a private low-cost railroad that

Puerto Rican businessmen are studying just over 100 proposed ventures for production sharing with en

GENERAL NEWSThe U.S. economy grew at a minuscule annual rate of 0.6 percent from April throu

Provision Approved MANILA, Philippines - A panel drafting a new constitution approved a prov

Brazil decided Wednesday to free the importation of beef, pork and fish through the end of 1987 and

Foster Wheeler Gets Waste Plant ContractLIVINGSTON, N.J. - Foster Wheeler Passaic Inc., a un

Gasoline inventories continued to run counter to normal seasonal trends and rose for the fourth con

Polysar AcquiresBusinessLEOMINSTER, Mass. - The plastics division of Polysar Inc. an

Short-covering Lifts Spot Crude in EuropeCrude oil prices firmed on the Northwest European s

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC announced that it will merge four of its mainstream chemical busine

Squibb Mark, the consumer products division of Squibb United States, Thursday introduced Proto-Chol

Department of Transportation staffers proposed several changes in government truck safety. T

The Department of Transportation gave tentative approval to Texas Air Corp.'s new plan to purchase E

Continental Airlines Inc. received new temporary authority to provide jet service between Denver and

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

Marine underwriters were told Thursday they face a new type of risk owing to the greatly increased a

NMC Plans Luncheon Sept. 25 in BostonTwo ocean steamship conference executives are scheduled

The recovery of the U.S. merchant marine fleet depends on the active support of government and comme

National Electric Inc., environmental contractors, was granted approval by the EPA for a 10-year per

Barber Blue Names HjeldeChief of UnitHans J. Hjelde, veteran Norwegian shipping exec

GENERAL NEWSThe U.S. economy grew at a minuscule annual rate of 0.6 percent from April throu

A team from the International Monetary Fund has quietly arrived in Argentina to collect data for app

One of Asia's largest oil producers, Indonesia, will import Iranian crude for a refinery in central

Northwest Employees Facing LayoffsNorthwest Airlines is laying off nearly 800employees and f

The Argentine government suspended several joint projects with Paraguay to focus resources on the 2,

Sales of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oils are accelerating and will become ''the next big craze" a

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. appears on the verge of abandoning its first - unhappy - venture