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The foreign exchange market views the dollar's run-up in the past few days as merely a short-term co

A bipartisan group of senators, led by Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, R- Kan., is preparing to

Divers cut into the hull of the sunken passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov, searching for more victims i

Canada suffered in July its first monthly deficit in merchandise trade in 10 years, largely because

Trading was slow on the tanker market with new business limited, brokers said. Rates improve

C-E in Negotiations For Chattanooga PactCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Combustion Engineering Inc. ent

One outlet for U.S. anthracite is the glass bottle industry at home and abroad. Port Import/

Sun Chemical Corp. and Chromalloy American Corp. announced they have reached an agreement in princip

NY Unveils Program For Seniors' DrugsA $125 million insurance program to help senior citizen

Stocks declined for the fourth day in a row Wednesday and one widely-followed newsletter said Wall S

The California Coastal Commission denied a Chevron Inc. request to place a 12-story oil platform off

British Aerospace PLC, the U.K. aircraft manufacturing group, reported after- tax profits of 57 mil

Deficit Pushes India Toward CountertradeIndia wants free trade but has to use the bartering

Shipping, trading and commodity conglomerate First Pacific International Ltd. reported profit in the

An initial Coast Guard probe showed the collision in heavy fog of a 128-foot schooner and a passenge

Despite a rate of $7.00 paid from the U.S. Gulf to the continent Tuesday, most sources were reluctan

AAEI Midwest Unit Plans Import SeminarThe Midwest unit of the American Association of Export

The European Community's Directive on Product Liability, scheduled to come into force in two years

A Massachusetts legislator next week will propose a bill that would provide guidelines to determine

BASF to Hike Selling PricesOf AcrylatesBASF Chemicals will increase selling prices f

Crude oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell below $15 a barrel Wednesday mainly result

New Hampshire Yankee Corp. says a Massachusetts plan to require full environmental review of emergen

Southeast Rail Shippers Advisory Board, 200th annual meeting, Sept. 10-11. Jacksonville Hilton, Jack

Delta/Western Airline Would Be 4th LargestDelta Air Lines' $860 million acquisition of Weste

Port of Tacoma officials are being asked to seek congressional support for oil and gas exploration o

Japanese government officials disclosed the draft outline of a $22.6 billion package of pump-priming

The U.S. rice industry petitioned the Reagan administration to get Japan to open its rice market to

Mitterrand Visit Nears JAKARTA, Indonesia - Francois Mitterrand, the first French president

Weatherstone Elected to HeadJ.P. MorganDennis Weatherstone was elected president of

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.

Stanley Ferguson, editor of The Journal of Commerce from 1962 to 1969, died Wednesday in his sleep.

The Federal Maritime Commission decided to investigate fully an agreement proposed by carriers for s

Mexico Likely to Cut Some Grain ImportsThe U.S. counselor in Mexico City has lowered his est

The U.S.-inspired bid to devise rules for traded services under the General Agreement for Tariffs an

Peru's 1986 fine copper output is projected to total 397,037 metric tons, down from last year's 401

Thirteen North Atlantic port agencies sought Federal Maritime Commission approval to confer on matte

Twenty years ago the federal government began regulating auto safety, and as cars became safer the n

Nine companies, seven of them Japanese, asked to be allowed to bid on state- owned oil when Alaska a

The growing practice by utilities of bulkpower transmission may slow down be cause the costs are too

GENERAL NEWSIndexes of a business study group indicate better U.S. employment, less decline