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GENERAL NEWSTax reform probably will spur automotive, retailing and service industries but d

A long-awaited decision by the Nakasone administration on Japan's participation in the research phas

Two major Asian shipping companies received new financial life, but Chase Manhattan Bank reiterated

The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement put off until at least Oct. 1 its proposed special operati

WORLD BANK GAMBIA - $16.5 million from the International Development Association and the Wor

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it built a new low-sulfur coal stockpile at its Widows Creek pow

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

Friday, August 29, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.K.

Airlines Seek Nod To Cover Frontier RouteSeven air carriers have asked the Transportation De

President Quits to SeekA New HomeSteven Newman, president of Home Insurance Co. for

FINANCIALCredit market analysts look for another Fed discount rate cut, but some aren't conv

Robert DeBono, vice president, circulation, is leaving The Journal of Commerce to become vice presid

Sales of new single-family houses declined for a fourth straight month in July, hitting the lowest l

Farm income estimates issued by the Agriculture Department are once again under fire, this time from

Cast, BCL Schedule Westbound ServiceHAMILTON, Bermuda - Cast (1983) Ltd. and Bermuda Contain

WHAT PRICE IS RIGHT? A Congressional Budget Office study concluding that the government can receive

Gov. Mario Cuomo ordered the state Consumer Protection Board to sue the Public Service Commission if

Sun Carriers Files 10 Million-Share OfferSun Carriers Inc., the common carrier trucking comp

EC Trade Commissioner Willy de Clercq Friday hosted a preparatory meeting for the launching of the m

Ground was broken here for a 110-megawatt cogeneration plant that will supply steam to Pfizer's near

The government has given its blessing to a US$4 billion joint venture steel mill in Ningbo, south of

A Dutch consortium reportedly has negotiated the first joint venture in port construction and manage

Parlex Corp. said it signed a three-year agreement with Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. of Japan to provid

FINANCIALCredit market analysts look for another Fed discount rate cut, but some aren't conv

The following table lists the spot coal contracts signed between the Tennessee Valley Authority and

Boeing Subsidiary Suspends 19 WorkersNineteen employees of an aerospace firm that makes part

The U.S. dollar declined Friday morning on news of a record-high U.S. trade deficit in July, then st

With sweeping changes in the tax rules expected to take effect at year-end, there has been much talk

The new year for the stock market always starts after Labor Day, not on Jan. 1. The summer i

Sunoco, DX Stations Accept Discover CardSun Refining and Marketing Co. announced that Sunoco

The Commerce Department cleared the way for countervailing duties on imports of New Zealand steel wi

The Inter-American Investment Corp. will move closer this month to starting operations. At i

New Guinea Seeks Soviet Fishing DealPORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - The government announce

The government of Taiwan proposed another sweeping round of import tariff cuts in hopes of easing te

The Bay Bridge that connects San Francisco and Oakland always has been the ugly stepsister to the fa

Scor US to Go Public To Raise $70 MillionScor U.S. Corp. filed to go public to raise about $

The Agriculture Department rented 2,000 covered river barges capable of holding 100 million bushels

U.K. manufacturing output will remain flat through the remainder of 1986, and economic growth will s

A major outbreak of foot and mouth disease in breeding centers of central and northern Italy may pro

Iran's oil minister, Gholam Reza Aqazadeh, said Chinese officials told him that China has agreed to