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The stock market faces conflicting indications and crosscurrents galore, analysts said. Al H

The insurance industry will have to wait until close to the end of the month to find out if its effo

Options and futures traders here said they welcome the London InternationalFinancial Futures

CAPITAL CHATTER: A bitter fight is brewing between United Parcel Service and Federal Express and sho

U.S. coal exporters won't stand to gain much from the prospect of coordinated sanctions on South Afr

Pittston Chief Sees Decline in EarningsGREENWICH, Conn. - Paul W. Douglas, chairman and chie

The hijacking of a Pan American World Airways jumbo jet last week in Karachi, Pakistan, came at a ti

For the stock market, the 1986 tax bill is indeed a landmark event, since it brings an end to the ti

The negative trend in corporate rating changes may ease over the next few quarters, according to a s

Pink clapping rabbits and squawking robots joined the clamor at the Tokyo Toy Fair last week, but th

August's limited job market improvements may be signaling gains in the manufacturing sector but caut

Domestic car sales in late August paled in comparison to record gains of a year ago, but U.S. automa

International Longshoremen's Association delegates accepted a new contract pro posal from the New Yo

Six container leasing companies said the Federal Maritime Commission should drop its investigation i

Injecting Cells Can Aid Damaged LiversWASHINGTON- Tiny beads coated with functioning liver c

SEPTEMBER 11-14 - National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, annual convent

Citicorp is again rocking the boat for insurance agents. At least four groups of insurance a

The Indian government filed suit against Union Carbide, saying the U.S. company was primarily respon

Friday, September 5, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.

Locating viable alternate shipping routes for Canadian grain because of the Thunder Bay grain handle

The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Westchester fell a penny or two in August, the county C

Oil field drilling activity may be at one of its lowest points in decades, but the industry hasn't l

Conoco Norway Inc. announced successful test results from a delineation well in the northern part of

The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad took over operations of a 900-mile line that the Chicago

Brazil and more than 95 percent of its international bank creditors have signed an agreement for th

The net capital drain on Latin America may slow somewhat this year from the record 1985 outflow, Int

GENERAL NEWSThe labor market improved in August, signaling an end to the deterioration in th

The French government vetoed plans for the state shipping firm, Compagnie Generale Maritime, to abso

Officials of the New York Power Authority outlined a plan to build a 25.7- mile, $290 million transm

Baxter Travenol Laboratories Inc. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. said that they have adjusted t

Crude oil prices climbed all last week on the Northwest European spot market. Traders said t

Fierce price competition will hurt Burlington Air Express' third quarter results, according to Paul

Britain's service industries contributed a record 6.1 billion to the country's gross overseas earni

Richard Thalheimer says he's never outgrown the desire to have more toys. Neither have his c

Arthur Dunkel, director-general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, says he's 99.99 perce

Jamaica's garment exports to the United States surged in value and volume in the first half of 1986,

Several months ago, the U.S. and Japanese goverments struck a deal on trade in semiconductors.

The Chirac government's plans to allow French shipowners to register vessels in the Kerguelen Island

US Likely to Oppose Chile World Bank LoanPresident Reagan's top Latin American affairs offic

Trading began actively on the tanker market Friday with several new orders quoted, although the pace