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S&P CUTS RATING OF NY MORTGAGE FUNDStandard & Poor's lowered the claims-paying-ability ratin

BRISTOL-MYERS CO. (New York) - Wesley M. Thompson was named president of Bristol-Myers Squibb Consum

Brazilian commercial aviation could change significantly due to an agreement being stitched together

Bridges in 31 states, including many in population centers from Maine to South Carolina, could colla

Struggling America West Airlines is heading east in its continuing efforts to emerge from Chapter 11

The Port of Houston Authority agreed to pay a record $14,125 in fines demanded by the Texas Departme

China will send a high-level delegation next month to press its case for membership in the General A

Russian government officials Monday reassured foreign oil companies involved in Russian joint ventur

Supply uncertainty will continue to overhang oil markets in the coming weeks as the seriousness of c

OPERATING, NET INCOME INCREASE AT ST. PAULNEW YORK - The St. Paul Cos., of St. Paul,

Short-covering and disappointment over the Group of 7 communique will keep the dollar firm early thi

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

The U.S. dollar was trading higher early Monday afternoon, following lack of action from the Group o

Motorola Inc., a top international supplier of cellular phones and pagers, sees more remote regions

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

The agreement announced late last week that allows Singapore and Brunei to re-export products to the

A new federal court ruling that nearly doubled the amount of damages Amoco Corp. must pay for a 1978

NEDLLOYD BOARD TO VOTE ON HAGEN BID TODAYROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Torstein Hagen, th

Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures will be traded using a new cash settlement index t

AS THE U.S.-CANADA Free Trade Agreement entered its fourth year in January, Michael Wilson, trade mi

Union Switch & Signal Inc. has been awarded a $5.7 million transit control contract for the Seoul Me

William Bell McArthur was named district manager for San Francisco. He was a regional manage

What brings in foreign exchange like an export, buoys the U.S. trade balance like an export, but ent

Tight import curbs have reduced India's trade deficit to $1.43 billion in the April-November period

Mon., Jan. 27, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Interest rate sentiment in U.K. financial markets, which are trading in the shadow of one of the clo

More eastern German firms expect an upswing in the eastern German economy, the Munich-based Ifo Inst

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Jan. 27, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded

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LOW BIDS ACCEPTED FOR LIGHT NAPHTHAThe minimum bid accepted by Saudi Arabian Marketing and R

FOREST SERVICE BACKS PLAN TO PROTECT OWLWASHINGTON - The United States Department of

Some of the excess 40-foot containers that shipping lines now carry from Europe to Asia might wind u

A sleepy air cargo facility at Hancock International Airport in Upstate New York has been turned int

Air France is moving its ground operations to Fairbanks from Anchorage, a move that will pump as muc

Total foreign cash investment in Brazil could rise substantially in 1992 if Brazil reaches agreement

Japan launched the world's first superconducting ship Monday, challenging 150 years of domination by

Kirby Corp., a Houston barge company, said Monday it signed an agreement topurchase the asse

It was during a meeting with Den Fujita, a Japanese businessman, that H. Wayne Huizenga, chairman of