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Ethel Weinberg, a 72-year-old Massachusetts resident, jokes about dropping her Medicare supplemental

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries crude oil output was 22.9 million barrels a day in Oct

Officials of the U.S. and Polish governments at the weekend signed an agreement that will lead to th

President Bush, remembering the devastation wrought upon St. Croix by Hurricane Hugo, has rejected a

Federal transportation officials are doing a poor job of protecting the public against possible haza

The Indonesian government is encouraging privately run coal mines to export all their output, leavin

The lead attorney for the National Association of Independent Insurers has resigned his post a month

MAPCO UNIT ACQUIRES SOUTH ATLANTIC COALTULSA, Okla. - Mapco Coal Inc. a subsidiary of Mapco

Duke Power Co. said that kilowatt-hour sales declined during the third quarter, but commercial and i

In a victory for environmentalists, a National Academy of Sciences report released Friday says scien

Steady U.S interest rates will underpin the dollar over the next few weeks, setting the stage for a

The House might complete consideration of oil spill legislation this week, after haggling over proce

A senior U.S. trade official said the Bush administration will continue to resist pressure from the

EC EXPECTED TO VOTE US STEEL TRADE ACCORDBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community foreign mini

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

About $5,000 was raised recently when the New York chapter of the Rudder Club sponsored an awards ce

US-PANAMA SHIPPERS TO BOLSTER SECURITYShippers in the U.S.-Panama trade will begin paying mo

European banks are moving where carriers fear to tread. Spurred by a growing marketplace and

Puerto Rican business groups are asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to cancel a 12 percent ra

The logic of Massachusetts House leaders did not play well on Wall Street last week as three influen

Paul Arpin Van Lines has created a new freight forwarding subsidiary to assist in its international

Jon Huntsman, chairman of Huntsman Chemical Corp., is worried that the future leaders of American in

U.S. soybean meal is likely to face tough going this winter on the European market because of compet

The world sugar market is poised to rise out of its narrow 13-14.5 US cents- per-pound price range b

VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY (Norfolk, Va.) - Carroll N. Harris was named managing director of marketing

The Soviet plan to replace large parts of its aging and obsolete merchant fleet over the next five y

Like a ship preparing for a storm, the Massachusetts Port Authority seems to be bracing for the wors

Jaguar PLC said Thursday it was joining the Ford Motor Co. fleet in a $2.5 billion buyout, a surpris

Thu., Nov. 2, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Britain's newest containerport, scheduled to open in February, has been sold by Highland Participant

A congressional investigating agency says the Coast Guard still has a lot of hazardous waste cleanup

Officials acknowledge that a weak infrastructure is the main obstacle to future economic growth.

Cocoa merchants in the United States are moving to change the standard contract they use to buy coco

Japan's surplus in the broadest measure of its international transactions in goods and services, the

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Fearful of provoking China into barring it from the mainland's potentially lucrative markets, Japan

Barge freight rates, pressured by an abundance of bearish factors, plunged Wednesday and are likely

The Panama Canal is no longer crucial to U.S. strategic or economic interests, but remains an import