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Oil prices fluctuated wildly Thursday as about 13 percent of Britain's North Sea oil production was

Insurers worldwide look likely to be the major financial losers as a result of a disastrous fire and

Paul Finlay Richardson, 59, former president of Sea-Land Service Inc. in the mid-1970s, is credited

Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group Inc., reported it flew 349.7 million revenue passe

UNION PACIFIC EXTENDS BULKTAINER TO ATLANTAOMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad is now offer

The Federal Maritime Commission, in one of its periodic tariff housecleanings, canceled inactive tar

Commercial bankers are waiting for official lenders to take the lead in cutting debt-servicing burde

A three-judge appeals panel on Wednesday reversed a $62,000 jury verdict against a company blamed fo

Australian coal exports have been disrupted slightly by a seven-day miners' strike which began Tuesd

TAIWANESE BIKE SALES TO THE US DOWN 40 PERCENTTaiwan's exports of bicycles to the United Sta

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Longshoremen in leading ports of eastern Canada have moved a step closer to a united front by approv

Gasoline stations in metropolitan New York that did not have vapor recovery systems in place by July

American Trucking Associations urged the Republican Platform Committee to reject new energy taxes to

The Interstate Commerce Commission denieda request from defunct Branch Motor Lines Inc. to collect $

The pace of new hiring slowed during May as the steady improvement in labor conditions leveled off,

When Chris Evert accidentally dropped her bracelet during a tennis match a couple of years ago, she

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, angered by insurance industry contributions opposing a California bal

MANVILLE, AETNA SETTLE INSURANCE DISPUTESManville Corp. reached an agreement with The Aetna

Proanagen Corp. of Pittsburgh, Schering-Plough Corp. of Kenilworth, N.J., and Shiseido Co. of Tokyo

INCORRECT VESSEL ARRIVALS FOR QUOTA ENTRIES. Effective immediately, the following procedures must b

US, SOVIETS HOPEFUL AS GRAIN TALKS BEGINVIENNA, Austria - Soviet and U.S. negotiators began

BASF HIKES CAPACITY FOR 1,4-BUTANEDIALPARSIPPANY, N.J. - BASF Corp.'s Chemicals division is

July 7, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Hanjin Container Lines will shift its larger containerships from California to the Pacific Northwest

The diversified insurance group, Compagnie du Midi, will increase its stake to 33.4 percent from 13

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

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

Thu. July 7, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Auto insurance rates will rise an average of $95 a car for nearly half of New Jersey's policyholders

Just when business travelers thought they had the answers to controlling those outrageous telephone

The fine chemical spot market seems to have succumbed to the summer heat and taken a siesta.

COMPUTER PROGRAM REVOLUTIONARY FOR MATHSANTA CLARA, Calif. - British-born whiz kid Stephen W

Talk is one thing. Understanding is another. GE Information Services is offering a new softw

July 7, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

Out-of-court settlements to survivors of 57 soldiers killed in a 1985 Arrow Air crash have averaged

Airlift International, a near-ghost of airlines past, has filed a reorganization plan that would all

Custom and toll processing of minerals, plastics and other materials is forecast to grow 4.5 percent

BFGoodrich Co. signed a letter of intent to sell the majority of the business units in its fabricate

ARAB NATIONS BUYING GUANGZHOU'S 'MIXERS'GUANGZHOU, China - Concrete mixers made by the Guang