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Moody's Investors Service says it is continuing to review the credit ratings of Philadelphia Electri

Hearing Planned On Wildcat MiningBecause of a concern about the unauthorized coal extraction

A salvage crew raised a sunken oil barge Sunday from the murky depths of Guemes Channel, one month a

The Maritime Administration has accepted a purchase option from Shell International Inc. of London t

New sales of life insurance increased 11 percent in 1987 to $11 billion, representing an improvement

Pa. Bill Would Create Consumer AdvocateHARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania legislative panel ha

Another asbestos manufacturer has withdrawn from the Asbestos Claims Facility. Eagle-Picher

Arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol rose more than 220 percentfrom 1970 to 19

The Reagan administration remained silent on the Panama Canal treaty as relations between the two co

An insurance industry association claims that a recent federal court decision supports its claim tha

Security Pacific to Buy Hibernia BankNEW YORK - Security Pacific Corp. said it signed a lett

Committee to Discuss Unctad ProposalsThe Shipping Coordinating Committee will meet here Marc

Nedlloyd, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, has been selling more and more shares

The Federal Maritime Commission has rescinded its March 7 date for the cancellation of the tariffs o

Stiff limits on strike actions by tug crew workers and boat owners were being shaped by U.S. Distric

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Container traffic through the port of Gothenburg increased by 10 percent in 1987. The port handled 2

Reversing a trend that has prevailed for several years, North American synthetic rubber consumption

The Environmental Protection Agency looked to state governments late last week to help prevent conta

Fertilizer Use Up For All GroupsConsumption of U.S.-produced fertilizer materials rose for e

ABB COMPOSITES INC. (Irvine, Calif.) - Rolf R. Berglund was appointed president of ABB Composites. M

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a final action to remove 36 substances from the list o

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd. has launched a $238 million modernization plan to upgrade its

Clinical Data Unit Gets Drug Research PactsThe Drug Research Services division of Clinical D

Powder River Basin coal blended with western Canadian coal of higher heat value can be sold in Pacif

1562.0 (Feb. 26, 1988) Previous day - 1560.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. Inc. bucked an industry-wide earnings slump last year by posting a 20 per

Thirty-five years before Frank B. Hall opened his office on Wall Street in 1862, The Journal of Comm

Takeover mania is sweeping through the European insurance industry as the European Community starts

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

In the first major reorganization of its round-the-world container service since it was launched in

The global market in interest rate and currency swaps reached full maturity in 1987, according to Pa

A decision last fall by Moscow to buy high-protein soybean meal from the United States is seen by an

Union Bank of Switzerland, that nation's largest bank, said net income fell 3 percent in 1987 to 752

Four U.S. Congressional bank investigators cut short a trip to Switzerland after being warned that s

Lloyds Bank, one of the big four U.K. clearing banks, slid into the red last year as a result of its

The dollar remains locked within a narrow trading range, a condition that most traders and economis

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

Fri., Feb. 26, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on