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Japanese Agree to Buy Crude Oil From ChinaJapanese oil importers Tuesday agreed to buy 9.1 m

Atlantic Richfield Co. reported its net income rose 431 percent for the fourth period and nearly dou

With sales of jetliners down by almost $1 billion and aircraft development costs up, profits at the

A Melrose Park factory worker has charged in a lawsuit that his lung cancer was caused by the artifi

The President's Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense said its new recommendations for aiding th

James H. McJunkin has been with the port of Long Beach for 25 years, but it took the Navy to introdu

Borden Net Income Rose in Fourth QuarterBorden Inc. reported net income for the fourth quart

Controllers Continue Strikes in BelgiumBRUSSELS, Belgium - Air traffic controllers at Brusse

Conrail Opens New Lumber CenterConrail has a new lumber transportation and distribution cent

Millions of dollars in overcharges by railroad companies for shipping Army tanks and equipment went

British developers have come up with a color display controller card for the IBM-PC-AT and compatibl

Long Beach Director Moves to New PositionLONG BEACH, Calif. - James H. McJunkin, executive d

A $92.8 million dispute over a misplaced decimal point apparently is being settled out of court in t

Pre-Press Equipment Exhibition SetDUSSELDORF, West Germany - IMPRINTA 88, the world's larges

S. Korea Plans to Cut Japan Steel DeficitSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea plans to reduce it

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

Operating Income Rises at Fireman'sNOVATO, Calif. - Fireman's Fund Corp. Tuesday reported th

American Telephone and Telegraph Co. notified the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities that it will

New England Electric System said that sales increased 5.8 percent in 1987, the largest growth rate s

Detroit Edison Sales Rise in All CategoriesThe Detroit Edison Co. said that kilowatt-hour sa

Iran and Iraq along with other gulf countries began a three-day workshop Monday on oil pollution in

New Features Unveiled For Kenworth SleepersKIRKLAND, Wash. - Kenworth Truck Co. has announce

Docked together at the port of Miami, the world's two largest passenger ships are a study in contras

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

Jamaica's decision against renewing its contract with a Swiss company to inspect its imports and exp

Labor costs grew moderately last year, but they rose enough to halt the pattern of ever-smaller annu

President Reagan kicked off his final year of shaping federal budgets with a threat that could shut

Itel Corp. of Chicago finally succeeded in its bid to put together the world's largest marine contai

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Tuesday despite an uptick on news that Japan had allocated more mon

Tue., Jan. 26, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Most liability insurance premiums increased in New York more than 200 percent in 1985 and 1986 in Ne

Health-Chem Sells Stocklin Supply UnitHealth-Chem Corp. completed the sale of its Stocklin S

U.S. computer and business equipment manufacturers hope this week's high-level meeting of a multila

Transportation Secretary James H. Burnley said the administration will ask Congress to allow it to s

The port of Montreal set a new record for container traffic for the fifth consecutive year in 1987.<

Western coal mine operators failed to convince the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision t

Exxon Corp., New York, reported 1987 fourth quarter net income of $1.56 billion or $1.12 a share com

AMERICAN ULTRAMAR LTD. (Tarrytown, N.Y.) - Peter L. Raven was appointed president. He was chief fina

Britoil PLC, the United Kingdom's largest independent oil company, on Monday rejected a sweetened ta

UK North Sea Output Declined During 1987Crude oil production in the British North Sea fell t