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Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp. said it will begin operations on schedule on Jan. 1 after Volvo White Tru

Southern Yunnan province has the heady aura of misty beauty and latent power that has been a percept

Chrysler Corp. Sets Up Electronic Mail SystemROCKVILLE, Md. - Chrysler Corp. has set up an e

Federal officials appeared in court in Tennessee Monday to ask a judge to permanently bar a trucking

Truckers are urging federal officials to scrap a proposal that would force them to place an emergenc

Rising oil prices fueled the first commuter van pools 15 years ago, but New Jersey transportation of

Archaeologists working in the Caribbean have a rare chance to identify a late-1600s shipwreck by nam

The U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. closed its locks Monday, ending the 29th season for t

The Indian government is moving to shore up what it considers viable shipping companies through a pa

Two ships that collided in one of the world's worst marine disasters disappeared in a huge ball of f

Orient Overseas Container Lines Ltd. has signed a deal for two containershipsfrom Taiwan's C

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

The dollar fell more than 2 percent to postwar lows of 122.85 Japanese yen and 1.5910 West German ma

Reebok International, the athletic apparel manufacturer best known for its popular shoes, was the mo

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

Efforts by the Group of Seven major industrialized nations to support thedollar may be frus

Here are the 25 most-profitable companies in the United States, as compiled by Forbes magazine on th

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

Japanese Refiners Seek Metal MarketTOKYO - Japan's aluminum refiners will soon urge the gove

Mon., Dec. 28, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Help-wanted advertising in major U.S. newspapers declined in November, the Conference Board says in

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The latest fall in the price of oil has caused the Soviet Union, the world's largest oil producer -

For every dollar drop in world oil prices, the United States may save about $2.5 billion annually in

A continuing oil price decline could sabotage Mexico's new anti-inflation strategy and force the gov

For the big Japanese oil companies, the pieces are finally beginning to fall into place. Eve

The likelihood of $16 oil during 1988 will be a mixed blessing for Brazil. The national econ

The creation of Senator Line was the best thing that's ever happened to Southern Steam Inc.

The decline of the U.S. private shipbuilding industry may have bottomed out in 1987. At leas

Commonwealth Edison Co. reached a milestone this month when it announced a construction budget for t

December 28, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

THE NEW PRESIDENT of the International Longshoremen's Association, John M. Bowers, has moved quickly

A powerful committee chairman, a high-powered industry lobbying effort and a little time helped defe

The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council voiced support on Monday for OPEC's latest decisions on oil

Marketers Win Delay On Diesel Tax ChangesHouse and Senate conferees have given petroleum mar

Apex Holding Co., St. Louis, parent of Clark Oil and Refining Corp., filed for protection from credi

The Center for Auto Safety, the consumer crusader for safer cars, has issued a warning on alcohol fu

The Australian subsidiary of U.S. oil major Exxon has downgraded its assessment of Australia's oil r

The fuselage of an Eastern Airlines DC-9 carrying 104 people cracked when the plane made a hard land

Soviet Oil Production Sets Record in 1987The Soviet Union, the world's largest crude oil pro