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The U.S. government posted a total deficit of $25.77 billion for November, or lower than those of Oc

With a nervous maritime industry watching, 10 of the world's largest containerships came a step clos

A central clearinghouse owned by the world's banks could buy back Third World debt and invest in pri

Negotiated spending cuts in the Department of Transportation's 1988 budget will fall hardest on Coas

Atlantic Research Corp. of Alexandria and Hercules Aerospace Co. of Wilmington, Del., signed a memor

Union Pacific, USPCI Sign Merger AgreementUnion Pacific Corp. and USPCI Inc. announced that

The Environmental Protection Agency said it is looking at an industry study that says dioxin-contami

Alco Chemical Corp. and Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co. will begin construction of a manufacturing

Coal shipments at the port of Thunder Bay will shatter previous records by a large margin in the 198

State-owned Philippine National Oil Co. is buying US$9 million worth of steam coal from China, the f

John F. O'Leary, 61, chairman and chief executive officer of the General Public Utilities Corp. and

U.S. Steel Mining Co.'s loss in 1990 of a long-term coal contract with Ontario Hydro could turn into

Union Texas Petroleum Co. said Monday it made three crude oil discoveries onshore the United States.

Funding Plan Set For Clean CoalCongressional leaders have reached a funding compromise that

December 21, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Crude oil prices plunged in the waning minutes of trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, closi

Mines and Energy Minister Subroto said Monday the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may

Helicopter Hits Offshore Oil RigLAFAYETTE, La. - A helicopter carrying 15 men crashed and bu

Motorists nationwide were paying just under a dollar a gallon, on theaverage, for gasoline a

The Canadian government on Monday formally approved the takeover of debt- ridden Dome Petroleum Ltd.

Marine insurers are still assessing their liability for the ferry collision in the Philippines in wh

The departure of Brazilian Finance Minister Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira marks still another top-leve

The U.S. dollar turned slightly higher at midday Monday, after drifting slightly lower earlier, but

Financial and monetary leaders of the Group of Seven major industrial democracies are reportedly dra

Mexican government officials and business leaders believe the nation's debt- equity swap program, su

Tokyo Stock Exchange authorities, who added 33 foreign companies to the market's listings so far thi

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

US Dollar Policy Could BackfireNEW YORK - A dollar free-fall, promoted by the administration

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

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

Mon., Dec. 21, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Here is a list of the worst marine disasters in the 20th century: 1. Feb. 26, 1916: 3,100 ki

Massachusetts would become the first state in the nation to offer all its citizens health insurance

Lloyd's of London and British insurance companies have welcomed an European Community agreement that

Efforts to revive the New York Insurance Exchange continued Monday, as insurance experts discussed w

In one move, lawmakers changed the rules affecting federal guarantees for thousands of private pensi

Agents' Lobbying Pays On Budget BillHouse and Senate tax conferees have agreed to remove por

Santa and his reindeer have cleared the last bureaucratic hurdle, clearing the way for speedy delive

The Soviet Union's Far Eastern Shipping Co. has raised the possibility of reviving its trans-Pacific

Cook Inlet Platform On Fire; Crew SafeKENAI, Alaska - A giant offshore oil drilling platform