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Energy costs pushed U.S. consumer prices for all urban consumers up a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percen

Cargo volume through the port of Hamburg will be up by 4.6 percent this year, but port companies' in

Moody's Investors Service said the larger loan loss provisions announced by Mellon Bank and Bank of

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday he thinks October's record U.S. trade deficit wa

Long-term bearishness toward the dollar remains strong, but currency traders and economists suspect

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

Volcker Warns Against Continued Dollar FallOSAKA, Japan - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Board

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

Multilateral trade negotiations recessed until next year and most delegates agreed that progress had

Shoddy workmanship, high cost and sluggish innovation is crippling U.S. manufacturing and tarnishing

Fri., Dec. 18, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

You may not be dreaming of a red Christmas, but the world's biggest toy exporters certainly hope you

ARMED AROUND THE NECK, so to speak, with colorful credential tags for the summit between President R

A Nevada Senator has succeeded in adding a provision to a bill that would give the state preferred s

Japan's plan to ease import levies on European liquor as part of an overhaul of the country's tax sy

Nobody in shipping can remember anything quite like the restructuring of Hong Kong's Tung shipping g

Lloyd's of London won its fight at least temporarily to prevent taxation of income in the United Sta

On the wall in Wendy Gramm's office is a photograph of the president. The inscription underneath rea

The improved picture for U.S. exports should allow ocean carriers to make scheduled freight rate inc

Congressional tax negotiators agreed to retain the Customs Service user fee rate and suspend an exam

Aviation insurance rates probably will fall less sharply or even increase in 1988 as a result of the

Oil prices dropped again Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with crude closing at $15.65 a

North Sea oil prices staged a modest rally by the close of trading Friday, after sinking to 12-month

At the same time as oil prices slumped to their lowest levels for a year last week, two formidable o

Government officials hope new exploration deals with U.S. and Canadian oil companies will help India

Patrick to Redeem Outstanding WarrantsJACKSON, Mich. - Patrick Petroleum Co. announced it wi

New Jersey state Senate Democrats have dropped their opposition to the Kean administration's plan to

HARD WORDS FOR TOUGH TIMES describes the content of comments by two speakers addressing the aviation

Occidental Petroleum Lists Stock in TokyoOccidental Petroleum Corp. listed its stock Thursda

Faced with growing traffic congestion at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, the port of Seattle ordered about $

The high cost of building and maintaining a high-technology jetliner with exposed engine fan blades

Scottish carrier Highland Express could well stay grounded until the spring - but the airline insist

When AVAir's American Eagle Flight 3464 pancaked into a darkened field more than two miles short of

House Passes Bill For Airport SpendingThe House of Representatives Friday adopted the same A

As an auto insurance reform bill awaits state Senate action, two of the House-passed measure's provi

A four-day tunnel fire that severed California's main north-south rail link spread out of control be

Itel Rail Subsidiary Completes AcquisitionItel Corp. said its Itel Rail subsidiary completed

WHAT, AND LEAVE SHOWBIZ? At the annual Christmas press party of the Association of American

Congressional tax writers put together a $23 billion plan that boosted the rail retirement system an

Equitable Life Assurance Co. will sell part of its asset management unit in the first quarter of 198