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R.W. Allen was elected chairman and chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc., effective Aug. 1. He re

Dallas edged past Texas rival Houston in the Census Bureau's latest population estimates for the nat

The odds against passage this year of any reform of the 50-year-old subsidy system for U.S.-flag lin

The Federal Reserve has allowed a recent easing in overall restraint on the money supply, but withou

Those maliciously mischievous men at the KGB may have unwittingly tripped an insurance policy reimbu

An administration official signaled that President Reagan might be persuaded to sign banking legisla

Volcker to Head Panel On Public ServicePaul Volcker, who is retiring as Federal Reserve chai

Four prominent U.S. senators sent a joint letter to Japan's Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone complai

AVIATION The Defense Department threatened to withhold needed technology if Japan pursues pl

J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. of London and Financial Security Assurance of New York announced an agr

The Environmental Protection Agency has drawn the U.S. Department of Defense into its national plans

For Lloyd's of London insurance brokers, today is D-Day - the deadline for divesting their interests

An investigation will be made into new European Community meat import requirements that U.S. Farm an

Japanese auto parts manufacturers are dumping their products in the U.S. market, a senior Commerce D

General Electric Co. said Wednesday it will drop out of the consumer electronics business, which doe

The United States would be taking several steps backward if the trade bills that passed both houses

Neither the trade bill passed by the Senate Tuesday evening nor the version approved earlier by the

Maritime employers on the West Coast have had several weeks to analyze the proposed three-year contr

Chinese authorities are pushing for quality in export production. Under new rules drawn up i

Delaware's insurance commissioner is investigating USF&G Corp. and Fireman's Fund Corp. for possible

With Senate passage of the omnibus trade bill there is no longer any doubt a trade bill will arrive

Pentagon Denies Rumor of Ship AttackU.S.-flagged Kuwaiti tankers and Navy ships have not bee

The State Department's top Asian expert praised South Korea for the steps it has taken thus far to o

The past year won't go down as one the port of Vancouver, Wash., wants to brag about, but 1987 figur

The World Bank is looking into trading in the futures and options market asa possible means of diver

As usual, the enlisted men had the tough job and the officers had it easy when the Coast Guard saved

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Great Lakes port and shipping interests to sue feder

The large deficit in Britain's trade in goods and services for May probably won't cause U.K. banks t

Highlights of the proposed new West Coast longshore contract are: * Conversion of wage rate

The British government is urging other countries to respond more quickly to the plight of the world'

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

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

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Wed., July 22, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The battle for China's first international credit card is ending in a draw, with two U.S. heavies pr

State Bureau Mistake May Save Motorists $1Massachusetts motorists who already have received

El Paso Products Co., headquartered in Odessa, Texas, plans to restart its idled high presure low de

Citing deadly attacks by pit bull terriers, City Councilwoman Carolyn Maloney on Monday called for l

Former Head of Thrift Sentenced to PrisonANN ARBOR, Mich. - Burton Bongard, of New York, for

BP Performance Polymers Inc. will raise its prices on POLYBOND polyacrylic acid grafted polyolefins,