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The State Department probably will arbitrate its $42 million construction insurance policy on the U.

It costs more to get a barrel of crude oil into major U.S. ports than it does to get the same oil ou

Alcoa Increases Prices Of Alumina ProductsAlcoa's industrial chemical division is increasing

Williams to Halt Gas Transport ServiceTULSA, Okla. - Williams Natural Gas Co. announced that

Even though the price of oil has topped $22 a barrel, experts disagree over how well the U.S. energy

When South Korean representatives silently bowed to the audience at a ceremony for a new USS-POSCO s

In the world of theater and insurance, a white mouse with a leading role can command a $5,000 premiu

The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies Friday in quiet trading. Dealers said

The merger of two major South Korean ocean carriers, Korea Shipping Corp. and Hanjin Container Lines

Opening U.S. and Canadian domestic trades to the carriers of both countries is an issue again in tra

Rochester Gas Net Declined in QuarterROCHESTER, N.Y. - Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. repo

Transax/RATES, the nation's leading computerized maritime information company, has updated its Compi

Officials from several agencies will be investigating an accident in which two longshoremen were cru

State-owned British Shipbuilders has announced a trading loss for the year ended March 1987 of 148

Business failures rose 7.7 percent in May due to increased difficulties in the service, agriculture,

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

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III indicated he'll continue to insist on a stronger U.S. policy r

Pakistan will adopt a three-year trade policy this month to increase imports of industrial raw mater

The grand old man of the House, Claude Pepper, D-Fla., is leading the crusade for passage of long-te

Corporate America can expect group health insurance costs to outpace the inflation rate so far this

Mexico's trade surplus jumped to US$794 million in June, triple the surplus tallied in the same mont

Executives of leading European car manufacturers appealed to the European Community for protection a

The official inquiry into the Belgian ferry disaster last March that killed at least 188 people has

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

Byrd to Push Universal Transponder UseSenate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., plans to

The federal government's first tally of occupational deaths in the United States found mining and co

A gypsy in Cairo once predicted that Thomas W. Teddy Gleason would live to be 103 years old. Nobody

Fri., July 24, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The United States and the European Community appear to be making progress in an effort to resolve th

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

The United States should not count on the service sector to bail it out of its economic problems, a

IMF to Give Argentina Additional $1.4 BillionThe International Monetary Fund said it will gi

The U.S. attempt to expand its export bonus program into South America is in keeping with the criter

Atlantic Container Line named three new district sales managers for thistrans-Atlantic conta

A trucking industry representative says a new study demonstrates that fears that the 1981 deregulati

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III takes an optimistic tack on the omnibus trade bills passed by

Arizona Public Service Co. asked the Arizona Corporation Commission for permission to discount elect

American Hospital Association meets July 27-29 in Atlanta for annual convention. For information, ca

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher urged that the United States react calmly to the mine that damaged

Arco Chemical Co. is forming a joint venture in Indonesia with P.T. Gema Supra Abadi to manufacture