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

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

Kuwait Petroleum Corp. is to buy British Petroleum's Danish subsidiary BP Olie-Kom pagniet A/S effec

Pennzoil Co. expects its first quarter earnings to be down considerably, compared with the same peri

When the Ariadne - a cargo vessel with its hold full of toxic chemicals - recently foundered at the

South Korea does not plan to rush semiconductor exports to the United States to fill a possible mark

Swissair inspectors have found cracks in the tail sections of three DC-10 long-range jetliners, incl

The House of Representatives easily mustered the two-thirds vote necessary to override President Rea

Mack Trucks Inc. announced plans to relocate jobs from its world headquarters in Allentown unless an

Risk management is no longer a job for amateurs, the incoming president of the Risk and Insurance Ma

Shippers face an additional tax starting today. The U.S. Customs Service Monday published in

Avondale Industries Inc. has completed its corporate divorce with approval of workers in 10 states f

Lykes' New Service Includes Norfolk CallsLykes Bros. Steamship Co. will call at Norfolk with

Tugs and barges belonging to Marine Power & Equipment Co. of Seattle will soon be seized by a federa

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

Foreign-owned U.S. agricultural land increased by 369,000 acres at the end of last year from the end

Seatrain Lines Inc. said its latest reorganization plan was confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,

Six EC countries expressed varying degrees of opposition to the EuropeanCommission's proposa

The soaring value of the Japanese yen is driving American businessmen in Tokyo to distraction and ma

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said she expects steady growth in Soviet-British trade over

Japanese Diet Passes Provisional BudgetJapan's Diet completed approval Tuesday of an 8.8 tri

The newly elected government in the U.S. Virgin Islands is making strong overtures to business in an

BellSouth International, a Atlanta-based telecommunications company, said it entered into an agreeme

Nigeria, Africa's leading oil producer, is striving to develop its long- neglected coal industry, bu

Latest Developments in ArbitraTion and Litigation on Insurance and Reinsurance, a conference, will

Inadequate Coverage Big Source of ClaimsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Leaving clients with inadequate

Tuesday, March 31, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission should have a new set of proposals for speculative limits f

The BP Group will reorganize its hydrocarbon resource business today. BP Gas International b

Union Pacific, PdVSA Agree to PartnershipUnion Pacific and Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., the

EC-Chinese Trade Expected to SlackenEuropean Community Trade Commissioner Willy de Clercq sa

Anti-U.S. sentiment among ordinary Japanese will grow if the United States goes ahead with penalty d

State-owned Canadian National Railways has commissioned consultants Booz, Allen & Hamilton, of New Y

GENERAL NEWS The government's main gauge of future economic activity rose a healthy 0.7 perc

Inflationary fears sparked by the U.S. dollar's latest slide and rising precious metals prices will

BASF Group sales in 1986 reached $18.8 billion, a decline of 8.8 percent against 1985, according to

A slowdown to protest wage cuts at Todd Shipyards in San Francisco turned into a wildcat strike that

The 1987 navigation season on the St. Lawrence Seaway opened Tuesday on an optimistic note, although

To Americans venture capital might seem to embody the very soul of private enterprise but in Taiwan

Sir Nicholas Goodison, chairman of the London International Stock Exchange, said securities and bank