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The government, attempting to spur growth and control inflation, Tuesday lowered taxes and devalued

A U.S. congressional delegation sets out for the Caribbean basin this week to see if President Reaga

Heating oil and gasoline prices on the cash markets were lower Tuesday after prices firmed Monday to

Premiums for insurance for shaky pension plans could reach $100 an employee if the Pension Benefit G

Frank E. Walton, executive vice president of the agency marketing group at The Travelers Cos., was s

The new tax law will ratchet still higher the cost of medical malpractice, general liability and wor

January 13, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to reject an interpretation of tax law that would all

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Corroon & Black Plans To Buy Mich. AgencyCorroon & Black Corp. said it entered an agreement

A Romanian deputy prime minister said his nation was ready to buy 3 million tons of Iranian oil a y

New Hampshire Yankee Corp. says it would welcome a chance to examine evi dence that the Seabrook nu

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

Australia should not rely on Japan for increasing or even maintaining coal sales, according to a lea

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

Water Pumps Cause Millstone 3 ShutdownWATERFORD, Conn. - The Millstone 3 nuclear power plant

West German industry is consulting with the Soviet Union on possible modernization of Soviet nuclear

The Tennessee Valley Authority's nuclear power chief is promising to make a full report to federal r

Americans are eating more vegetables than ever before, particularly the fresh kinds found in produce

Citing South Korea's unprecedented, sizable current account surplus in the past year, President Chun

A government ban on fuel shipments to the rebel-controlled Jaffna Peninsula is heaping hardships on

Electronics Show Draws Record CrowdLAS VEGAS, Nev. - The 1987 Winter Consumer Electronics Sh

Citing South Korea's unprecedented, sizable current account surplus in the past year, President Chun

ACL's Morse To AssumeOperationsMichael Morse, executive vice president of Atlantic C

The government is threatening to suspend Citibank's operations here because the bank allegedly is d

The government is threatening to suspend Citibank's operations here because the bank allegedly is d

Portland's Terminal 6 saw its millionth imported car - a Honda Acura Legend - unloaded last week, wi

Daihatsu, Bombardier Ink Pact, Mull VentureDaihatsu Motor Co., Japan's sixth largest automak

Officials of Japan's Ministry of Transport and the Foreign Ministry have received an appeal from the

Gerhard Stoltenberg, West German finance minister, hailed the adjustment of parities within the EMS

Executives of Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship, Orient Overseas Container Line and Neptune Orient Line

This South American country is opening up one of the world's last great agricultural frontiers on it

Striking crewmen have returned to work on the Pionar, a Greek merchant ship, but the vessel now face

Beryl Sprinkel, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, could be on his way to being named a g

Work has nearly returned to normal at French ports after the suspension on Jan. 3 of a bitter two-w

Financial observers here predicted the realignment of the European Monetary System announced Monday

The State Trading Corporation of India will consider demands by seed crushers to import oilseeds ins

GENERAL NEWSLeading indexes of employment and inflation rose sharply in December, the Center

Cocoa Grind Rises In West GermanyFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's 1986 fourth-quarte

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