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Rep. Mario Biaggi, a Democratic congressman from New York, flatly denied any wrongdoing related to p

Wall Street has made its first major investment in the New York Insurance Exchange. And in a

Colgate-Palmolive Co. announced that its Kendall health care subsidiary has completed the acquisiti

Japanese oil companies said contracts for January imports of Saudi Arabian crude oil have been cut 2

Clark Hoyt, news editor of Knight-Ridder's Washington Bureau for the past two years, was named chief

Agriculture subsidies worldwide stand "a good chance" of being phased outbecause of U.S. leg

The Australian government has taken a positive step to further the "Aussie ships for Aussie cargoes"

Marsh & McLennan Inc. acquired a New York-based insurance brokerage firm that specializes in providi

The first lawsuits stemming from Sunday's fatal Amtrak-Conrail crash were filed Tuesday. And

Wednesday, January 7, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose against most foreign currencies except the yen Wednesday on massive central ban

Movers Diversifying Into New BusinessesALEXANDRIA, Va. - Household goods moving companies ar

The guessing game as to who will be the next merger partners in the heavy- truck industry is a serio

Analysts split over whether heavy trading in the stock of Navistar International Corp. may mean bett

Atlantic States Association of Rail Shippers meeting, Jan. 8, Philadelphia Hershey Hotel, Philadelph

West Germany's price-adjusted gross national product rose an estimated 2.5 percent in 1986, falling

A prominent Canadian banker stressed the need for international cooperation on all global trade, fin

Some 400 furniture artisans in Concordia, Mexico, are busy producing hand- crafted furniture for U.S

Most of the crew of a freighter registered in Greece went on strike for payment of back wages and co

Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis will ask state Legislature approval to fund a $1.6 million state

Japanese Oil Tanker Hit in Persian GulfTOKYO A Japanese oil tanker traveling in the Persi

It's no secret the CNW Corp. would like to merge its rail unit with a larger carrier, but those plan

SPI Plans SeminarIn FebruaryA special seminar to help exhibitors derive optimum resu

A coal mine that was long rejected as being too difficult to develop has become one of Australia's m

Over 150 members of Congress have banded together to try to develop a congressional consensus on leg

The House Ways and Means Committee agreed unanimously to extend the 9-cent-a- gallon federal gasolin

Logistic operations are no longer the sole responsibility of transportation managers since telecommu

China-Japan Visits Set BEIJING - Vice Premier Tian Jiyun will pay a goodwill visit to Japan

Finance Minister Chung In-yong was reported to have predicted that South Korea's outstanding foreign

The port of Oakland said 63 percent of its employees are from minorities. In an equal opport

Sales of cars, trucks and combined units all set new records in 1986, Toyota Motor Sales USA said.

The South Korean Corn Processors Industry Association purchased 55,000 metric tons of U.S. No. 2, 15

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

The Soviet government reported that oil production rose to about 615 million tons in 1986, more than

New Jersey's inferior infrastructure causes higher car repair bills, says a coalition of business gr

Senate Trade Hearings WASHINGTON The Senate Finance Committee will hold hearings next wee

Abuses of rate-setting features in the Shipping Act of 1984 are so dramatic the law may have to be o

Trading in options for distillate fuel oil will begin this spring in Rotterdam, the center of Europe

January 7, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

Novotec, Peru's first computer manufacturer, is negotiating the final details of a contract to sell