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December 31, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

After a series of unhappy experiences with foreign oil companies, the West African republic of Benin

The seizure of a record volume of cocaine hidden within two containers brought into the country aboa

Grains Commodity Groups said they were pleased with the U.S. sanctions against European Community im

The president of the South Louisiana Port Commission resigned Wednesday in protest over a proposed

Containerization & Intermodal Institute. All-day seminar on the impact of the 1984 Shipping Act on c

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

Salicylic Acid Market Seen Stable The market for salicylic acid is reported to be stable.Cry

Wash. Insurance Firms Asked to Cut Auto RatesOLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington state's insurance c

A federal judge lifted a New Year's Day deadline for doctors to sign up to participate in Medicare w

To buy or not to buy computer equipment? With software vendors out hawking attractive leasing plans,

A Boeing marketing executive says he has been scratching his head trying to figure out why McDonnell

Chinese cities are forging trading links with manufacturing areas in Britain and trying to recruit e

The National Coal Association has engaged Virginia Power in the first major skirmish over a law coal

The 357,430-deadweight-ton tanker Happy Enterprise, a victim of the Iran-Iraq war, could become the

Midwest Grain Products Inc. of Atchison, Kan., announced it had acquired the Pillsbury Co.'s local f

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

USX Corp. said its Marathon Oil Co. unit will call for redemption on March 1 its 12 1/2 percent gua

A record $19.2 billion merchandise trade deficit in November raised more doubts about a substantiall

Commission Approves 14 percent PSNH Rate HikeMANCHESTER, N.H. - Public Service of New Hampsh

A plant expansion program at Fayetteville, N.C., exceeding $10 million for the production of urea a

The new oil-production accord reached by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countrie

Orange juice, grapefruit and cattle feed are among the agricultural productsfrom the United

The Tennessee Valley Authority purchased 22,000 tons of coal from Kopper Glo Fuel Inc., Clairfield,

The Ford Electronics and Refrigeration Corp. of Lansdale, Pa., in 1986, saved about $15 million with

Private Owner Buys Swedish Shipping LineShipowners Nordstrom & Thulin AB of Stockholm have t

The Reagan administration is expected, in an unprecedented move, to end special duty-free access for

The Australian government will probably subsidize wheat exports by about $10 to $15 per metric ton,

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

Doctors protesting a new malpractice insurance law were scheduled to stop offering their services Ne

American Excess Insurance Association said its capacity is up almost 50 percent as a result of new s

Timber may always be the bread-and-butter commodity at the port of Olympia, but seed used to grow gr

Sen. Bentsen Gets Marine Panel Post WASHINGTON - The merchant marine industry received a

Senator Line, the West German round-the-world container shipping service scheduled to start up in th

The Maritime Subsidy Board approved a complicated swap of foreign building rights and vessels involv

If the United States were experiencing a typical period of economic expansion, business spending for

Squibb Corp. consummated the sale of the business of Charles of the Ritz Group Ltd., Squibb's fragra

West Germany's shipbuilding industry, shaken by a number of bankruptcies in 1986, is resigned to the

With 50 firm orders for the MD-11 and options for 42 additional planes, Douglas Aircraft Co. is intr

Exxon Corp. announced it had sold its interest in its South African affiliates, joining the exodus o