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Supplies of distillate fuel oil and gasoline increased, the American Petroleum Institute's latest we

The coal industry is trying to convince the Supreme Court to invalidate a Pennsylvania law requiring

The maker of a stomach balloon used to treat obesity is warning doctors to curtail its use after 80

Alfredo del Mazo, Mexico's recently appointed minister of energy and state industry, outlined an amb

The official opening of a new session of Parliament Wednesday confirmed Prime Minister Margaret That

GENERAL NEWSAbout 43,000 Ford Motor Co. salaried employees in the United States and Canada w

THE OTHER PARADE: Almost nobody noticed, but while New Yorkers were celebrating the Mets' World Seri

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. reported its net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 was $10,

The Thai government will not subsidize rice exporters but will pay for any losses incurred by privat

On a day last week when West Texas intermediate crude oil was trading on the futures market at $15 a

Emery Air Freight reported October shipments rose 4 percent and weight increased 8 percent over thos

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

Baltimore longshoremen were expected to reject a new contract proposal Wednesday, while negotiations

World Sugar Output Forecast to RiseTotal world sugar production is expected to rise in 1986-

The Maryland Port Administration dedicated a $700,000 bridge connecting the Dundalk Marine Terminal

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange trading volume in October rose to 241,849 contracts, up 34 percent from

Publicly listed Orient Overseas (Holdings) Ltd., controlled by the Tung family, reported an operatin

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Gorbachev Trip Touted NEW DELHI, India - Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev's upcoming visit t

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has called for measures to facilitate private Japanese inv

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco, is expected to ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissi

Alaska's eight-term congressman, still weary from the campaign trail, is aligning his forces in the

Aloha Inc., the parent company of Aloha Airlines Inc., said AQ Corp. has reached agreement with the

Jacques Ancher's answers are crisp and prompt, signaling the fact that he has thought through the my

Airbus Industrie is counting on the introduction of its A320 model early next year to help put it on

Georgia led a parade of 33 states and the District of Columbia in an increase in the sales of existi

GENERAL NEWS Consumer confidence declined in October to its lowest level in more than three

U.S. consumer confidence declined in October to its lowest level in more than three years, the Confe

When the Soviet cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov collided with the bulk carrier Petr Vasev in the Black

The Federal Maritime Commission formally warned ocean carriers and rate conferences that under the n

Total Soviet cereal production is expected to decline this year to 171 million metric tons, compared

Whether states may tax earnings from key securities backed by the federal government and whether the

PWS Launches Bid To Take Over HeathPWS Holdings launched what it called a final takeover bid

U.S. companies will soon have a chance to use the first teleport in the Caribbean, at rates estimate

THE PAC RIM 86. An international symposium on trade, finance and investment. Participants include Au

The struggling Philippine economy is getting some of the foreign backing it desperately craves, but

A new 1,000-metric-tons-a-day gas liquefaction unit, the largest of its kind ever built in the Unite

The U.S. dollar will fall to 1.80 deutsche marks and 150 yen, while the pound sterling is expected t

The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in a state truck taxation case involving roughly $400 mil

Getty Petroleum Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire the gasoline station and terminal ass