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Wilh. Wilhelmsen will take over the first of two giant ore/tank ships from Ishikawajima de Brasil-Es

The 26,614-deadweight-ton Liberian bulk carrier August Star was prepared for towage Oct. 13, althou

The Soviet Union will purchase 1 million metric tons (1 metric ton equals2,200 pounds) of ne

About 100 angry French mutton producers intercepted a British truck loaded with lamb carcasses and d

S. Africa Holds Back Data on Ship EntriesJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Government officials h

A congressional agency says a privately designed model "farm program" produced greater farm income,

A key senator warned the TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement against raising rates because of labo

Funeral services will be held today for James J. Reynolds, former president of the American Institut

The Houston Ship Channel returned to normal operations this week while divers began salvage work on

The Federal Maritime Commission is considering revoking its self-policing regulations for steamship

Contract negotiations are scheduled to resume today between representatives of 3,700 dockworkers in

Thousands of people in the United States are returning to blindness and suffering other physical pro

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has declared a moratorium on new auto insurance business in some are

State trial lawyers say they can run an insurance company better than the insurance industry can. An

Massachusetts has resumed its place atop one of the nation's least desirable lists - the number of c

Safeco Announces Sale Of Title Insurance UnitSafeco Corp. has sold its title insurance unit

The city Department of Investigation is looking into allegations that several law firms may have won

The Lloyd's of London insurance market has created a General Review Department that Alan Lord, chief

U.S. Healthcare Inc., and Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, reached agreement for Lincoln Nat

The U.S. dollar was lower against most foreign currencies Tuesday despite widespread reports of inte

Major U.K. banks raised their base lending rate a full percentage point to 11 percent effective toda

The rapid pace of deregulation in Japan's financial markets and the growing presence of foreign firm

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

Bundesbank Drains Liquidity From MarketFRANKFURT, W. Germany - The West German Bundesbank ac

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

Tuesday, October 14, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association's Board of Governors approved two companies

A Montreal company that financed one-tenth of the cost of a $230 million coal loading terminal at th

For years, the nation's dairy farmers have proudly proclaimed in advertising that milk is "nature's

PMA Meets To FocusOn UrethaneThe Polyurethane Manufacturers Association will hold it

Production of the combined fertilizer nutrient groups was 10 percent lower in August 1986 compared w

A Kuwaiti company won a $120 million contract for building a petrochemical complex at Turkey's Medit

International Minerals & Chemical Corp. and American Cyanamid Co. announced that they have completed

For the second time in a week, China has announced a coal countertrade deal with a sizable Hong Kong

Oil prices fell Tuesday by 60 cents a barrel in nervous trading in Europe as the Organization of Pet

Hercules Inc. reported third quarter net income of $64.6 million, up 94 percent from $33.3 million i

Canadian Power Flows To New EnglandMONROE, N.H. - Canadian hydropower, which is expected to

Cogentrix Inc., faced with citizen opposition to a coal unloading site for a proposed cogenerating p

A crippling four-month strike at the Balmer open pit coal mine in southeastern British Columbia has