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U.S. Deputy Trade Representative Michael Smith Wednesday rejected Japanese requests to lift remainin

The oil slick fouling the upper Ohio River forced Ohio Edison Co. to cut power output in half this w

Transworld Oil has been actively chartering tankers to ship Brent Blend crude since the Christmas ho

January 6, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

The crumpled tank that spilled 3.5 million gallons of diesel fuel and fouled two rivers was made of

Negotiations this week between a South Korean delegation and U.S. trade officials failed to produce

The great dollar drop of 1987 pinched foreign airliner builders' profits while lowering the cost of

The Mexican government will import 100,000 tons of corn over the next few months to make up for expe

Nearly one out of five public water systems has been contaminated by chemicals, many of which are to

Atlantic States Association of Rail Shippers, annual seminar, Jan. 13, Hershey Philadelphia Hotel, P

The Dutch aerosol can industry pledged to reduce by 90 percent its use of chlorofluorocarbons, an en

The New York Power Authority should be allowed to build a second power line under Long Island Sound,

The nation's 14 largest airlines suffered a record number of consumer complaints in 1987 and a drop

AVIATIONThe dollar's decline against foreign currencies has hit most overseas airliner manuf

Ray Joins McDonnellDouglasLONG BEACH, Calif. - Russell L. Ray Jr., who has been pres

Hanson Industries, the U.S. arm of Hanson PLC, has sold its Brazilian paint operation, Tintas Ypiran

The following are world trade centers in full operation: ABIDJANTelex: NR 23460CCI A

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The U.S. dollar continued to rally Tuesday in response to intervention by the Federal Reserve and fo

General Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet Division has cut prices on about 60 percent of its trucks by an ave

A decline in stock prices before the mid-October market collapse has hurt consumer confidence in the

January, 5, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

The strike against the Galveston Wharves dockside switching railroad has fizzled, and the new owners

Major oil companies strongly objected Tuesday to a proposal to lower gasoline standards and warned M

Turning their attention from what comes out to what goes in, Southern California air quality officia

Hino Diesel Trucks (U.S.A.) Inc. is adding a new Class 7 truck model to its line of imported medium-

Ford Motor Co. is making an electronic migration. The automobile manufacturer is moving away from th

The first Canadian-bound containers to be directed away from Puget Sound ports were discharged in Va

Excess capacity of the world's shipbuilding industry is likely to continue wellinto the 1990s, revea

One of two crewmen who survived the tanker-ferry collision that claimed more than 1,600 lives said T

Caribbean sugar exporters welcome a U.S. plan to import additional quantities of sugar from the regi

Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Hajime Tamura plans a formal proposal on eight-way

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

Tue., Jan. 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The Australian government is expected to decide soon whether to change the maritime insurance rules

Governments in South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and other rapidly industrializing Asian countries are

Calgary Airport Safe, General Manager SaysCALGARY, Alberta - Security at the Calgary Interna

National Shipping Corp. of the Philippines, the country's only ship line that operates to the United

ICC Refuses to Revoke Exemption for SaleThe Interstate Commerce Commission declined to revok

Grain Export Pace Slows Down in CanadaWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Wheat Board will not