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Supplies of distillate oil increased significantly last week, while gasoline inventories were virtua

Some manufacturers in the heavy truck industry are starting to think that the last thing they need i

1284.5 (Jan. 6) Previous day - 1270.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

Official to Evaluate Prince Rupert SituationWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canadian Federal Labor Mini

Liquor sellers and servers will soon get some relief from the painful hangover caused by the high co

A U.S. trade official denied that the United States and Japan have settled a dispute over Japan's im

The early 1988 rebound in the U.S. dollar against major foreign currencies is expected to have no im

Payments Surplus Could Fall in GermanyFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's current accou

Throughout their history, Canadians have feared domination by the economy and culture of the United

A group of companies from around the world announced an effort to accelerate toxicity testing on com

Midway Service To Bahamas ApprovedMidway Airlines has received government approval to begin

The Federal Maritime Commission, in advance of a Friday deadline, has postponed for 60 days its sche

The stalemate at the Springfield Terminal Railway continues, as a strike by its 1,200 union workers

A group of Roman Catholic hospitals bought an insurance company to provide malpractice insurance for

Security Trust Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Southlife Holding Co. here, has sold its Texas ho

After studying the Florida insurance system, a task force has found that rate regulation in Florida

Steel production rose to 1.747 million tons in the week ended Jan. 2, an increase of 3.7 percent fro

The Singapore government is considering Shell Coal International's proposal to buy the government's

The crew of a Maltese-registered freighter that was towed to Seattle after being caught in a fierce

Patients spent nearly the same amount of time in hospitals last year as in 1986, but the cost per st

Wed., Jan. 6, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

BESIDES EXPERIENCING more growth, what do the people who cause computers to do business with each ot

Most home gardeners look at catalogs in the winter and buy seed just before planting time in the spr

With all the written arguments before it, the Supreme Court must decide whether it will consider the

The blue metal boom rises some 240 feet above the asphalt. It is silent, in contrast to the bustle t

APC Names Dahl ChiefOf FinancesOAKLAND, Calif. - Robert K. Dahl was named senior vic

On the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: The agreement provides an incentive for imports fro

Some 40 Finns working in coffee fields near Matagalpa, Nicaragua, are among 600 foreign volunteers w

The steam seems to have gone out of South Korea's two free export zones, as they are called, with a

Southern California Gas Co. has curtailed service to 880 interruptible customers and the electric ut

West Coast longshoremen are considering affiliating their fiercely independent union with the AFL-CI

Members of the National Maritime Union have voted overwhelmingly to merge with Marine Engineers Bene

John Rabbe, a 58-year-old corn and soybean farmer who cultivates 1,000 acres of leased land in Trimo

Gas cut off? Electricity on the fritz? Want to fink on your local Communist Party boss? The

The Southern Pacific Transportation Co. reacted coolly to a proposal for imposing a truck reservatio

The Canadian plastics industry is forecasting a strong 1988 business year, as a slightly eclipsed en

A formal construction permit was issued Wednesday for China's first nuclear power plant, at Daya Bay

Demand Record Set At Rochester UtilityROCHESTER, N.Y. - Tuesday's cold weather pushed electr

A Nov. 16 article incorrectly reported that port of Gulfport, Miss., had a 16 percent increase in ca