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The death of Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige leaves the department's trade policy, for now, in t

The stock exchange took steps Monday to prevent back office operations of London securities firms fr

The U.S. Treasury decided tentatively to postpone the announcement of its third-quarter refunding, s

Hoechst Celanese Corp. plans a $90 million investment in a new world-scale acetaminophen facility an

The U.S. dollar traded higher at mid-day against all major foreign currencies, except the Canadian d

U.S. consumption of advanced polymer composite shapes will increase at a strong annual rate of 10 pe

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

A marine survey team hired by the U.S. Coast Guard has flown to Kuwait to determine if a Kuwaiti sup

Southern Pacific Transportation Corp. said traffic is moving smoothly along its Siskiyou Line in wes

Tendering a shipment load is a lot like asking a woman out for a date. Both hinge on favorable and t

Marine insurers are not planning any major changes to their terms of cover forferries following the

Saudi Arabia has told its major U.S. customers that their crude oil entitlement for August will be c

Amoco UK Exploration Makes North Sea FindAmoco U.K. Exploration Co. announced that it struck

Saint-Gobain, France's newly privatized manufacturer of glass and construction materials with over $

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.'s second-quarter net income rose 11 percent to $504 million, or $2.08

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The airline buying binge that has propelled Boeing's jetliner sales to record heights each of the la

A study to assess the future needs of container terminals on the New York side of the harbor is plan

Warning of a possible revolt against expensive farm subsidies, economist John Kenneth Galbraith told

The Associated Press has contracted with GTE Spacenet Corp. to provide the next generation of satell

Georgetown University's National Center for Export-Import Studies has started offering computer-base

Occidental Chemical Corp. is increasing its off-schedule price for liquid caustic soda by $25 a ton,

The aircraft carrier Clemenceau and three support ships were put on alert Sunday, and their crews to

Chinese rockets may be used instead of U.S. vehicles to launch future Indonesian communications sate

The president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries dismissed reports of overproducti

The European Community Commission confirmed that it will launch an investigation into the recent acq

Mon., July 27, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The government is under fire on two maritime fronts, accused of apathy" over a strike of stevedores

Air Express Says Net Income RisesDARIEN, Conn. - Air Express International Corp. reported ne

The migration of West German shipowners to cost-saving foreign flags of convenience has slowed durin

Giovanni Goria, the Italian Christian Democrat charged with forming and then heading his country's n

U.S. corn growers say they have something better than oil wells - about two trillion little green ma

American International Petroleum Corp. announced that it acquired Dynasty Energy Exploration and Dev

Dow Chemical Co. and Chevron Chemical Co. have voluntarily withdrawn cyhexatin pesticide products fr

Port District Believes It Was DefraudedThe San Diego Port District may have been defrauded o

Barry Rosenbaum resigned as vice president, international operations, at Convex Computer Corp., a ma

Chubb Corp. reported second quarter operating profit rose to $91.5 million, or $2.18 a share, from $

Shell Oil Co. earned $266 million in the second quarter of 1987, up from $219 million for the same q

Oil prices continued weakening here late last week from the 18-month high reached on Monday, with bo