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The International Swap Dealers Association called for simplification of a joint proposal by the Fede

First Pacific Holdings took over Hong Nin Bank, which has been in government hands since teetering o

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

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

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

Banks Criticized For LDC Debt RoleCommercial banks are the weak link in a U.S. plan to relie

Canadian Wheat Area Projected to FallCanadian wheat planting for 1987-88 will total 32.7 mil

Exporters have sold China an additional 550,000 metric tons of wheat, completing a new million-ton s

Thursday, March 12, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

On farm legislation: There is no farm bill that is going to save every farmer. What we have

The issue of whether to extend another export bonus wheat offer to China is not being discussed by U

The president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said OPEC output in February was

Union Pacific Corp. and Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the national oil company of Venezuela, will sign

March 13, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Stocks were narrowly mixed in moderate trading Thursday. Participants appeared to lack convi

Zambia and Zimbabwe have yet to impose sanctions on South Africa as their leaders promised last year

The parking lot is empty, and litter gathers at the edges of the lawns as Brian McLaughlan trudges a

The Teamsters union contract with NorCal Frozen Foods, approved on a vote of543-21, includes

Puerto Rico Maritime Management Inc. named Henry Menge Barrantes vice president, sales, in Puerto Ri

Eastman Kodak Co. announced plans Thursday to spend $200 million on a new plant in Rochester that co

The Agency for International Development is planning a second conference for its program with U.S. b

Foreign governments and international relief agencies sent food and fuel to aid the estimated 75,000

Pressure is mounting for Australia to increase imports from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Uni

The decline in manufacturing in the nation's midsection may be permanent, but unexpected economic st

The nation's retail sales rebounded in February as car buyers returned to the showrooms and stemmed

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

BUDGET CHICKEN is still the game being played this week by the White House and congressional Democra

Wearing a dress from Greece, a scarf-like tapestry from Afghanistan and jewelry from Mexico, Israel

The Federal Reserve's strategy of price stability in the long run could allow interest rates to move

CP Rail, a unit of Canadian Pacific Ltd., of Montreal, has become an enthusiast for seeing its track

GEC Mechanical Handling Ltd., a British company, has launched a new telescopic spreader beam for shi

The likely results of a Reagan administration review of Fujitsu Ltd.'s proposed purchase of Fairchil

The French trucking industry is trying to revitalize its organization and business methods as the de

For the week ended Feb. 28, 1987, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

Five state attorneys general are in London today to launch a two-week investigation of the heart of

A trade bill curbing imports and promoting exports stands an even chance of passing this year, but P

Looked upon at first as a gimmick of little practical value or benefit to the executive, the portabl

The governments of Norway, Sweden and Denmark are proposing a major deregulation of airline service

More than 20,000 tons of 38 cancer-causing chemicals are emitted into the air each year in the Lake

Taiwan's state-owned oil company, the Chinese Petroleum Corp. (CPC), has selected the M.W. Kellogg C