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Taiwanese to Buy LNG From Indonesian FirmJAKARTA, Indonesia - Chinese Petroleum Corp. of Tai

When Latin American debtors and their industrial nation creditors come head to head next week in Mia

GENERAL NEWS One of the nation's most successful securities brokers will plead guilty to two

Boyd L. Jefferies, one of nation's most successful securities brokers, said Thursday he would plead

U.S. personal income rose 0.9 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $3.581 tri

In its next round of international debt renegotiation talks with private commercial banks, Brazil mu

New England Electric System's retail electric prices have fallen substantially over the past five ye

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.'s area development department is aggressively hustling for new cus

The U.K.'s main ports are making bigger profits and investing more, but their performance is still w

The World Wildlife Fund urged the International Tropical Timber Organization to replace current log

A powerful labor confederation called a nationwide strike, handing President Leon Febres Cordero one

Representatives of the nation's wheat growers, smarting over the falloff in grain sales to the Sovie

Dual trading may be a hot topic at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange this month, but executives and tr

Even in Greece, inhabited islands do not come much smaller than Kastellorizon, just one mile off the

Canadian truckers warned lawmakers that problems with pending deregulation proposals could be nearl

Plummeting freight rates forced Arkansas Best Corp. into the swelling ranks of truck lines expecting

Although there are a number of subjects to be discussed with American counterparts, Michael Spicer,

Canada and the United States have agreed to share customs statistics in an effort to eliminate discr

Hoechst AG is anticipating a marked improvement in its 1987 pharmaceuticals business, said Dieter La

Air Canada's plan to purchase Gelco Express Ltd. of Toronto, the second- biggest ground courier in C

The British government announced it intends to sell its remaining 32 percent stake in British Petrol

Admiralty Law Society of St. John's University School of Law. Annual dinner. March 25 at the Downtow

Customs Finds Cocaine In Shipboard ContainerU.S. Customs Service inspectors discovered 1,400

Talks scheduled for this week between the United States and Taiwan on insurance services have been p

Moody's Downgrades Merrill Lynch DebtMoody's Investors Service said Thursday it downgraded t

Japan International Cooperation Agency officials arrived in the Philippines Thursday to present reco

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

Congress' decision to make repeal of the 55 mph speed limit part of the $87.5 billion highway and ma

The six principal economies of Southeast Asia must coordinate their economic policies or risk being

Swissair Board OKs Purchase of 6 MD-11sLONG BEACH, Calif. - McDonnell Douglas said Swissair'

Waterman Steamship Corp. wants to block subsidy to Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc. and American Presi

Confidence is again high in the local banking sector after a dramatic change in the last year, the C

Iraq claimed Wednesday its warplanes have struck three vessels off the Iranian coast in the past few

North Star Reinsurance Corp. moved its headquarters two states away from its giant parent General Re

The merger of the National Coal Association and Mining and Reclama-tion Council, which takes effect

The state insurance department has completed the creation of a market assistance program to provide

The new price stabilization accord reached by 40 natural rubber producing and consuming countries wa

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

Thursday, March 19, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Problems with the rear-door safety system on city buses persist six years after the Transit Authorit