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Fiberglass Sales ForecastTo Grow 2.5 percentSales of fiberglass composites will grow

Gum Arabic Imports Up, Mart Tight Imports of gum arabic gradually are beginning to pick up,

The Long Island Lighting Co. should sever its ties with Lyn Nofziger, an ex- presidential aide who i

The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determined that both Belgian and Israeli industrial ph

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the Soviet Union last April produced no urgent reason

Cuomo Leads Opposition To NRC Reactor PlanALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Mario Cuomo called on

Transcon Reports Loss for QuarterEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Transcon Inc. reported its loss narrow

General Motors Expects Increase in Truck SalesTwo new full-size General Motors Corp. pickup

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. said it signed supplemental agreements with Union Pacific Railroad a

TRUCKING INDUSTRY DEREGULATION legislation may be ready for congressional consideration within two w

World Food Council experts say Asia's spectacular success in growing food offers hope for the people

The U.S. bobsled team in the 1988 winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, will receive a financial boos

An index that projects future economic conditions for the world's nine major industrial countries co

A Swiss company that performs import and export inspections for several Latin American and Caribbean

Labor leaders and opposition groups reacted bitterly to the government's decision to lift price cont

The layoffs of at least 30,000 miners in recent months are creating serious problems in Bolivia, lab

Cars may be smaller and construction may have slowed, but demand for steel is not plunging the way t

The European Community and the United States face stormy trade relations, despite the recent settlin

Del E. Webb PromotesE. JohnsonPHOENIX, Ariz. - Del E. Webb Corp. promoted Erick L. J

Britain's financial services industry is providing its customers with some of the most sophisticated

Despite heavy foreign competition, many U.S. electronics companies say business conditions for their

With a successful Treasury refunding accomplished, the credit markets are likely to drift downward w

Americans invented the transistor in 1947 and the integrated circuit on a small silicon chip a decad

GENERAL NEWSThe January employment report, one of the first major readings of the economy th

The government's report on January employment, one of the first major readings of the economy in the

Americans took out $105 million more in consumer credit than they paid off inDecember, the s

A story in the Maritime Briefs column Feb. 4 incorrectly listed the address of Petrolink's Houston o

Coast Guard officials say the shutting down of two district headquarters, in New York and Alameda, C

The port of Quebec reopened after a 21-week work stoppage was ended Friday with a new collective agr

The dollar moved higher Friday on news of a huge increase in January non-farm em ployment and a repo

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

Wall Street is facing a relatively steep correction in the weeks ahead, some analysts said, although

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

Venezuela Plans Bonds In Foreign CurrenciesVenezuela plans to issue foreign currency denomin

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

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Fri., Feb. 6, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The stock market's January performance, which added 10 percent to the value of common stocks, will h

West German statistical analyst F.O. Licht forecast 1986-87 world sugar production at 946,000 metric

Production of oilseeds within the EC will reach a record 10 million metric tons this year, almost up