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Tues., Jan. 27, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Stocks soared in active trading Tuesday, dropped and then rose to a record close as Wall Street's ro

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

U.S. textile mill cotton consumption in 1987-88 should be just slightly higher than the 1986-87 esti

Agriculture and trade issues will be high on the agenda of the several-week- old Congress, but major

The U.S. cotton industry may have more difficulty keeping the U.S. cotton program intact in the next

A U.S. offer to sell 1 million metric tons of subsidized wheat to China is unlikely to hurt sales fr

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's offer to subsidize U.S. wheat sales to China was made because C

Consumers Power Co. and Dow Chemical Co. signed agreements to convert the idled Midland nuclear plan

USX Corp. Reports $1.42 Billion LossUSX Corp. reported a fourth quarter net loss of $1.42 bi

Mallinckrodt to Hike Stearate Prices Mallinckrodt Inc. will raise market prices of all its F

Union Carbide Corp. announced that Texas Eastman Co., a unit in Eastman Kodak Co.'s Eastman Chemical

Recombivax HB, the first genetically engineered human vaccine to be licensed in the world, is availa

A leak of radioactive water forced a nuclear power plant to shut down hours after it broke an indust

Hercules Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $38.9 million, or 69 cents a share, up from net

American Hoechst Corp. extended the expiration date of its tender offer to 5 p.m., New York time, on

Two Occidental Petroleum Corp. subsidiaries will reduce their exploration and production work force

That household garbage taken out to the dump may be coming back in another form to heat your home.

Borden Inc. reported record earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 1986. Net incom

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

The European Community, Canada and Mexico have formally requested an arbitration panel to rule if U.

The European Community, Canada and Mexico have formally requested an arbitration panel to rule if U.

System Cuts Costs Of Asbestos RemovalToxic Decontamination Holdings Ltd. of Britain has deve

GENERAL NEWSThe mood in Brussels about the prospects of averting a trans-Atlantic trade war

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

Looking back over last year, commissioners of this Columbia River port are able to cite some success

Japan's MITI to Launch Foreign Exchange ProbeTOKYO - Japan's Ministry of International Trade

Taiwan's foreign reserves reached a record US$48 billion last week, up from $46 billion at the end o

U.S. exports of high-technology products will more than double within the next 10 years because of t

All components of Hong Kong's trade finished 1986 on a high note compared with the previous year, if

Kaiser Steel Employees Losing Health BenefitsFONTANA, Calif. - More than 5,000 past and pres

The Department of Justice said it would sue to block the merger of two of the world's largest oil-we

Initiative and cooperation are needed if the United States and Japan hope to ease friction arising f

Taiwan's foreign reserves reached a record US$48 billion last week, up from $46 billion at the end o

Initiative and cooperation are needed if the United States and Japan hope to ease friction arising f

The government adopted an economic growth target of 3.5 percent for fiscal 1987, up slightly from th

Expressing concern over a grim" unemployment problem, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told legislat

Expressing concern over a grim" unemployment problem, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told legislat

Japan Sets 3.5 percent Target For Growth in Fiscal '87The government adopted an economic gro

Heavy U.S. pressure for protection of intellectual property rights seems to be making headway.