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Federal Treasurer Paul Keating criticized the action of Standard & Poor's corp. in lowering Australi

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

Farm lenders, already reeling from a weak agricultural economy, are bracing for another round of far

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

Next year should bring some improvements in farm income and agricultural exports, and consumers will

The U.S. dollar turned lower around midday Wednesday, reversing the uptrend in effect during the mor

In a move expected to ensure continuation of emergency European Community assistance, the Greek gove

Deutsche Bank to Buy BankAmerica UnitFRANKFURT, West Germany - Deutsche Bank AG said it agre

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Sudan Bank Fraud KHARTOUM, Sudan - Government investigators unearthed bank fraud so massive

A 1.5 billion ($2.1 billion) U.S.-led project to develop a major financial complex in East London l

Treasury Secretary James Baker and U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter will be among the speak

Threats of a hard-line Brazilian stance toward international creditors rest on an eroding foundation

The U.S. trade deficit will be $25 billion to $40 billion narrower in 1987, causing an increase in U

Insurer AppointsThree VPsCapital Guaranty Insurance Co. said Kurt Guen, Helene F. Ja

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter is not optimistic that the new Congress will produce legis

The recent acceleration of progress toward dismantling economic barriers within the European Communi

GENERAL NEWSSales of new single-family homes in the United States fell 9 percent in October.

New Home Sales Fell 9 percent in OctoberSales of new single-family homes in the United State

Workers at five more General Motors Corp. assembly plants were back on the job Wednesday for the fir

Fraudulent advertising and a variety of financial concerns are the top consumer problems facing regu

Volcanic eruptions are among the most awesome sights nature can create. But since most peopl

Ryder Truck Rental is cooling its rhetoric but says it will keep the heat on engine makers to set in

China's retail sales will reach 560 billion yuan ($150 billion) in 1987, up 13 percent from this yea

Corporate treasurers and financial institutions are "capturing" six or more quarterly dividends in t

Trade between South Africa and the politically hostile black-ruled nations of Africa has experienced

William O. Bailey, president of Aetna Life & Casualty Co., is giving up half his job at the nation's

Trans World Airlines is shopping for another airline to keep TWA profitable, Carl Icahn, TWA chairma

Supplies of distillate fuel declined while gasoline stocks rose, according to the American Petroleum

December 3, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Iraq's oil minister Qassim Taki Al-Oraibi said his country would push for an equal production quota

EVER NOTICE HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE sometimes come up with the same conclusions? Shortly after

Bank clerks began sifting through the last of millions of applications for shares in British Gas aft

Arco International Oil and Gas Co. said its Indonesian unit successfully tested the NF-1 exploratory

Egypt Will Maintain Oil Export PricesCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt decided to maintain present oil ex

Schering-Plough Corp. increased its earnings substantially this year and expects them to increase ag

Argentine government officials claim to have reached an agreement in principle on resolving the prot

Uniroyal Inc. said that it has completed its previously announced plan of paying off debts and dist

After 37 years working a one-man coal mine, Ralph Bloom says he's ready toquit because of st

Executives of W.R. Grace & Co.'s Channel division say they acquired the unit in a $250 million lever