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Tuesday, December 9,1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 has the nation's coal producers crying the blues, the Virginia Center for

Less than two weeks after announcing it was being shelved, Malaysia says an ambitious natural gas pi

December 8, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Union Carbide Corp. announced that it has received tenders (including guaranteed deliveries) of appr

Austin Dedicates Solar Electric PlantAUSTIN, Texas - The city of Austin dedicated the first

The U.S. dollar turned mostly higher at midday Monday after trading narrowly mixed throughout the mo

A 137-day strike, estimated to have cost the province's economy more than C$2 billion, ended here th

P&O Switches Cover To Insurance MutualPeninsular and Oriental Steam-Ship Navigation Company,

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, at its annual winter meeting here, will conside

Australia's wool industry has made a dramatic comeback to support the country's exports, but its fut

Failure isn't a dirty word for insurance and banking joint ventures. We're trying to learn f

The White House unveiled what it hoped was a believable economic forecast for 1987, and came close t

GENERAL NEWSThe Reagan administration and business economists project moderate growth and hi

Mitsui & Co. Ltd., a major Japanese trading company, has placed a $500 million order for five MD-11s

Air Canada reported third quarter net income increased to C$56.8 million (US$41.2 million) from C$14

Brace yourselves for another foreign car exporter hoping to drive off with a substantial chunk of th

MARITIME MARCH SHIPPING LIMITED (Montreal) - Jean Legentil was named president and chief ope

All Nippon Airways, Japan's largest domestic airline, will purchase 20 Airbus A320-200 aircraft from

Gelco Corp.'s earnings for its fiscal 1987 first quarter ended Oct. 31 fell to $3.7 million, or 28 c

Zaire's financial officials and bankers hope to work out a debt rescheduling plan this week during m

Ghana is to start negotiations with the World Bank for a credit of $100 million. The bank has agreed

China is hoping its first onshore oil exhibition and conference opening today in Canton will help at

Carl E. Bagge, president of the National Coal Association and chief spokesman for the industry for 1

Mitsubishi Expects Extension of LNG PactJapan's Mitsubishi Corp. said it expects its 20-year

Societe Chimique Prayon-Rupel SA and Nitron Chemical Corp., its U.S. sales agent, denied dumping an

Waterman Steamship Corp. asked a U.S. district court to halt the acquisition by American President L

The nation's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine is a symbol of the United States' new military

Although the island of Taiwan has virtually no local market for pleasure boats because security cons

Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. is fighting to win back shippers lost by the Rock Island Railroad when

The first part of a Jamaican government effort to divest its largest commercial bank has been oversu

Charles I. Hiltzheimer replaced William B. Bru as chairman and chief executive of United States Line

Willy de Clercq, the European Community's external trade commissioner, said he will meet U.S. Trade

Mobile's Grain Elevator Setting Daily RecordsMOBILE, Ala. - The public grain elevator at Mob

Norway, the only Western industrialized nation to openly collaborate with OPEC, probably will contin

Bangladesh Gets Grant To Buy US WheatDHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh will receive a Japanese

Iraqi warplanes have struck and "immobilized" the Iranian shuttle tanker Free Enterprise, in the sec

Consumers Power Co. asked two companies to submit proposals for the design and construction of a nat

Essex Hikes Sulfuric Acid,Oleum PricesEssex Industrial Chemicals Inc., a subsidiary

Goldome Savings Bank said it agreed to acquire Smith, Treiber and Wittig independent insurance agent