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For years, exporters in India have found the West Coast of the United States an extremely tough mar

IMF MADAGASCAR - $36 million from the International Monetary Fund to help the government car

The Economic and Scientific Research Foundation, New Delhi, an organization attached to Federation o

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong's premier trading group, said net income soared 173 percen

Eurotunnel Group Seeks Investment FundsEurotunnel, the Anglo-French group that is building a

Philippine President Corazon C. Aquino wants to slash payments on the country's $26 billion foreign

For the first time since 1949, Chinese citizens are again able to buy and sell stocks on a market, a

Canada announced it will ban imports of South African agricultural products, uranium, coal, iron and

Spanish demands are blocking a joint decision by European Community governments to join the new pric

Most analysts agree that the Australian economy is heading downward. But there is little agr

The chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee promised to introduce a major legislative packa

China's grain harvest this year will be higher than last year's, but will not reach the record 1984

Legislation pending in Congress ordering the president to unilaterally limit imports from Europe, La

The Maritime Administration will put into effect in late October a new method of calculating operati

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement has set up a telephone hotline to provide information abou

Hampton Roads, locked in competition with other East Coast ports for cargo, is planning to assemble

The 21,241-deadweight-ton motor vessel Menelaus put back to Tema due to a fire in its No. 3 'tweend

Scrapping of existing bulk vessels over the next four years will offset whatever growth might result

Passenger Ship Burns in ShanghaiA passenger ship under repair near Shanghai caught fire Frid

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

Coast Guard and police officials were investigating the collision of a Italian containership and a m

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

The U.S. dollar traded mostly lower Friday in thin trading amid cautiousness ahead of meetings in Wa

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

Court challenges and depressed commodity prices have made 1986 a difficult year for Nerco Inc.

The stress in American agriculture and agricultural finance will deepen without new policies and pra

Friday, September 26, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Unusually large increases in premiums dramatically improved the results of property/casualty insurer

Enrollment Declines At US Medical SchoolsMore and more graduates of U.S. medical schools are

Deepening losses apparently are unraveling efforts to prop up ailing Mission Insurance Co., controll

In the wake of three overwhelmingly favorable votes on the Senate floor, supporters of product liabi

Major quantities of Mideast petrochemicals will be consumed locally and regionally in the coming yea

An Arkansas judge who said he plans to let Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. take over $2.1 billion in

Schering-Plough reached several major milestones in 1986 as a result of growth strategies, achieved

A rating from the A.M. Best Co. means dollars and cents to small property/ casua lty insurance compa

Reichhold Introduces New Resin JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A new polyester resin for automotive she

Beeswax DemandSteadyThe demand and price for beeswax remains steady, a market check

Eli Lilly and Co. announced it signed licensing agreements with California Biotechnology Inc., cover

The three-day International Bulk Congress, which ended here late last week, highlighted prospects fo

Productivity of Britain's ailing coal industry has reached record high levels, helped by the coal bo