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Congress is about to slash contributions to the major international economic aid agencies. T

Sparse but intense reaction greeted a Federal Maritime Commission proposal to revise some of its pro

The United Kingdom will have 13.36 million metric tons of surplus grain available for export in 198

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

Dana Corp. an Ohio-based firm that produces and distributes motor vehicle and industrial power trans

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

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

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

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

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

About 70 percent of the construction workers still on the job at the almost- completed Nine Mile Poi

Senior energy officials from 83 nations, ending a post-Chernobyl meeting, have agreed on the wording

The number of U.S. foreign trade zones is increasing, but the duty-free area concept has not yet rea

The European Commission said it will send a new mission to Japan this week to press it to open its e

IMF-World Bank Meet WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meeti

The dairy lobby - already considered one of the most influential groups on Capitol Hill - shows no s

Nearly two weeks of talks among International Coffee Organization producers and consumers ended with

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

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

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

Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao purchased cargoes of low-grade coking coal fro

BP Australia Sales Fell in First Half '86SYDNEY, Australia - British Petroleum Australia Ltd

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. will keep renovating its tracks and fleet while waiting for acti

A dispute over the future of the 55 mph speed limit continues to block congressional consideration o

Mobil Oil Promotes2 ExecutivesJoe B. Hinton, vice president and general manager of M

The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads are focusing on non-issues instead of the major competit

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

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

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

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

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

BASF officially opened its new $20 million Agricultural Research Center in Research Triangle Park, N

The company that provides security guards at Philadelphia Electric Co.'s Limerick nuclear power plan

Collision Avoidance Top Priority for FAAAirline pilots say development of a collision avoida

Xerox Corp. has introduced a new telecopier that prints on plain paper and is the fastest telecopier

Argentina may have to draw on official reserves to cover some debt payments during the next year, l

The Wah Kwong shipping group may have a new lease on life as the result of support from both its Jap

Combined pretax incomes or ordinary profits of Japan's major companies will fall by between 10.9 per