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As the Persian Gulf crisis has intensified, the Canadian dollar has gained strength while consumers

SINGAPORE GDP GREW 6.8 PERCENT IN 2ND QUARTERSingapore's gross domestic product grew by 6.8

WEAK DEMAND LIMITS JAPAN'S US NOTE SHAREA virtual absence of demand among institutional inve

Three new orders received in July brought South Korea's total shipbuilding orders for the first seve

A Federal Maritime Commission law judge agreed to waive nearly $11,000 in freight charges mistakenly

A broad freeze on Kuwaiti assets in Western hands has put in limbo some $100 billion in investments

Pan American World Airways will increase its flights out of Miami this winter with service to eight

A BUYERS' BOYCOTT? What a nice twist. For once it was nice seeing the industrial nations act

Occidental Chemical Corp. and Bangkok-based United Srichai Chemicals Co. Ltd. Tuesday said they reac

Wed., Aug. 8, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

It's Brussels instead of Biarritz this year for scores of Eurocrats who have canceled holiday plans

You try to make your port a more appealing place for customers and what do you get for your trouble?

The Republican and Democratic nominees for Georgia insurance commissioner set the mood for the gener

SEPTEMBER LAUNCH SEEN FOR CME NIKKEI TRADEThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange will begin pit tra

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners dismissed the possibility that an insurance inso

Wednesday Aug. 8, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The U.S. dollar was mostly higher Wednesday afternoon as the volatile Middle East appeared to stabil

India's engineering sector, registering robust growth in exports, is aiming to hit the $2 billion ma

IMPORTS OF CHEMICAL HURT US COMPANIESBenzyl paraben from Japan may be causing economic damag

A double hull creates a ship within a ship. It is two layers of steel, separated by a gap of air, ar

St. Lawrence Seaway officials say their oil spill emergency response plan, which features sophistica

Mexico, the world's seventh-largest oil producer, will see short-term gainsfrom rising crude

VINYL POLYMERS, ACRYLIC LATEXES Unocal Corp.'s Chemicals division will increase the price of

New England electric utilities said that, despite wild fluctuations in world oil markets, it will be

ARCO FREEZES PRICES OF AUTO AND JET FUELAtlantic Richfield Co. Wednesday froze wholesale aut

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

Some mail that used to get delivered the next day now takes a little longer. Anthony Frank,

World carbon black consumption will grow 2.7 percent annually through 1994 to 11 billion pounds a ye

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Japan is planning to launch an $11 billion multinational project over the next 30 years to curb the

Major questions remain about the federal budget deficit, defense spending and clean air, but Congres

Mexico and the Caribbean Community signed their first agreement to boost trade between the two regi

POLISH GRAIN OUTPUT SEEN FALLING SLIGHTLYPolish grain output will drop slightly this year, m

The European Community has stepped up its use of export subsidies in recent weeks, a practice deplor

What do American business executives have to look forward to if the United States lifts its embargo

Brazil is pushing ahead with major changes in its once hermetically sealed telecommunications marke

Commercial Union PLC (CU) and General Accident PLC (GA), two of Britain's leading insurance companie

The price of gold closed lower Wednesday in active and volatile trading. Futures prices on C

NO-FAULT AUTO COVER CONSIDERED IN TEXASAUSTIN, Texas - In the not-too-distant future, Texas