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THE SCRAP STEEL MARKET has reheated to the point where prices have jumped nearly 10 percent in April

It now takes $231 million and 12 years to develop the average prescriptiondrug - a figure th

BFGoodrich sees more people brushing their teeth, moisturizing their skin and styling their hair.

As the Philippines' energy crisis worsened, President Corazon Aquino issued a decree Thursday reinst

Liquid propane Thursday began flowing through a 165-mile pipeline that ruptured in March, causing an

Picture this: You've just checked into your Moscow hotel room, kicked off your shoes and turned on t

HAPAG-LLOYD SHIP CALLS AT NEW NY FACILITIESSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc.,

The amount of seaborne cargo discharged in Hong Kong in the fourth quarter of 1989 decreased slightl

ANTALL ASKED TO HEAD HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENTBUDAPEST, Hungary - Arpad Goncz, Hungary's interim

SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS VOTE TO END STRIKEULSAN, South Korea - South Korea's labor unrest showe

CAPITALISTS NEED NOT APPLY. The worst thing that could happen to Hong Kong in the near term would be

Debate over the shape of European Community cross-border mail and package delivery services after 19

A reporter's notebook ran aground recently, and because it was not outfitted with a double hull or d

Small businesses in East Germany are reaching out to their counterparts in Western Europe and the Un

An apparent switch by Senate staffers could cost the federal government millions of dollars in duty

Engineers will let billions of hungry microbes loose on tar-like waste left by an old gas works in h

Alaska Gov. Steve Cowper approved a controversial plan to use large amounts of fertilizer and bacter

* Trading With Bermuda 4A * Brazil Lowers More Import Barriers 5A* Tom Connors - Washington

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Wed., May 1, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Julianne Jessup, insurance analyst with Barclays de Zoete Wedd, said Wednesday she thought it unlike

Naval architects are under pressure to develop much better safety systems for passenger ferries that

1352 (May 2, 1990) Previous day - 1355 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Continuing its expansion program seen over the past several months, Matson Navigation Co. announced

The Senate Budget Committee Wednesday adopted a Democrat-proposed $1.2 trillion budget for 1991 that

SPCC: PERU ORDERS MINERS BACK TO WORKOfficials at Southern Peru Copper Corp. said the Peruvi

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

DOE ADDS 3 MORE TO CLEAN COAL PROGRAMThe Energy Department said it completed negotiations wi

Crude oil inventories declined slightly last week, but remained substantially higher than a year ago

Amtrak would have to suspend passenger rail service to Florida if a judge rules that it must quit du

U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION (Washington) - W. Patrick Morris was appointed chief counsel of the Mar

Insurance industry leaders are scrambling to design brakes to check the runaway costs of workers com

CIGNA LIAISON OFFICE FOR E. EUROPE OPENSCigna Worldwide Inc. has opened an eastern European

American General Corp., which has been embroiled in a bitter takeover battle with Torchmark Corp., s

This is no longer a cheap city to live in. Dollars and other hard currencies are essential. You can

Iceland's economic recession, which started in the middle of 1988 and deepened last year, will conti

The Bush administration and Congress are expected to develop a new law this year to reform and "mode

THAMES CONTAINERPORT SIGNS FIRST CUSTOMERThe new U.K. containerport in the Thames estuary ha

May 2, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Economic policy-makers from more than 150 nations are set to meet in Washington to try to thrash out