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

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Larry Kaufman - Insi

A worldwide banking group warned that banks would not put up money to back a U.S. plan to attack the

KEMPER CORP. TAKES $19 MILLION CHARGELONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. is taking a $19.5 milli

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will keep its industrial division of its pharmaceutical group in Syracuse a

PUERTO RICO MARINE MANAGEMENT INC. (Edison, N.J.) - James W. Wells was named vice president of North

Mr. Stallins and his seventh graders are on the cutting edge. ''I hope all my students enjoy

The Philadelphia Electric Co. expects a 25 percent increase in peak energy demand in its service ter

SOVIET UNION SEEKS PROJECTS WITH EUROPEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The Soviet Union is eager to coop

CHEVRON UNIT SELLS GEOTHERMAL OPERATIONSChevron Resources Co., a unit of Chevron Corp., anno

Goods and services covered by the government-backed export insurance agency rose 9 percent in the ye

Fri., May 4, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Trade and transportation companies are developing a panoply of new electronic messages for paperless

India will not change its economic policies to please Washington, which has branded the country an u

The Trading With Austria column published on Page 4A in The Journal of Commerce of Thursday, April 2

ADB MEETING ENDS IN BROAD DISAGREEMENTNEW DELHI, India - The annual meeting of the Asian Dev

An emerging accounting standard could hurt insurance company profits severely if companies dispose o

Suburban officials reacted enthusiastically last week to a "Buck Rogers" transit line being proposed

RAIL RATES HAVE FALLEN 22 PERCENT SINCE '80, ICC SAYSRailroad freight rates have fallen more

Residents of the Connecticut suburbs of New York City had a per capita personal income in 1988 nearl

Thailand is one of the few developing countries with a substantial food surplus, says an Agriculture

CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (Chicago) - David Prosperi was named vice president, communications for the c

New trade agreements with Japan won't do much to end the U.S. trade deficit, but should provide some

Striking union officials at Southern Peru Copper Corp. have refused to adhere to a return-to-work go

Higher interest rates in Canada will keep the Canadian dollar attractive to investors disenchanted w

CLEVELAND-CUYAHOGA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY (Cleveland) - Roy F. Knapp was named director of trade deve

American Express Co. is well acquainted with the Soviet Union, said Andrew B.Somers Jr., the

American International Group Inc. Thursday reported a net income increase of 3.5 percent, to $355.7

Three more French insurers - Union des Assurances de Paris, Compagnie du Midi, and Compagnie Financi

Aldus Corp. is putting the final touches on a version of its popular PageMaker graphics program for

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Four Western European airlines joined forces Thursday in an alliance they said would help them compe

Independent power producers in New York state say their financing could dry up for two important uti

President Bush Thursday pledged U.S. efforts to help Jamaica's economic growth, and Prime Minister M

Heavy rainstorms and flooding have disrupted rail freight service on several lines serving major Sou

Two railroads hope to pry short-haul shippers away from motor carriers with new intermodal offerings

The number of joint ventures in Eastern Europe has more than doubled in the past nine months but onl

AXA MIDI NOT PLANNING AMERICAN GENERAL BIDAxa Midi Assurances is not currently thinking abou

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Women's underwear is causing Martyn Merritt some trouble. Mr. Merritt, president of AMG Serv