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The yen rose sharply Thursday after months of weakness and U.S. stock and bond prices fell after Jap

DUTCH TRADERS are optimistic trading will pick up in one of the world's newest markets for futures a

CONAGRA JOINS VENTURE IN MEAT PROCESSINGKANSAS CITY, Kan. - ConAgra Inc. and an Australian c

Turkey's emergence as a large-scale net wheat importer has spearheaded a rise in wheat imports by Mi

The International Wheat Council Thursday left its forecast for 1989-90 (July- June) Soviet grain imp

Complaints from environmentalists have forced Mobil Chemical Co. to stop labeling its Hefty trash ba

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

US PERSONAL INCOME ROSE 0.9 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYU.S. personal income rose 0.9 percent in Febr

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Thu., Mar. 29, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Exxon Chemical Co. and Allied-Signal Inc. will form a partnership to operate Allied's high-density p

MONTEDISON WINS CONTROL OF ENIMONTRaul Gardini, chairman of Montedison SpA, took effective c

Mar. 29, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A major stumbling block to the passage of clean air legislation was removed Thursday when the Senate

European Community agriculture ministers failed Thursday to agree on prices for their 10 million far

BASF Corp.'s top management Thursday announced a number of new capital projects that will strengthen

American coal producers are in good position to exploit lucrative new export markets emerging in Eur

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan Thursday said the existing regulatory system of the U.

Newmont Mining Corp., Denver, said Thursday it agreed to sell its majority 54.97 percent share of Pe

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COFFEE PACT PROSPECTS SEEN GROWING DIMMERThe prospects for a new international coffee agreem

Although Congress will continue to hold hearings and debate changes in the way the securities and fu

U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are expected to face tightening supplies of light products and healthy marg

COLORADO-UTE TO FILE UNDER CHAPTER 11MONTROSE, Colo. - Colorado-Ute Electric Association, un

Mexico will open its borders to imports of all types of computer equipment and parts as of March 31.

A significant boost in freight traffic bolstered 1989 results at Swissair, the Zurich-based airline.

US REJECTS UN BID TO HIKE FINANCIAL AIDThe United States Wednesday rejected calls by the Uni

The Massachusetts House gave strong support to two clean air bills that would adopt California auto

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FALLS 0.5 PERCENT IN JAPANProduction at Japanese mines and factories i

Wed., Mar. 28, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Federal Reserve sold dollars and bought yen in the currency markets Wednesday, but the Japanese

ABU DHABI ISSUES JET FUEL TENDERAbu Dhabi's National Oil Co. issued a selling tender for 25,

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Rats run free, broken timbers stab out of the darkness and men stand in mud, breathing bad air, stri

The slide of the yen has been exaggerated and could impede Japanese efforts to reduce its large trad

Streams of cash from Japanese companies investing in overseas factories, companies and real estate w

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The Bush administration's plan to loosen controls on exports of sophisticated medical equipment is g

Primary inventories of gasoline declined and crude oil imports remained high, the American Petroleum