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One of the most talked-about issues among members of the National Corn Growers Association, gathered

Witnesses and Senate farm committee panelists clashed Thursday at hearing on proposed legislation to

Investment in China's petrochemical industry is likely to fall further this year, an official says,

The Soviet Union will buy significantly less grain from the United States in 1990 than the record pu

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange instituted new rules today for floor brokers, traders and clearing m

Malaysia's 1989 natural rubber output totaled 1,422,406 metric tons, down 14.4 percent from 1988, ac

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The National Futures Association announced Thursday that its board of directors recently elected Joh

JOBLESSNESS PREDICTED TO SOAR IN W. GERMANYBONN, West Germany - Continued immigration from E

The Soviet Union's most prestigious scientific body is seeking Western companies to market Soviet in

Efforts to woo the Soviet Union and China on to the diplomatic dance floor have generated no respons

JAPAN HAS NEW PLAN TO BLUNT CRITICISMJapan has devised a new public relations strategy to co

Pacific region trade accounted for 40 percent of worldwide trading in 1988 and is steadily growing,

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

President Francois Mitterrand and Francois Perigot, head of the national employers' association, hav

A dispute between the state of South Dakota and a Minnesota insurance company points up some of the

East Germany wants to be able to release a Western-style gross national product indicator by the end

The Bush administration challenged Congress Thursday to help U.S. businesses compete in world market

ECS Inc., the environmental liability insurer, is urging the National Transportation Safety Board to

International banks are starting to adopt a variety of strategies as they decide how best to cope wi

BAUCUS SEEKS SANCTIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESESen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Thursday said he will i

Don't look for Sally Industries Inc. to rush into Eastern Europe in hopes of selling its animated ro

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

Declan McMahon, new chairman of the Institute of London Underwriters, expects worldwide marine and a

The turbulent economic and political changes in Hungary have dampened its enthusiasm for the ongoing

GREENSPAN SEES RISE IN FOREIGN INVESTMENTFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan Thursday sa

Thu., Feb. 22, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

National health insurance would shift the burden for health care costs to workers with higher income

HEPAR MINERAL WATER ORDERS MAJOR RECALLWorries over chemical contamination in France forced

A substantial stake in New Zealand's state-owned telecommunications network, Telecom, is likely to b

West Coast ports held a commanding share of the containerized cargo traffic entering and leaving U.S

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World Bank President Barber Conable, signing loan pacts with Poland, pledged Thursday to pump $5 bil

National Bank of Hungary President Ferenc Bartha announced Thursday he has completed arrangements fo

NON-FUEL IMPORT PRICES ROSE 0.2 PERCENT IN JANUARYPrices of U.S. imports, excluding fuel, ro

If the Port of Jacksonville is to reap the benefits of the anticipated surge in North and South Amer

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Maritime industry sources reacted with skepticism Thursday to suggestions by Warren Leback, U.S. mar

The Port of Marseilles in France said its container traffic rose 22.7 percent in 1989, regaining its

A freighter carrying Salvadoran coffee, unable to unload its cargo in four U.S. and Canadian ports b