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Canada's seasonally adjusted fourth-quarter 1989 current account deficit grew to a record high C$5.5

President Carlos Salinas de Gortari said Thursday that his government had secretly decided to suspe

A top British university is advising several East European governments on how to build macroeconomic

The European Commission and Bulgaria began two days of talks here Thursday to conclude a far-reachin

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

The first year of operation for the Virginia Inland Port - the Port of Hampton Roads' effort to reac

Freight forwarders today face a challenge similar to what customs brokers encountered 10 years ago.

PEROXIDES Atochem North America Inc.'s Organic Peroxides division increased prices for t-Amy

LME WEIGHS CHANGES IN FUTURES CONTRACTSThe London Metal Exchange is considering major change

MARUBENI UNIT TO BUY 10 US GRAIN ELEVATORSColumbia Grain Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of

Californians braced for aftershocks Thursday following the most powerful earthquake to strike Southe

RECORD DRILLING YEAR FORECAST FOR NORTH SEAOil price optimism means that a record number of

Redoubt Volcano is roaring back into action, dropping ash on Anchorage for the first time and causin

A retired oil tanker captain called as an expert witness in the trial of fired Exxon Capt. Joseph Ha

Royal Insurance Holdings PLC became the third major U.K. insurer this week to report lower 1989 earn

E. GERMAN MINISTERS APPROVE BUSINESS BILLFRANKFURT, West Germany - East Germany's council of

The United States has "almost completed" agreements with Poland and Hungary that would allow the exp

SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Inc. filed a lawsuit here, charging a Korean maker of memory chips with

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against major currencies Thursday. John Lynam, foreign exchange

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

PURCHASERS' INDEX SAYS CONTRACTION HAS SLOWEDTEMPE, Ariz. - The National Association of Purc

PETROLEUM TANKER SAFETY SEMINAR. March 5-9. Castine, Maine. Contact: Ocean Institute, Maine Maritime

Shipping lines serving European ports are having a tough time meeting their schedules because of hea

Ten minutes before you arrive at the Havana Club bottling plant, the sweet smell of molasses already

''IT MAY NOT GET ANYMORE UPBEAT THAN THIS," said a futures trader about next week's Futures Industry

Gov. Jim Florio's automobile insurance plan is moving ahead at a breakneck pace in a legislative pro

Base metals prices have moved up in the past few weeks, a rise that analysts attribute to the fading

Thu., Mar. 1, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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Japanese-owned manufacturing plants employed 200,000 workers in the United States last year, an incr

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

CORROON & BLACK ACQUIRES CALIF. BROKERCorroon & Black Corp. acquired Griffith/Sincock Insura

A tanker loading crude oil at the North Sea's Sullom Voe oil terminal damaged the loading arms it wa

ROYAL NEDLLOYD MERGES THREE SHIP DIVISIONSROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Transport and energy conc

1603 (Mar. 1, 1990) Previous day - 1604 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

CONVERSION FACTORS TO BE USED FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS AND WINES. For distilled spirits classified unde

The weather here now is cool enough for local ladies to don their furs, but the industry that create

Emba Group Inc. was named South Atlantic agent for A. Bottacchi SA de Navegacion, an Argentine-flag

The strong Singapore dollar, which appreciated 2.7 percent against the U.S.dollar last year

BANKING LAW CHANGES LOOM IN E. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Changes to East Germany's ba