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

9-STATE STORM DAMAGE PLACED AT $140 MILLIONInsured property damage as a result of wind, hail

Many North European ports were at a standstill Monday as storms swept in from the Atlantic.

Yugoslavia will import about 77 million barrels of oil this year, mostly from the Soviet Union, Iran

SOVIETS CUT OIL EXPORTS TO CZECHOSLOVAKIAThe Soviet Union is reducing exports of crude oil t

A new international wholesale courier company just set up in the United Kingdom involves a well-know

If the just-completed National Corn Growers Association convention is any reflection of U.S. corn fa

The National Transportation Safety Board this week will recommend that heavy trucks be equipped with

Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Performance Products division announced that it will expand production of i

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The prospects for enhanced U.S. trade with Nicaragua seem likely to remain dim, at best, for the tim

A complete monetary union with one common currency and an autonomous central banking institution is

Ten years ago, John Amato had a dilemma. The owner of Hoboken, N.J.-based Fiore's House of Q

A private advocacy group Monday accused the insurance industry of widespread abuses in the sale of n

A representative of the French coal-buying agency called on the U.S. coal industry to set up a lower

While China's onshore oil production is declining, officials say offshore output will pick up in the

RUBBER ASSOCIATION IN SINGAPORE ADMITS 2Two Japanese broking houses - Yutaka Shoji Singapore

Source Perrier SA said Monday it will relaunch its sparkling mineral water globally with new labels

H&M INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INC. (Secaucus, N.J.) - Jayne A. Wares was promoted to senior vice

Trimethyl phosphite, the chemical that leaked from a shipboard container last week and caused a shut

Moshe Shahal, Israeli energy minister, said Israel is negotiating for thepurchase of coal fr

Feb. 26, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's key index took another sharp dive Monday as a falling yen compounded the

Royal Dutch/Shell Group is studying the possibility of relocating some trading activities now based

Petroleos Mexicanos, the Mexican state oil company, is taking further steps to privatize its operati

ALL D&H RAIL SERVICE TO RESUME FOR 30 DAYSThe Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. intends to resum

The New York waterfront is getting more business as Barber West Africa Line announced the start of a

Gold prices dropped about $5 an ounce on the world's gold markets Monday in moderately active tradin

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said Monday it was unlikely that the Soviet

S. AFRICAN DOWNPLAYS NATIONALIZATION FEARSSOWETO, South Africa - The leader of South Africa'

NEW ZEALAND SIDELINES PLANS FOR MINING PACTWELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand has set asi

A U.S. stockholder filed a lawsuit Monday against Tokyo-based Saitama Bank Ltd. and its directors, c

HONG KONG EXPORTS FELL 3.6 PERCENT IN JANUARYHong Kong's domestic exports in January fell 3.

Mon., Feb. 26, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

In a surprise last-minute move to avoid an unfriendly takeover, XTRA Corp. said Monday it will seek

Mexico's booming "twin" production plants have a new gateway to the Far East that bypasses the Unite

Pfizer Inc. says it is bracing for insurance disputes regarding heart valves it made available betwe

Concern is mounting that the series of storms that have throttled Britain and Northern Europe period