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EC OILSEED CRUSHINGS UP 6 PERCENT, OIL WORLD SAYSROTTERDAM, Netherlands - EC crushing of soy

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and General Dynamics Corp., maker of the widely used F-16 warplane, have

RISING INTEREST RATES OVERSEAS and signs of a rebound in U.S. economic growth have persuaded the Fed

JAPANESE FIRM ENTERS EAST GERMAN MARKETKYODO, Japan - Kao Corp., a major chemical company, w

The chance of a major San Francisco Bay Area earthquake is twice as high as previously thought - abo

AMBASE RETAINS FIRM TO SELL COVER UNITSAmBase Corp. has retained First Boston Corp. to offer

EC internal policy changes and growing external pressures will radically transform the shape of the

Hydro-Quebec's plan to expand hydroelectric production and sell power to the United States will enda

Executives of All Nippon Airways Co. announced an agreement Tuesday to create - along with other Jap

Gross national product in China last year increased just under 4 percent over 1988 to 1.56 trillion

Brazilian shipboard workers are expected to return to their jobs today after a federal labor court i

FED COMMITTEE ISSUES GNP, PRICE FORECASTSThe Federal Open Market Committee Tuesday said U.S.

Copper prices were higher Tuesday reflecting solid demand from the Japanese market and from merchant

The Federal Maritime Commission rejected an effort by two ocean carriers in the Australia-New Zealan

EUROTUNNEL, CONTRACTOR NAME PROJECT MANAGEREurotunnel, the Anglo-French group that owns and

Auto insurance reform is in the wind in Rhode Island - if lawyer-legislators don't scuttle it.

Although there is no way to know what the Russian wheat aphid population will be in the United State

Brazil's largest vegetable oils processing company, Ceval Agroindustrial SA,plans to invest

The Interstate Commerce Commission deferred action Tuesday on a Justice Department request to discip

CATERPILLAR EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION SERVICEPEORIA, Ill. - Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. h

TEMPLE EXTENDS OFFER FOR SEA CONTAINERSTemple Holdings Ltd. extended until March 2 the expir

PPG Industries Inc. of Pittsburgh and the Sudamtex Group of Caracas, Venezuela, reported that a join

A surprisingly small U.S. trade deficit in December has buoyed hopes for an improved U.S. trade bala

ENRON UNIT TO SUPPLY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GASEnron Gas Marketing Inc., a unit of Enron Corp.,

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EVA POWDER National Starch and Chemical Co. will raise prices for redispersible ethylene vin

An obscure part of the clean air debate that is clouded with terms like vapor control, cold-ironing,

Day eight of the trial of Capt. Joseph Hazelwood dawns clear and sunny in the upper reaches of the N

CAN HORIZONTAL DRILLING be the answer to the United States' declining oil and gas production problem

THE WAR MAY CONTINUE, but one of the generals is bowing out. James R. McCarville, executive

The Toronto Harbor Commission opened a new equipment maintenance center, the first new building in t

Industrialized nations have agreed to ease controls on some technology exports to some East European

The customs broker was mystified. When a container loaded with 10,000 garage- door openers was unpac

EUROTUNNEL SHARES PLUNGE DUE TO DISPUTEThe troubled project to dig a rail tunnel under the E

Mack Trucks Inc. reported a loss of $79.5 million, or $2.67 a share,on sales of $370.8 million durin

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Fri., Feb. 16, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Cigna Corp.'s operating profit dropped about 8 percent last year because of price competition in the

POLAND INKS DEBT PACT WITH 17 COUNTRIESPoland has signed an agreement here to restructure it

If aviation taxes are destined to rise, what can the air cargo industry get in return? That was a ke