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

MITSUI, IRANIAN FIRM SCRAP JOINT VENTUREMitsui & Co. and Iran's National Petrochemical Co. a

POLISH PRODUCTION PLUMMETED IN JANUARYWARSAW, Poland - Poland's industrial output plummeted

COCOA PRODUCERS SEEN SEEKING PACT EXTENSIONACCRA, Ghana - Cocoa producers have agreed in pri

Skyrocketing premiums have put health insurance out of reach for more employers and workers in small

Waterfront labor and management on the West Coast have agreed to drop their last legal challenge inv

NEW PENNSYLVANIA LAW CUTS AUTO RATES BY 10 PERCENTHARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Governor Ro

The storms that have lashed Northern Europe over the past two weeks may cost insurers as much as $8.

Upgrading the nation's strained airport and airways system is the most critical infrastructure need

Between snow flurries, Eugene Pentimonti walked out onto an American President Lines wharf, where an

Consumer advocates and an insurance agents group recommended Thursday that state insurance commissio

Wednesday's oil spill off the coast of Southern California could seriously impact the growing argume

USF&G REPORTS SURGE IN NET FOR 4TH QUARTERBALTIMORE, Md.- USF&G Corp. reported net income fo

Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie, angered by the reluctance of insurers to respond to the sta

Federal courts across the nation are being flooded with lawsuits seeking money from Manville Corp. f

The American Waterways Operators, the trade association for the nation's tug and towboat industry ha

A powerful new political party comprising government and two opposition groups will be "very, very f

A chronic shortage of many chemicals in China may ease this year, the chemical ministry said Thursda

WHOLESALER INVENTORIES FELL 0.2 PERCENT IN DECEMBERInventories of U.S. wholesale merchants f

The U.S. dollar rose except against the yen Thursday, and dealers said the greenback may climb to 1.

WHEN DO 12 FINANCIAL EXPERTS AGREE ON ANYTHING? Apparently, when precious metals are discuss

The price of tin is unlikely to decline much further, and could rise to about M$18 ($2.29 a pound)

MOST MEXICAN BANKS SIGN DEBT AGREEMENTMost of Mexico's largest lending banks have signed the

Any expansion of chemical operations for Phillips Petroleum Co. in the next few years will probably

The overall value of private sector investments in foreign real estate during the fiscal term ending

STYRENE-BUTADIENE LATEXES Reichhold Chemicals Inc.'s emulsion polymers division announced a

This week's sudden headlong lurch by the two Germanys toward forging an economic and monetary union

President Bush, reiterating the administration's hopes of negotiating an overall trade agreement wit

The Soviet Union has met its short-term grain buying needs, Michael Ageev, vice president of the Sov

The European Investment Bank, the long-term financing arm of the European Community, said Thursday i

The Swiss Federal Court opened up bank documents Thursday to help Greek authorities investigate a fo

Thu., Feb. 8, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A* Greg Johnson - Managing Traffic 2B

Poland, the cradle of free-market movements in East Europe, is now eager to plant the seeds of a ban

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

As U.S. junk bond buyers have disappeared following the market's meltdown, hopeful salesmen are agai

To Caterpillar Inc., the Uruguay Round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tr

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

American Association of Port Authorities. Feb. 12-14. Miami. Two separate seminars, one on dredging

A federal grand jury probing allegations that Eastern Airlines fudged aircraft safety and maintenanc