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Wed., Jan. 17, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ROSE 0.4 PERCENT IN DECEMBERIndustrial production rose 0.4 percent in

Hartford Fire Insurance Co. is joining the ranks of other insurers aggressively contesting Californi

A Navy frigate on its way to a shipyard for maintenance struck a Liberian- flag oil tanker anchored

The Town of Brookhaven will refund $20 million in property taxes to Long Island Lighting Co. for ove

General Electric Co.'s GE90 jet engine is designed for airplanes that will replace today's older gen

CBT AMENDS PROGRAM FOR DAY, NIGHT TRADINGThe board of directors of the Chicago Board of Trad

No matter what the government does, most financial planners say today's workers must save much more

U.S. and Soviet negotiators will meet in Vienna March 21 and 22 to resume talks on a new long-term g

The U.S. dollar declined against most currencies Wednesday on a wider-than- expe cted November trade

As trade relations with Cuba's traditional Soviet bloc trading partners become more difficult, the C

Key competitors are opposing American Maritime Transport Inc.'s request toallow a London oil

Not all are sure they'll like it. But legislators are anxious to hear New Jersey Gov. James J. Flori

JAPAN CHEMICAL WEEK OFFERS DIRECTORYA directory of Japanese and other Asian chemical firms i

Himont Inc. announced it had received a license from Sandoz Ltd. of Basel, Switzerland,to produce Sa

Genentech Inc., a leading biotechnology company that has foundered financially, reported earnings of

Jan. 17, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Domestic oil production in 1989 took the steepest yearly fall in history, and petroleum imports rose

Texaco Trading and Transportation Inc. late Tuesday raised its posted price for West Texas Intermedi

A second and larger bonded customs industrial area is to be established in the Chinese special econo

* Trading With Spain 5A * EC Hopes Dim For "Open Skies" Competition 2B* Jon Jacobs - Inside

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Sophisticated retailers are beginning to connect bar code scanning and electronic data interchange t

Columbus Street Terminal at the Port of Charleston, S.C., will have three container cranes in operat

The simmering dispute over the legality of negotiated truck rates arrived at the Supreme Court this

The U.S. Customs Service is preparing to enact for the first time a regulation that will temporarily

On a quiet residential street in Northeast Philadelphia, in a building resembling an elementary scho

One of the biggest single factors contributing to the widening trade deficit in November was an $895

World sugar futures closed lower Wednesday despite bullish news that the U.S. Department of Agricult

A sales team representing six Indian computer software companies is in the United States hoping to c

A government survey of business leaders urges the Bush administration to grant improved tariff statu

BN RAILROAD TURNED A PROFIT IN 4TH QUARTERBurlington Northern Inc., parent of Burlington Nor

REGULATED TRAFFIC ENDS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAYThe Coast Guard has suspended the regulated navig

Ethyl Corp., based in Richmond, Va., said it will expand capacity of ibuprofen at a plant in Orangeb

Karsten "Cash" Mahlmann was re-elected to a fourth consecutive one-year term as chairman of the Chic

JAPAN'S CARMAKERS DECRY EXPORT CURBSMajor Japanese carmakers said they wanted to abolish vol

Stock analysts laughed not too long ago when fund manager Roger Pyrke raised the possibility of esta

BA OFFICIAL SEEKS INDUSTRY LOBBY GROUPColin Marshall, British Airways deputy chairman, Wedne

Forecasts of how much "C" quota sugar EC sugar producers will carry overfrom this season to

The won is expected to continue to drop further against the U.S. dollar in the first quarter of this