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

Taiwan's central bank is intervening in the foreign exchange market for the first time in months to

Charles Burkett is taking eggs out of his Asia basket and putting them into a new basket in the Cari

Since suspension of the 1983 International Coffee Agreement in July, the two- tier world coffee mark

CALIF. COMMISSION BANS NEW OIL LEASE SALESCalifornia's State Lands Commission voted to ban n

EL AL, AEROFLOT PLAN ISRAEL-SOVIET FLIGHTSTEL AVIV, Israel - Israel's national airline El Al

Two brothers aboard a ship that rammed a fragile coral reef were indicted on federal charges of oper

The demand for electric power in the United States by the turn of the century will be twice as large

Dec. 7, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Average retail prices of home heating oil remained stable in New York during the two weeks ending No

1605 (Dec. 7, 1989) Previous day - 1606 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

McDonald's 200 fast food outlets in Canada are poised to switch to canola oilfrom corn oil f

American President Lines Ltd. won Maritime Administration approval to expand its use of foreign-flag

Dec. 7, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

PRECIOUS METALS ERASE EARLIER LOSSESCommodity Exchange Inc. gold futures surged in late trad

PENNZOIL CO. ACQUIRES 9 PERCENT STAKE IN CHEVRONPennzoil Co., Houston, announced Thursday it

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries needs billions of dollars for exploration and expa

Exports emerged as the main growth market for plastic resin in 1989, according to statistics release

The price of Mexican crude oil sold in the Far East in November dropped between 3 and 13 cents a bar

Ruhrkohle Trading Corp. sent shock waves through coal exporting circles Thursday by significantly un

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

A picture is worth a thousand bytes. United Parcel Service Inc., Greenwich, Conn., has creat

The unprecedented opening to the West by the Soviet Union and its allies is worrying officials in im

MD., VA. OFFICIALS CITE BACKING FOR BYPASSESOfficials of the Maryland and Virginia highway d

A RETAIL SHIPPER's Far East distribution network remains intact despite the Federal Express Corp. pl

Low water levels are raising the specter of Mississippi River shutdowns, with part of the river alre

The Interstate Commerce Commission has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 19 on two labor-protection cases

SOUTH KOREA TO ENFORCE COCOM RESTRICTIONSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea is to enforce Coor

A Tennessee coal company and an Indiana shipyard entered a new era Thursday when the barge Pen 101 s

Greek cruise shipowners, the Chamber of Shipping and maritime trade unions have reacted sharply to a

The crucial industry portfolio in India's newly installed National Front coalition government has go

For the week ended Dec. 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailroads equaled 122

The government's loudly trumpeted measure to buy stockpiled cars from joint ventures is a short-term

Representatives of the U.S.-flag shipping industry voiced strong support Thursday for a subsidy refo

After waiting for years to enter the Brazilian market, an American computer software company is decl

Heavy cargo volume from Hong Kong and Taiwan is prompting Evergreen Marine Corp. to replace ships in

SLIGHT RISE PREDICTED IN JOBLESS RATEEconomists say an expected 147,500-job gain in non-farm

SOUTH KOREA PREDICTS $3 BILLION TRADE DEFICITSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea, hit by sluggi

Thu., Dec. 7, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The report cards are out, and for the students the good news is that the lower the score the better.