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Mon., Dec. 15, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Institute of International Container Lessors has released IICL-4, the fourth edition of its Guid

FORD PLANT AT WINDSOR CLOSING AT END OF '90WINDSOR, Ontario - Ford of Canada said production

FORD, VW STUDY JOINT VENTUREFRANKFURT, West Germany - Two of the world's largest car manufac

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

A probe of imports of small business telephone systems and subassembliesfrom South Korea top

West Germany's largest trade union is threatening an overtime ban against the nation's powerful car

The U.S. dollar traded mixed Monday in a quiet preholiday market. Dealers said the market is

WHEN THE ORGANIZATION of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised its quota to 22 million barrels per da

The Bank of France's decision Monday to raise its two key money market interest rates by 0.5 percen

Sea urchins are underwater pincushions whose pins stick out, not in. They are the bane of a

Spot shortages of home heating oil have cropped up throughout the Northeast as transportation bottle

American Airlines is expected to enter the trans-Pacific route to Australia without much controversy

The U.S.S.R. Merchant Marine Ministry said the new Soviet shipping organization known as "Sovcomflot

Brazil's trade surplus plunged 40 percent in November from a year earlier, to $973 million, the lowe

There were no buyers willing to meet the minimum $18 million bid for the cruise ship Monterey at a j

MACHINE TOOL ORDERS RISE 10.1 PERCENT IN JAPANMetal-cutting machine tool orders in October h

The weekend devaluation by China of 21 percent is a sensible move but probably too little and too la

The story headlined, "Foreign Oil Firms Flock to Vietnam," which appeared on Page 1A in The Journal

Creating a global revolution in how companies communicate is far more difficult than many experts ha

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Dec. 9, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

Dec. 15, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The new U.S. executive director to the African Development Bank is frustrated after barely two month

''Everybody and their brother had keys to our gates," said Rob Hancik, aviation director at the Spri

The United States appears increasingly likely to incur a roughly $110 billion merchandise trade defi

The office of the U.S. executive director to the African Development Bank has launched a campaign to

DROP IN ENERGY COSTS LOWERS PRODUCER PRICESA sharp drop in energy costs pushed wholesale pri

UK PLANS TO TIGHTEN SHIP, AVIATION SECURITYBritain announced plans at the weekend to tighten

Japanese chemical companies continue pouring money and technology into Malaysian projects, with the

Fri., Dec. 15, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Metals analysts expect gold prices to move higher again this week following weakness in the U.S. dol

(Mr. Parker told an insurance commissioners' gathering in Las Vegas this month that the insurance in

American Airlines says Costa Rica is holding up its request to provide daily service between Miami a

The U.S.-Canada free trade agreement is just a first step for Canada as it seeks to broaden its inte

A widening trade deficit and a slowing economy will intensify the downwardpressure on the do

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

College graduates this spring will make more money but find fewer job opportunities, according to a

New estimates by Standard & Poor's Insurance Rating Service offer yet another indication that report

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

The soaring Canadian dollar and slower growth in the United States were the main factors contributin