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Currency traders predict the dollar will get much stronger in 1990, despite the prospect for some fu

Exceptionally cold temperatures could force a closing of the St. Lawrence Seaway before the schedule

THE FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET moved sideways in moderate volumes last week, in spite of a continued dro

Even the glorious fall weather, with temperatures in the 70s and humidity a comfortable 55 percent,

Newly elected members of the Supreme Soviet - the equivalent of Congress in the Soviet Union - say t

BOLIVIA - $58.2 million from the International Monetary Fund to help the government continue economi

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 26,500 tons of coal for two power plants in weekly spo

Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, the Dutch transport company, expects to achieve net earnings in 1989 of 240

The United States should phase in a 50-cent-a-gallon tax on petroleum transportation fuels over nine

State and federal officials may be working toward a compromise on funding for the controversial Heal

US, SOVIETS TO TRADE AGRICULTURE EXPERTSThe United States and the Soviet Union Friday signed

LATEX POWDERS Union Carbide Corp.'s UCAR Emulsion Systems division said it will increase pri

For sale: one small airline and one huge chunk of Miami history. Chalk's International, the

French European Affairs Minister Edith Cresson said Friday that significant progress toward establis

The dramatic changes in Eastern Europe have triggered an explosion of interest among American compan

A member of the National Transportation Safety Board said an October collision in the Gulf of Mexico

It still is not clear whether methanol will be economically and logistically feasible as a motor fue

The winding down of East-West military tension could offer immense economic benefits to many countri

It was the kind of news that sends a collective chill through the U.S. computer-chip industry.

Sergio Casaine Jr. was named executive vice president and general manager of Puerto Rico Marine Mana

Temple Holdings Ltd. at the weekend increased the price of its takeover bid for Sea Containers Ltd.,

DUKE/FLUOR VENTURE WINS CONVERSION PACTIRVINE, Calif. - A newly formed joint venture of Duke

The Maritime Administration and two carriers are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challen

Wholesale prices of distillate fuel oil are soaring in West Germany as refineries have very low stoc

Latin America, its debt problems far from over, faces a potential new headache as industrial nations

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., the chief operating unit of Sir Yue-kong Pao's commercial labyrinth, posted a

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

US Perishables next week will begin operating a temporary facility at John F. Kennedy International

WORLD ECONOMY SEEN 'GOING NOWHERE FAST'Based on industrial nations' leading economic indicat

MOSCOW, SEOUL SET UP CONSULAR RELATIONSSEOUL, South Korea - The Soviet Union and South Korea

Japan and the United States will hold a third round of textile talks in Washington Dec. 18-20. Both

American companies must get lean and mean if they are to compete successfully in world markets, the

Dec. 8, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY quietly came to Houston last Monday, orchestrated to perfection their

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Stanford Erickson -

TAIWAN INVESTMENT SET A RECORDTaiwan has posted records this year both for foreign investmen

The crew of a 417-foot containership abandoned ship in frigid seas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Frida

Heavy truck sales went from gradual cooling into the deep freeze last month as deliveries dipped 22.

The new owner of Atlantic Container Line has set a two-year target for improving the bottom line at

REVENUE ADEQUACY FOR ONE RAILROAD may mean that others never will become revenue adequate.That's the