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

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

FRANCE, GERMANY STRIKE MONETARY UNION DEALSTRASBOURG, France - France and West Germany Thurs

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

The ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party said that the Panamanian whom President Bush has asked to

Johnson Matthey PLC, the precious metals group, Thursday appointed David Davies as its new non-execu

From Wire and Staff Reports Iran's minister of economy and finance said Wednesday the govern

Philippine business leaders Thursday sought to shore up international investment confidence in their

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

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

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

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.

Charlotte's new international flight is moving rapidly toward reality thanks to new emphasis by the

Rohm and Haas Co. said a lawsuit by Warner-Lambert Co. has more to do with Warner-Lambert's marketin

President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines will get some idea today of how much public support she

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

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

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

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

The board of Corroon & Black Corp. Thursday named Richard M. Miller chairman, effective Jan. 1, 1990

The existing leadership of the nation's largest shipboard labor union easily defeated challenges fro

Christensen Canadian African Lines has moved its Toronto area office. The new address is: CC

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Cocoa buyers in the United States will vote Jan. 5 on a purchase contract change that would allow th

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

A high-level Chinese delegation flies to Switzerland today after a post- crackdown hiatus to resume

JUSTICE PROBE SOUGHT OF JAPAN'S NINTENDOConsumers may be paying 20 percent to 30 percent too

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The Interstate Commerce Commission is holding hearings this week on the Tongue River Railroad's bid

U.S. companies went on a spending spree in Europe in the third quarter, shelling out more than $7 bi

You have to praise A. Gary Shilling, president of the economic consulting firm of A. Gary Shilling &

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

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