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A ringing endorsement by Australian Trade Minister Michael Duffy of the U.S. agricultural trade refo

An insurance payoff of $2 billion, the largest in California's history, may be required to cover dam

The government's Superfund money has not been spent wisely, with only some 40 percent going to clean

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Five Western and three Soviet banks will open the first mixed capital bank in the Soviet Union to fi

Prominent Swedish shipowner Argonaut AB is coming to Wall Street to raise $60 million for a long-ter

More than 2,800 transportation executives from all over the world are expected to converge here this

China Friday reported that inflation had slowed dramatically due to its 13- month-old austerity prog

Burlington Northern Railroad, happy with its joint marketing agreement with Atchison, Topeka and San

Fri., Oct. 20, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

ARGENTINA NEGOTIATES BIG LATIN GRAIN SALESBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina has begun nego

The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded two weekly spot coal contracts in the first half of this mont

CRA LTD. ACQUIRES BP AUSTRALIA MINESSYDNEY, Australia - CRA Ltd., a major Australian mining

Oct. 20, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Rather than waiting around for government support that never materializes, badly strapped U.S. shipy

1593 (Oct. 20, 1989) Previous day - 1554 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

A top international accounting and consulting firm has joined forces with a Soviet firm of managemen

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

The dollar appears to have settled into a lower trading range following weeks of central bank interv

Exports have led to a world of change at Health-Mor Inc., a small, Lombard, Ill.-based vacuum-cleane

In any catastrophe, some groups benefit. Aside from the stockholders of the biggest U.S. ins

The Massachusetts Port Authority said Friday it will try to satisfy the concerns of Gov. Michael S.

REGIONAL BLOCS Europe '92. Nov. 18. Berkeley, Calif. Contact Shirley Fogarino, Vista Communi

West Point-Pepperell Inc., the big Georgia-based textile producer, said it agreed to sell three of t

High-tech concrete is making its debut, not a moment too soon. As many of America's highways, bridge

FUND'S QUAKE CHARGE SEEN AT $50 MILLIONFireman's Fund Corp. said it expects to take a charge

Jon M. Huntsman's bid to take over Aristech Chemical Corp. is only the latest of a series of moves a

One-upmanship going on between two of the nation's leading coal-buying utility systems could spell t

CANADA OKS EXPORT OF ARCTIC GAS TO USCanada's National Energy Board late Thursday approved t

Asian investors still see property on the West Coast of the United States as a great chance for prof

MAKE YANKEE EXPORTS MORE EXPENSIVE; that will keep the balance of payments strong for Japan.

The 337-foot containership Colon grounded on a bar at the entrance to Boston harbor Thursday night a

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The ports of Oakland and San Francisco are speaking with Crowley Maritime Corp. about a plan to move

Union des Assurances de Paris and Transatlantic Holdings have signed a truce over their stakes in Br

The major participants in California's Proposition 103 dispute have signed off on a legal stipulatio

Moscow's longstanding commitment to put more meat on family tables is the compelling reason behind t

OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ON FERTILIZER PRICESThe chairman of IMC Fertilizer Group Inc. said that

The Indian government has announced minimum prices of between 145 and 220 US cents a kilogram for ex

The government is expected to seek 10 years to phase out certain import restrictions when officials