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Although some countries attach great importance to short-run stabilization of domestic financial mar

THE STEEP DROP IN MANUFACTURING JOBS last month has convinced some economists that the Federal Reser

Tue., Oct. 10, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

* Gordon Platt - Credit Outlook 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* EC 1992 Regulatory Roundup 11A

Domestic steel production totaled 1.84 million net tons during last week, up 2.8 percent from the pr

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

W.R. Grace & Co. had a problem. The company shipped 80 containers of waterproofing material from Chi

The Bush administration is close to announcing a new set of trade pacts likely to promote freer worl

No amount of sympathy and good will among the shipping community will ease the daunting task faced b

Bethlehem Steel Corp. is installing a new pollution control process that recovers commodity-grade su

Sumitomo Bakelite Co. of Japan has purchased a 50 percent share of Dallas- based Occidental Chemical

A new computerized trading system will enable the London InternationalFinancial Futures Exch

COCOA PRODUCERS TO DEBATE POSITIONACCRA, Ghana - This month's meeting in Lome, Togo, of the

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC is selling its over-the-counter business in the United States to a

POLYESTER POLYOLS Ruco Polymer Corp. of Hicksville, N.Y., is increasing prices for hexanedio

Interest rate futures have become an important risk-management tool for banks, corporate treasurers

Domtar Inc. of Montreal acquired Conmel Inc., of Albany, Ore., a manufacturer of low-pressure melami

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - Jack Sabo and Barry Witt were named vice presidents of the meta

First it was butter. Lots of butter. Two weeks later, it was chicken - tons of it. Now, amid

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Soybean futures prices sank to 23-month lows Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade as a harvest-rela

VISA INTERNATIONAL (San Francisco) - Jacques Kosciusko was appointed chief general manager of the co

NORTH AMERICA New York Fabric Show. Oct. 16-18. Jacob Javits Convention Center. New York. Co

CHINA CRACKS DOWN ON FAKE, SHODDY GOODSChina is conducting a nationwide crackdown on fake an

Whether Europe evolves into one truly open market or into a walled fortress after 1992 may depend to

CON-WAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Kevin C. Schick was named vice president and c

Heavy truck sales dipped sharply in September, signalling the start of the long-predicted decline in

Freight traffic forecasts for the Anglo/French Channel tunnel have been adjusted in response to the

YOU LEAD; no, I'll lead. One of the more vigorous dances in electronic data interchange toda

Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved funding for more than half the money needed by the Port of

A House maritime subcommittee has scheduled hearings this month on maritime sealift legislation and

ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEK TO STOP SPACE PROBELawyers for three environmental groups argued Tues

A federal judge has ruled that American Maritime Transport Inc. was entitled to an operating subsidy

Hours after Ryder System Inc. said it would sell five of its six insurance companies to Skandia Inte

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents called the California attorney general's d

The nation's automobile insurance industry earned almost $23 billion after taxes between 1978 and 19

The smallest Japanese-owned automobile factory in the United States may not stay at the bottom of th

Toyota Motor Corp. has introduced a new high-performance luxury car that Japan's largest automaker c

Farmers Insurance Group has gone to court challenging an order by California Insurance Commissioner

Buyers of Indian textiles in the United States, Britain, Japan and other main markets have branded i