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While the Australian coal industry expects Japan to import more steam coalfrom the United St

Two major French sugar groups, Generale Sucriere and Commerciale Sucre Union, have decided to combin

COFFEE GROUP ELECTS UGANDAN AS CHAIRMANThe International Coffee Organization elected James W

Oct. 4, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

1451 (Oct. 4, 1989) Previous day - 1436 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Quantum Chemical's Corp.'s Morris, Ill., ethylene plant, damaged by fire twice this summer, will sta

Polystyrene makers condemned a plan to ban their products from Interior Department buildings, and cl

The U.S.-South America shipping line run by San Francisco-based Crowley Maritime Corp. is adding the

Occidental Chemical Corp. of Dallas has bought BTL Specialty Resins Corp.'s North American phenolic

National Starch and Chemical Corp. said it signed an agreement to buy Alco Chemical Corp., a Chattan

BILL WOULD REGULATE FOOD TRUCK CARGOESA proposed bill would ban hauling of garbage and chemi

Users of electronic data interchange in the United Kingdom should stop being afraid of confusion bet

London Metal Exchange Chairman Christopher Green Wednesday criticized ''interference" by U.S. regula

A steady stream of export bonus sales and persistent strength in the cash market is likely to push t

Central Soya Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., is scheduled to break ground Oct. 12 on a hog slaughtering and p

European industrialists are not happy with the way in which freight forwarders and shipping lines ar

The Canadian government, despite rumors to the contrary, doesn't plan to hike immediately its excise

GERMAN JOBLESS RATE DECLINED IN SEPTEMBERFRANKFURT, West Germany - The unemployment rate in

After a weeklong meeting of international finance ministers and bankers, Japan is on its way to clai

In a trend with major implications for international business, British investors are shifting their

The U.K. government may get by without tightening monetary policy if the Bundesbank hikes its intere

The U.S. dollar declined against the deutsche mark Wednesday, but was little changed against the Jap

* Trading With Chile 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 12A* Don C. Becker - Publisher's Notebook

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

Wed., Oct. 4, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The United States and Canada may implement by next March quicker-than- expected tariff cuts on hundr

RATES STILL TOO HIGH, FED'S SEGER CLAIMSFederal Reserve Board Governor Martha Seger said tha

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

Secretary of State James A. Baker III told the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that restrictions

Sea-Land Service Inc. is not yet providing an adequate return to CSX Corp., its parent company, said

Construction of commercial jetliners at the Boeing Co., the nation's third largest exporter, ground

Matson Navigation Co. and Sea-Land Service Inc. both say they will work to block American President

Thousands of people around the world are saved from starving to death every year by Food for Peace,

AIRBORNE INCREASES '89 CAPITAL SPENDINGAirborne Freight Corp., which operates under the trad

This issue: NEW ENGLAND: Central Vermont Public Service Co., Rutland, Vt.MID-ATLANTIC: Balti

USX Corp. could get $1.5 billion for the natural gas and oil reserves it has offered for sale throug

Oct. 3, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A representative of Brazil's national steel industry, Siderbras, said his company regards this summe

British Petroleum Co. PLC plans to shut down its 50,000-barrel-a-day capacity catalytic cracking uni

A House subcommittee approved a measure Monday to cut sharply the level of pollution permitted from