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The Maritime Administration has proposed changing its rules outlining which repairs qualify for subs

Thomas J. Duesterberg was named assistant secretary of international economic policy at the U.S. Dep

BRAZIL - $55.6 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for irrigation works in Bahia and Pe

The state-run Philippine Ports Authority, bowing to pressure from the business sector, will scrap it

FRANCE'S ECONOMY GROWS 0.7 PERCENT IN QUARTERFrance's gross domestic product expanded 0.7 pe

PERU DENIES RUMOR OF IMF EXPULSIONLIMA, Peru - Peru's economy minister has denied reports th

Wed., Aug. 30, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The financial brief "Annual Debt Interest Rises in Third World," on page 3A of The Journal of Commer

As the Sept. 18 deadline draws near for interest payments of some $2 billion to foreign creditor ban

After Taiwan's parliamentary elections in December, government investigators are expected to heat up

There is not one line at the grocery store with the Western sounding name here, Super Sam. There are

The Philippines is trying to protect its threatened environment and reduce its foreign debt by pione

LTV Steel, a subsidiary of LTV Corp., said Wednesday it reached a tentative agreement with the Unite

U.S. bankers' dollar acceptances rose by $1.35 billion to $65.53 billion in July, the Federal Reserv

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

The Port of Philadelphia has a plan to become a major container center for the East Coast, but port

President Bush and Toshiki Kaifu, Japan's new prime minister, are expected to reaffirm their governm

The next few years are likely to produce a surplus of bulk carriers close to the maximum size for tr

Members of the London Metal Exchange are threatening to cease dealing on behalf of American clients

LOCAL FIRM TO HANDLE INDONESIA NUTMEG SALESJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia abandoned the five

In Seattle a student's football injury leaves him a paraplegic. The boy's parents sue the school and

Aug. 29, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Electric utilities will have to build at least twice as much generating capacity in the coming decad

Soviet officials said a newly discovered natural gas field in the Kara Sea could be the largest in t

The Hungarian government will revalue the forint against the convertible ruble, the unit used for co

Crude oil exports remain a top priority for China, regardless of any long- term consequences from re

New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer said Sunday that the New Zealand and Australian economies

African debtor countries, with backward economies drained by huge outflows of revenue, are being urg

UK'S NATIONAL POWER CONSIDERS NEW PORTSNational Power, the largest of the successor companie

Consolidated results measuring the property/casualty industry's performance during the first half of

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Uncle Sam should pay for more. That was the sole point of agreement among a diverse group of

HOW TO USE: The following government bid opportunities are among the hundreds of such opport

Brazil and China are supplying little information on their tin exports and production to a tin produ

Private Latin American coffee producers are scheduled to meet in Honduras Sept. 6-10 to discuss the

Compagnie Generale Maritime, the largest French shipping line, and Nedlloyd Lines BV of Rotterdam, t

Livestock exporters and local officials expect a proposed livestock export center at Kansas City Int

Full production at Phillips 66 Co.'s plastics plant in Houston is expected to start today after a na

The environmental group Greenpeace Tuesday asked Congress to halt the legal export of agricultural p

Aug. 29, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.