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The quality of Egypt's cotton has always been renowned, but the Middle Eastern nation has exported i

The dollar turned mixed in late trading Monday after drifting lower in what some dealers called a co

Audit, the electronic trading card system proposed by Chicago's two biggest futures exchanges Aug. 1

DID THE FED HANG IN TOO LONG with its tight money policy? Is a recession still in the offing? As Ala

President Roh Tae-woo, saying a fall in South Korea's exports was a red light to the economy, promis

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

The Federal Reserve Board said Monday that neither Japan nor the United Kingdom discriminates in its

With the predictability of the muggy August weather here, President Bush's budget director reported

The U.S. government posted a total deficit of $18.24 billion for July, following a $7.79 billion sur

Mon., Aug. 21, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Reports of widespread London selling of Latin American debt pulled secondary market prices of Third

MEXICO SOY IMPORTS EXPECTED TO INCREASEMexican traders expect their government to buy an add

Excess supplies on the market make it unlikely that world coffee prices will recover in the next few

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Commodity Research Bureau

Generic drugs, the popular substitute for high-price brand names that have helped rein in health-car

FIRE RAZES NJ PLANT FOR PLASTICS RECYCLINGCARTERET, N.J. - A fire that destroyed a plastics

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

ETHYLCELLULOSE Dow Chemical U.S.A., a unit of Dow Chemical Co., will increase prices for its

Exxon Corp. is proposing a US$800 million "world scale" plant in Malaysia to produce high-density an

Stephen Berger is taking to heart his mandate to increase the sales and marketing push by the Port A

While it is clear that Japanese officials and other members of the Group of 7 industrial nations wou

On any given day of the week, the Clos du Bois winery will have several hundred visitors glance at t

Soybean futures gained strongly Monday amid steady commission house buying interest on the Chicago B

The U.S. Customs Service may soon require importers of "magic tricks and practical jokes" to "descri

NORD RESOURCES ALTERS PACT WITH SIERRA LEONEDAYTON, Ohio - Nord Resources Corp. said it reac

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Depressed freight rates and excess capacity on North American routes caused Orient Overseas (Holding

The market for hybrids - financial instruments that combine elements of futures contracts and stocks

Cocoa traders and analysts expect spot prices to stabilize around $1,100 a metric ton, a new low for

Even the tiny, tangy cranberry has gotten snagged in the trans-Atlantic trade war between the United

The Tokyo Grain Exchange and Osaka Grain Exchange suspended a Japanese clearing house Monday from ta

Prodded by the big tobacco companies, U.S. trade officials are trying to pry open Asian markets to A

They come by the hundreds each year armed with sample products and naive self-confidence. Am

The expected explosion of the costs of treating AIDS will fall on federal and state governments more

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Faced with growing competitive pressures, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is reorganiz

PLESSEY URGES REJECTION OF HOSTILE TAKEOVERBritish defense contractor Plessey Co. PLC urged

It used to be that most U.S. companies didn't need to go to Tokyo; Topeka was just as good.

FORD'S GOAL FOR EUROPE IS 24-HOUR ASSEMBLYFord Motor Co. hopes to introduce 24-hour assembly

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FALLS 0.4 PERCENT IN UKA fall in the output of production industries