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Completion of a US$1 billion petrochemical plant on Australia's west coast now seems unlikely, at le

U.S. imports of palm oil from Malaysia are expected to increase substantially now that the American

CONFERENCE BOARD (New York) - Gail Fosler was named chief economist and director of the economic and

This tranquil, prosperous south Atlantic port is an example of what Angola could be like if peace ta

Nicaragua, battling to contain hyperinflation, devalued its currency by 2.9 percent Wednesday.

Brazilian President Jose Sarney Wednesday signed a long-awaited series of executive orders effective

YEUTTER OUTLINES GOALS FOR SOVIET GRAIN PACTFORT LEE, N.J. - USDA Secretary Clayton Yeutter

An Indian officer costs a shipping line about half what the company would pay out for a European or

African nations, hit by a sharp drop in prices for farm and mineral exports crucial to their often-u

The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking to overturn the results of an election held last year for tw

Members of the politically prominent Kennedy family turned a proposed business trip into an airlift

The Sandinista government announced it is embarking on a program to attract foreign investments now

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Nearly 40 years ago, Alejandro Zaffaroni gave up the cold winters of New England to join a small gro

Workers compensation insurers have asked Texas regulators for a 34.9 percent increase in premiums, c

B&W Cartage Co., Detroit-based regional truck line, is using its new operating licenses to serve Can

Scandinavian Airlines System is developing an electronic network that willallow paperless ha

President Bush's visit to Budapest earlier this summer is proving to be a boon to U.S.-Hungarian tra

The United States imported 7 percent more chemicals by volume in the second three months of 1989, co

Wed., Aug. 16, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

China has fined Citic, the company that has symbolized its economic reforms, and four other state fi

Gasoline and distillate supplies followed normal seasonal patterns as gasoline stocks declined and d

Aug. 16, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The West German maritime industry is boosting its recruiting efforts. Itsshrinking pool of j

Soft economic growth and an expected decline in business are triggering a new round of truck rate di

The business titles of J. Ernst Celosse, senior vice president of Evergreen International (USA) Cor

1417 (Aug. 16, 1989) Previous day - 1409 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Three companies are vying for the right to operate one of the Philadelphia Port Corp.'s primary stee

A Soviet freighter is returning to Montreal with a cargo of Canadian toxic chemical wastes that the

Investors in Trinidad & Tobago plan to build a $160 million chemical-grade methanol plant, one of th

The U.S. dollar edged lower Wednesday on concern that today's key report on U.S. trade for June may

The fundamentals of the tin market remain strong despite recent sharp declines, traders and analysts

Trans Pacific Container Service Corp., the North American terminal operations subsidiary of Mitsui O

OMAN CRUDE FOR JAPAN IS UP SHARPLY IN PRICEThe spot Oman crude oil price for October shipmen

The Panama Canal, one of the world's great engineering feats, marked its 75th anniversary Tuesday at

Antitrust guidelines issued last month in response to Proposition 103 would prohibit brokers from di

NEW QANTAS JET TO FLY NON-STOP TO LONDONQantas, the international airline of Australia, has

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

A Dutch court Wednesday ordered toxic zinc waste turned away by Brazil in July returned to its origi