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Wed., July 5, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Their brethren have become a force in West German politics and have been elected to the body that is

Local legislators and businessmen Wednesday renewed their sharp criticism of Britain and denounced t

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

JAPAN TO ANNOUNCE LDC PROGRAM LOANSTOKYO - Prime Minister Sousuke Uno will announce a plan t

While millions of Americans twirled sparklers, set off firecrackers and oohed and aahed over Fourth

FUTURES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (New York) - Walter Greenspan was re-elected to a third successive one-

Central bankers from major industrialized nations will take up issues relating to China as well as c

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The extent of U.S. meat exports this summer is uncertain, with some industry sources optimistic sale

The fear of malpractice lawsuits is leading some doctors to turn away high- risk patients, a recent

The typical dairy cow of the 21st century will be a much larger producerby today's standards, and mi

If cash-heavy Japanese tourists are the wave of the future then American International Group Inc. is

ASARCO CONFIRMS PACT WITH COPPER WORKERSNEW YORK - Major U.S. copper producer Asarco Inc. We

JOHNSON & HIGGINS SELLS INTEREST IN AGENCYJohnson & Higgins, the New York- based internation

The French Senate, or upper house of parliament, has postponed until the autumn its debate on a bil

When the House Ways and Means Committee returns next week from the July Fourth recess, members will

The West European car market, the world's largest, is accelerating toward new sales records despite

TOYOTA PLANS TO BUILD ENGINE PLANT IN WALESJapanese automaker Toyota Motor Co. said it will

Toyota Motor Corp. will break ground this month on a $38 million expansion of its Ann Arbor, Mich.,

A computer chip factory soon will rise from a cornfield in this community of covered bridges, the bi

Kentucky's 140,000 tobacco growers should write to the chairman of Ford Motor Co. and protest a new

U.S. shipbuilders' efforts to prevent foreign yards from doing major work on U.S.-subsidized vessels

Construction of a new lock at Sault Ste. Marie hinges on the federal government finding a local spon

The population of some alien species introduced into the Great Lakes in recent years is "literally e

* Trading With Madagascar 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* American International Group Ope

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE RISES DESPITE DOUBTSU.S. consumer confidence rose slightly in June despi

Emma M. Doran, former world trade editor of The Journal of Commerce who retired as an assistant edit

All the buyer of a cargo of Nigerian crude oil had to do was make a $250,000 ''prepayment for sea fr

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

Commercial bankers say they can't yet gauge whether Brazil's latest moves to keep a lid on the amoun

The spotlight on longshore labor negotiations has shifted to local ports following last week's decis

American and other foreign executives have reason to be apprehensive about doing business here: Each

In a rare public airing of a private company's affairs, a minority shareholder in the closely held C

Heavily laden British Airways Flight 239, several hours behind schedule on this late May evening, be

An 18 percent plunge in coffee futures prices since Friday has left coffee- market players waiting f

Federal Express Corp., the U.S. small package carrier, is taking a serious look at its European oper

Some aircraft analysts believe the 737-500, which lifted off for its first test flight last Friday,

IT WAS HORACE MANN who likened habit to a cable: Every day a new strand is woven, and then one day i

Challenge Air Cargo Inc. has asked the Department of Transportation for permission to begin twice-we