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The U.S. dollar edged higher late Wednesday in a slow, nervous market, after trading lower for most

Mexico and its commercial creditors said in a joint communique that they now envision "prompt agreem

The U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve System sold a total of $2.139 billion for deutsche marks and J

Simon Keswick is stepping down as chairman of two of the powerful Jardine group's key companies, but

DOCKWORKERS RESUME WORK AT FRENCH PORTSMARSEILLES, France - Dockworkers resumed work at Fran

KLEINWORT BENSON LTD. (London) - Bluford H. Putnam, 38, was named a director and chief economist.

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

JAPANESE BANKS FREEZE CHINA LOANSTOKYO - Japanese banks have frozen two loans to China, incl

Wed., June 7, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

International Coffee Organization producers and consumers still have sizable problems to overcome be

At least one sugar analyst here is not writing off China as a major global sugar buyer in face of un

More workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. voted to strike Wednesday, provoking an appare

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A long-awaited official report on the French shipping industry, calling for the government to inject

Heightened concerns about turmoil in China are sending U.S. cash cotton market participants to the s

ANTI-APARTHEID LEADERS DOWNPLAYING SANCTIONSJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Anti-apartheid lead

SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION SET TO CHANGE NAMEThe National Soybean Processors Association will chang

Developments in China can only be viewed as bad for the future of trade between the United States an

GOODYEAR IS SELLING SOUTH AFRICAN ASSETSJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Goodyear Tire & Rubber

KOREAN UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHEST SINCE 1987SEOUL, South Korea - The number of unemployed people i

An elusive book pirate has dealt Chicago-based Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. a surprising blow to it

The United States has set July 10 as an unofficial deadline for acting against Japan if Washington d

An Austrian bank is playing a central role in financing a variety of projects to develop the Soviet

While economic reforms sweep through Eastern Europe opening economies from Warsaw to Budapest, the R

U.S. employers must train workers better and reward enhanced skills to remain competitive internatio

Japan's industrial-plant exports in the current fiscal year will soar 52.9 percent, to an overall va

The crisis in China is causing great anxiety in Hong Kong, but port officialsfrom the Britis

Hundreds of thousands of Chinese and expatriates took to the streets Wednesday in another massive bu

PATH CLEARED FOR PROBE OF DOOR LOCK IMPORTSThe International Trade Commission cleared the wa

Textile production in China rose in the first quarter of this year, officials said Wednesday, but pr

Expatriates in the Chinese capital stepped up their attempts to get out Wednesday in the face of con

A Senate bill to limit the number of lawsuits brought under federal racketeering law will rob state

Sears, Roebuck & Co. said Tuesday that it plans to expand its Brand Central merchandising strategy b

Insurance company insolvencies occur worldwide, but the causes and methods of prevention are differe

Two prominent U.S. insurance executives were named to head a new senior management team that will ov

The Group Health Institute will hold its 39th annual convention in Atlanta, Ga. June 11-14. U.S. Sec

MET LIFE SUBSIDIARY EYES J.C. PENNEY UNITMetropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and

Seminar on Europe 1992 and the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement, June 21, Bond Court Hotel, Clevelan

The obstacles to widespread use of electronic data transmission between insurance agencies and the i

If they could do it over again, top executives of Mazda Motor Corp. would provide their Japanese man