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Pan Am Corp. is considering making an offer for NWA Inc., the parent of Northwest Airlines, which is

A new $420 million tunnel in British Columbia will make it easier to move coal and grain shipments,

After four years of negotiations, and nearly five decades of patiently establishing relations, West

THEY LINGERED LONG PAST DINNER, clustered in twos and threes, gathered from Honolulu, Taiwan, Tampa,

INDUSTRY GROUPS DENY CONSUMER CHARGESInsurance industry groups are accusing consumer organiz

The recent federal budget could bring Canada close to recession by the end of this year, predicts th

The government should give "very careful consideration" before allowing new institutions to issue cu

RJR NABISCO TO SELL EUROPEAN SUBSIDIARIESU.S. food and tobacco giant RJR Nabisco, which was

Prodded by shareholders and stock analysts complaining of lagging profits, Weyerhaeuser Co. has unde

JOBLESS, WILLING AND ABLE, some U.S. fishermen are struggling to peddle their skills and their hardw

Normalization of Sino-Soviet relations with the visit of Mikhail Gorbachev will spur bilateral trade

Six sailors were killed and five were injured Tuesday when fire broke out aboard a U.S. Navy supply

May 9, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

A U.S. District Court in Washington rejected a request by Stena AB to block anti-takeover moves unde

Alaska is imposing tougher regulations on oil tankers loading crude at Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.

EL PASO ELECTRIC CO. (El Paso, Texas) - Evern R. Wall will resign as a director and chairman effecti

Intermodal facilities at the Port of Cleveland are currently underused, but the local shipping commu

SENATE PANEL WILL AIR OIL SPILL, SAFETY ISSUESThe Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and

The U.S. dollar declined against major currencies Tuesday after a U.S. Treasury official said the Un

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

CHINA - $52 million from the World Bank's International Development Association for health services

Secretary of State James A. Baker III, heading for his first full-scale talks with Kremlin leaders,

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General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it planned to shut down some of its assembly plants for a month or

HONG KONG EXCHANGE OKS FUTURES REFORMSHONG KONG - Members of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange

GUATEMALAN TROOPS THWART COUP ATTEMPTLoyalist troops crushed a coup attempt Tuesday by air f

The state of Massachusetts next weekend kicks off a major effort to educate metropolitan Boston resi

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

The United States overtook Britain last year to become the Hong Kong export insurance agency's large

Trans-Atlantic steamship lines and shippers are gearing up for a dock strike in the United Kingdom t

West Germany's widening trade surplus - which rose to 12.8 billion deutsche marks (US$6.7 billion) i

US INVESTORS INCREASE FOREIGN STOCK HOLDINGSNEW YORK - U.S. investors added $1.5 billion to

A U.S. business school is exporting its entrepreneurial expertise to Africa to help Senegalese citiz

SOUTH KOREA PLACES BIG ORDER FOR US BEEFThe South Korean government bought 6.6 million pound

AIRLINE CARGO PEOPLE and their intermediaries, here and abroad, report there is virtually no shipper

Passengers on a 1983 Eastern Airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing after all three of

Japanese shipbuilding industry sources disclosed Tuesday that the Soviet Union has placed a purchase

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered Japonica Partners LP to provide details of its hostil

Tue., May 9, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

The Soviet Union's global food shopping list is growing. The list, which contained U.S. whea