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

The slowdown in improvement in the U.S. trade deficit could lead to aweakening of the dolla

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

AMERICAN SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA (Miami) - Roger C. Pastore was named vice chairman an

ARGENTINA ABANDONS FIXED EXCHANGE RATEBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The Argentine government ann

Fri., Apr. 14, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

EC economic and finance ministers will hear reports on two controversial ideas during their meeting

The World Bank said its economic reform programs for Africa have helped revive growth in the contine

A highly automated titanium dioxide plant has joined Singapore's burgeoning chemical sector, with it

Tall oil rosin and 2 percent fatty acid exports rose in February compared with January this year, ac

AMINES Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., will increase list and off- list price

Brazil's fourth petrochemical park gained three-dimensional definition earlier this month when Presi

Manville Corp. said it will invest more than $80 million at its Etowah, Tenn., and Waterville, Ohio,

GAF CORP. ACQUIRES SUTTON LABORATORIESWAYNE, N.J. - GAF Corp. has has acquired Sutton Labora

Nearly 1,000 unionized dockworkers and supporters from as far away as Texas marched peacefully Frida

Less than a month after the country's worst oil spill occurred in Alaska, California politicians are

A report released by the Shipbuilders Council of America concludes that the shipbuilding industry pr

Brazil's largest port, Santos, remained virtually paralyzed Friday, the third day of a dockworkers'

Leaders of Britain's dockers will meet port managers on Tuesday in a last- ditch attempt to avert a

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Canada's leading ports handled 7.4 percent more cargo last year despite a sharp drop in grain shipme

The city of Los Angeles and two stevedore firms settled a dispute over terminal-leasing arrangements

Bay Area ports say that dredging regulatory agencies act suddenly and unpredictably, making it nearl

Bay Area port officials are calling for a more coherent government permitting process for dredging a

Spot market prices for raw industrial materials continued to edge upward last week, pushing The Jour

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You're driving to visit the nation's capital. It's getting late, your kids are tired and cross, and

The Bluegrass State received a boost to its efforts to expand its exports, thanks to the work of thr

EC FARM MINISTERS TO MEET ON SUBSIDIESBRUSSELS, Belgium - EC countries that oppose European

PAN AM EXPECTS CRASH TO COST $50 MILLIONThe crash of Pan American World Airways flight 103 o

Lloyd's of London has opened a representative office in Milan, its second in Italy, in a further eff

Seeking to bolster prospects for an international agreement to liberalize trade in services, a group

Japan rejected suggestions by a U.S. senator that it buy existing F-16 aircraft "off the shelf" to r

A North Carolina judge ruled last week that the state's insurance commissioner has no right to limit

European insurance experts are far from certain about the eventual structure of the insurance market

US EXPECTED TO EASE TECHNOLOGY SALES RULESDelegates to the international trade watchdog Coco

Electric Boat's World War II insurance company must pay more than $85,000 to the widow of a man who

World trade negotiators will resume this week their quest for an agreement on trade in services.

JAPAN URGES COMPANIES TO BUY FOREIGN CHIPSFears that the United States will include Japan's