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FIRST CHICAGO CORP. (Chicago) - William Steinmetz was named senior vice president and global head of

The Treasury Department said it will provide a $450 million bridge loan to Venezuela in recognition

Mon., Mar. 13, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

SOVIET UNION FLOATING DEUTSCHE MARK LOANFRANKFURT, West Germany - The Soviet Union is floati

U.S. and Canadian trade chiefs reported substantial interest in their efforts to accelerate tariff r

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

The leadership of the Teamsters union agreed to election reforms and to the appointment of outsiders

REYNOLDS METALS BUYS CONDUCTOR PRODUCTS INC.RICHMOND, Va. - Reynolds Metals Co. has complete

Heads are shaking in the railroad industry in the wake of Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s stunning

When the price of rail transportation became too high, Scott Paper Co. took to the high seas to cut

A major New England paper shipper has renewed its love affair with rail now that Guilford Transporta

A package of bills to forbid insurance companies from using sex as a basis for insurance rates again

AETNA ANNOUNCES SALE OF FEDERATED INVESTORSHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Monday re

Lawyers for a Boeing Co. worker who says he developed leukemia because of his work are seeking to br

Nearly half of the companies selling Medicare-supplement insurance to elderly Texans may be charging

So far three insurance companies have come forward to say they participated in the hull and liabilit

An article on rate-making organizations in the March 7 editions of The Journal of Commerce contained

Southeast Asia offers "vast potential" as a reinsurer only if its countries cooperate more closely,

Worry about the cancer-causing potential of the chemical Alar led a Taiwanese exporter to cancel ord

MEXICO TO SELL OFF TELEPHONE COMPANYThe Mexican government has decided to sell its controlli

The nation's orange harvest for the 1988-89 crop season is estimated at 210.9 million boxes, down 2

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

Bank Vontobel, a leading Swiss bank that specializes in managing funds for wealthy clients, said Fri

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO (New York) - Paul Edward Carr Jr. was named senior vicepresident and Ne

Although the Federal Reserve remains concerned about the Latin American debt situation, this and oth

The goal of European Community economic and currency union cannot be achieved with "one large step,"

WORLD BANK TO LEND $1 BILLION TO BRAZILBRASILIA, Brazil - The World Bank proposed a new $1 b

Higher prices for scrap copper and crude oil continue to lead the rise in The Journal of Commerce In

Top executives from Japanese commercial banks are expected to give details of a plan to ease the deb

The dollar will continue to edge higher, currency traders and economists say. However, the U.S. uni

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

Fri. Mar. 10, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Japan has remained neutral in the U.S.-European Community beef hormone dispute, but officials here a

COMEX HIKES MARGINS FOR COPPER CONTRACTSNEW YORK - The Commodity Exchange raised speculative

European Community ministers have given the green light for the implementation of a program designed

The Treasury Department's top enforcement official suggested that the shipping industry should desig

The marine and transport operations of major oil companies are being increasingly treated as separat

A Florida-based shipping line Friday added some punch to an effort to block International Shipholdin

Traders boosted prices of nearby futures positions, but the erratic pattern of prices indicated that