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Convertibility of the ruble is one of the Soviet Union's top priorities, Soviet deputy prime ministe

Alaskan ports are asking the Soviet government to start moving U.S. cargo through an icy Siberian ch

The United States Thursday again blocked a bid by the European Community for an independent panel to

The U.S. Agriculture Department is moving toward an open bidding system for transporting U.S. food a

NET INCREASES BY 6 PERCENT AT AMERICAN CYANAMIDWAYNE, N.J. - American Cyanamid Co. reported

Illinois utility management is struggling with a host of problems that were unheard of when the 1980

CONSUMERS MAY FILE FOR CRUISE REFUNDSHARTFORD, Conn. - Would-be vacationers who paid deposit

The dollar declined modestly against most major currencies in quiet trading Wednesday as market play

Japanese brokers are predicting good things for Tokyo stocks this year and foreign investors seem co

Westpac Banking Corp., Australia's largest bank, believes it has a good chance of winning a license

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

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS (St. Louis) - Raymond Laurence was named vice president and branch

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ARGENTINE CURRENCY CONTINUES TO DROPBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Housewives and small businessm

Canada's banks, trust companies, brokerage houses and insurance firms, spurred by financial deregula

The European Community Wednesday proposed a minimum 15 percent withholding tax on most investment in

The Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co. will lay off as many as 800 of its 1,150 employees this year becau

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1533 (Feb. 8, 1989) Previous day - 1542 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

American President Lines Ltd. has received U.S. Maritime Administration clearance to extend its fore

South Korea's giant trading companies said they expect to buy more ''American" this year. In fact, t

He's Dutch, his nickname is Guus (pronounced Gus), his full name is Sigismundus W.W. Lubsen, he'll b

Production of coffee, sugar, coconuts and cocoa in the Far East should rise markedly this year, gove

Leonardo Soana says Italy will buy no more than about 700,000 pairs of shoesfrom the United

Trade pundits on both sides of the Pacific expect U.S. exports to Australia to continue climbing thi

Wanted: U.S.-made computers and peripherals, computer software and services, medical equipment, scie

U.S. exports to West Germany probably will keep expanding in 1989 but perhaps more slowly than in 19

California health officials discovered a rare case of acute toxicity in produce imported from Mexico

The Food & Drug Administration said Tuesday it is swamped by new AIDS drugs submitted for its approv

A bipartisan group of 10 senators urged President Bush Tuesday to put acid rain high on the agenda f

Union Carbide Corp.'s UCAR Emulsion Systems group announced price increases, effective Feb. 20, 1989

Japan's already burgeoning economy appears headed for an even more vigorous year in1989 after the pa

A southern Illinois congressman says he is concerned a that hostile takeover of Philadelphia-based P

Inaction by the Environmental Protection Agency and "stonewalling" by the chemical industry have hel

2 AIDS DRUGS YIELD OPPOSITE STUDY RESULTSAn experimental drug called dideoxycytidine, or ddC

The successful completion of the first paperless U.S. Customs entries should open the way for other

NEW AT&T SOFTWARE FOR PBXS INTRODUCED- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has introduced an

Making a buck selling electronic data interchange services has always been hard. It may be about to

A TV news editor hired away from his station by a competitor has been charged with unlawfully enteri