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BRAZIL SAYS IT REDUCED DEBT BY 5 PERCENT IN 1988BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil, the largest debto

In yet another indication that the economy continues to show strong momentum, the nation's purchasin

A China trade bar chart appearing in the Dec. 30 edition failed to label the years covered. From lef

Japan's economy roared ahead in 1988 with few signs of a slowdown, but economists say regulations st

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Domestic carmakers should be able to close the quality gap with their Japanese and European rivals i

The Midwest's population is growing modestly after experiencing a decline early in the decade, the C

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When British analytical pharmacologist Sir James Black was approached by the pharmaceutical company

As the new year begins, the railroad industry's heated labor-management dispute over the fate of sho

Malaysian trade officials are in search of a few good investors. The Southeast Asian country

The co-production of 25 MD-82 twin-jets by McDonnell Douglas Corp. and the Shanghai Aviation Industr

The vast majority of Malaysia's exports to the United States move through ports on the West Coast, i

The nation's insurers will show good profits in 1989, but increasing price competition and legislat

Prudential Corp. PLC of Britain announced Thursday that it has bought the Australian and New Zealand

The sale of Cigna Corp.'s Individual Insurance Products division to an InterContinental Life Corp. s

Two former General Motors Corp. workers have won a rehearing of their pension rights case in a dispu

Many disabled veterans may be missing out on hundreds of dollars' worth of benefits from the Veteran

2 MICH. LIFE INSURERS CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONSGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - American Annuity Life Insu

A French agricultural cooperative insurance group has unveiled a plan to expand abroad. The

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

YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT REBUFFS IMF ON WAGESBELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Yugoslavia may have to declar

WINTER'S CHILL SENDS THOUGHTS OF WARMER CLIMES. For Chicago and New York futures industry people, Bo

Thu., Dec. 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

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The United States, defying its allies on what will be an important economic policy issue for the Bus

It will be months before the U.S. Department of Agriculture begins to estimate the size of 1989 farm

US PROBES RESTRICTIONS ON COPPER EXPORTSThe United States will investigate export restrictio

Analysts expect the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow less beef and veal to be imported in 198

BOLIVIA - $9.7 million from the World Bank's International Development Association to improve the ef

The U.S. dollar pared its opening losses and traded mixed Thursday amid light corporate buying.<

BANK OF BOSTON (Boston) - Clark W. Miller was named executive vice president and group executive for

There is little concrete hope for substantial improvement in 1989 in the fortunes of the U.S. mercha

Eight more ocean freight consolidators filed a complaint against the International Longshoremen's As

With a new on-dock railyard in operation and a new $12 million auto center being developed, the Port

The debate on European monetary union, with the ultimate goal of a common currency, has been conduc

AMERICAS SOCIETY INC. (New York) - Susan Kaufman Purcell was named vice president for Latin American

US MAY EASE CONTROLS ON UK HOG PRODUCTSThe U.S. Agriculture Department has proposed a reduct

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