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Citing the reappearance of illegal animal drugs in some European meat, a top U.S. Department of Agri

TWO BANKS COMBINE FOREIGN EXCHANGE UNITSNEW YORK - Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. and M

Still running ahead of its levels at the beginning of the year, The Journal of Commerce Industrial P

JAPANESE FIRM EYES US COPPER PROJECTTOKYO - Mitsubishi Metal Corp. is studying plans to buil

The World Bank has approved $552.7 million in major loans and other financial assistance to China an

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

Renewed evidence of strong economic growth and the prospect of higher interest rates have helped to

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

UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND (New York) - Peter E. (Tony) Guernsey Jr. was named first vice president a

Carlos Andres Perez, the president-elect of Venezuela, predicted late last week that Latin American

Fri., Dec. 16, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The World Bank staff issued a strong call this weekend for the United States and other industrial na

Foreign investment benefits U.S. consumers and communities as well as financing the budget deficit a

REGIONAL BLOCS PacRim '89. Feb. 19-21. A biennial forum where more than 600 world political

Western countries that joined in slapping an arms embargo on South Africa 11 years ago are unwitting

Turkey and Iraq will resume trade talks later this month, six months after the Abkara government sus

The European Community named Frans Andriessen its top official for foreign affairs and trade policy,

IBM AGREES TO EXTEND ANTITRUST SETTLEMENTBRUSSELS, Belgium - International Business Machines

* The EC Commission Thursday proposed creation of a single market for brokers in the 12 community na

THE CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE may have had mixed results in the Western Hemisphere, but it excited

Only five years ago, the arrival of the latest vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau, the new batch of young

Japan's Toshiba Machine Co. has halted exports to the United States ahead of a U.S. government ban o

The International Trade Commission in January is due to make rulings that could lead to anti-dumping

The European Community has blocked a Danish attempt to control a rival fur sales company that would

US CUSTOMS SETS UP SPECIAL HELP DESKThe U.S. Customs Service will provide a help desk in Was

The fur industry probably wishes it had a muzzle for the U.S. Humane Society, which this fall launch

SONY TO INTRODUCE VIDEO CAMERA IN USSony Corp. said it will begin selling a compact, lightwe

Hampton Roads' port deepening of its outbound channel to 50 feet is finished, and shipping lines hav

A two-month-old strike by French nuclear power workers brought a windfall of spot orders for U.S. co

Houston Lighting & Power Co. said Friday that it received a low power operating license for unit 2 o

A SURE BET FORECAST: The petroleum exploration and production industry, which has greatly slimmed do

SCECORP (Rosemead, Calif.) - David N. Barry III was elected vice president and general counsel of SC

The United States, for the first time ever, may produce more natural gas than oil this year, the cha

A key point was omitted from a Dec. 16 article on California utilities justifying their use of fuel

COLOMBIA BACKS OPEC IN BID TO BOOST PRICESBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia supports the Organizat

Dec. 16, 1988 U.S. Spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

UNITED CITIES GETS NOD FOR 4.3 PERCENT RATE INCREASEBRENTWOOD, Tenn. - United Cities Gas Co.

The federal government is dusting off its offshore gas and oil exploration program, but the wariness

Market studies showing a need for 300 new air freighters in the next decade are driving the Boeing C

Act now or pay later, speakers and registrants at a recent electronic data interchange conference wa