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$500,000 from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve the equipment of low-income fishermen a

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

Fri., Dec. 2, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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

Moves by the Philippines' Congress to limit the country's foreign debt payments are prompting critic

S. KOREA ANNOUNCES LIBERALIZATION DETAILSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Ministry of Fina

The U.S. government has yet to adapt its international economic policy-making to global realities, J

International food aid administrators could better use their funds for a world food stamp program th

AMERICAN BRANDS INC. (Old Greenwich, Conn. ) - Louis F. Fernous Jr. was elected vice president of th

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved higher last week, continuing its advance of the

The Asian Pacific time zone will be the growth area of the 1990s for the futures industry, and the S

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The Thai government has hammered out an official negotiating position on computer software copyright

RICE MILLERS' PRESIDENT, S. GABBERT, RESIGNSThe president of the U.S. Rice Millers' Associat

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL (Washington) - Frank Kittridge was named president of this oldest and

Jacksonville Electric Authority fuel buyers received a rather unusual offer when they went to open b

DEAR PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH: While energy was not a major policy issue in the presidential rac

Representatives of 20 South Korean companies are wending their way through key Midwest cities, hopin

Dec. 2, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

European spot oil prices retreated Friday as the market had second thoughts about the efficacy and d

Japanese imports of fuel and coking coal are expected to exceed a record 100 million metric tons for

qWith 1992 on the horizon, U.S. companies must find a European Community partner or distributor, or

The Commerce Department last week gave President Reagan a secret recommendation on whether oil impo

PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA PLANS NEW US VENTUREUnocal Corp. and Petroleos de Venezuela SA, Venez

NUCLEAR PLANT ENDS RECORD-SETTING RUNSAN ONOFRE, Calif. - The start of a refueling outage fo

Some of the first 747-400s jumbo jets built by the Boeing Co. are being rewired because of problems

Japan's largest ketchup maker plans to build a $17 million plant that will turn tomato paste into ke

Tiger International Inc., the Los Angeles-based parent of Flying Tiger Line Inc., said its largest s

A New York investment firm is reported to be holding talks on a buy-out of state-owned Philippine Ai

FAA SAFETY INSPECTION EXONERATES CONTINENTALHOUSTON - Continental Airlines has been cleared

AMERICAN PRESIDENT COS. (Oakland, Calif.) - J. Douglass Coates was promoted to president of American

France's airline industry appears to be entering a restructuring phase that the government hopes wil

Despite denials that he's not interested in the post, rumors persist throughout the aviation and air

Computer viruses seem to be everywhere lately - even on the cover of Time Magazine - and that is goo

The Port of Singapore Authority is extending its technological revolution as part of a concerted dri

Warning: the following fable could cause loss of sleep, anxiety and irritability among computer netw

CUSTOMS ALLEGES FIRM HAD ILLEGAL IRANIAN PACTALEXANDRIA, Virginia - Customs officials have s

ISRAEL STRENGTHENS LINKS IN PACIFIC REGIONMAJURO, Marshall Islands - Israel, with a wary eye

REGIONAL BLOCS Southeast Asia: Growing Opportunities for U.S. Business. Dec. 5-6. Manila Gar