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

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

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

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

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

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

The reactor from the nation's first commercial nuclear power plant will be barged down the Ohio and

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Chinese authorities are remaining steadfast in their campaign to foster technological innovation in

Contrary to common belief, most Food & Drug Administration tests of food sold in the United States s

The expression clear as mud could be used these days to tell how the economy is doing, where the dol

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W. GERMANY POSTS DIP IN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German industrial pr

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

In what may be the government's parting shot at intervention before freeing the petrochemical indust

A series of capacity shutdowns overseas has pushed up benzene prices from $1.15 a gallon in Septembe

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

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

Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R-Md., says a legislative push to maintain a United States presence and r

Japanese government and business leaders hope that U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter will be

The freight futures market reversed course and turned sharply downward last week, following several

The American Trucking Association has finalized the sale of its trucking software to Bluebird System

Aided by radio-activated toll tags, motorists may soon be speeding past toll booths if an experiment

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HENKEL HIKES COST OF PHOTOMER LINEAMBLER, Pa. - Henkel Corp.'s Coating Chemicals business ha

Eli Lilly & Co. has acquired Devices for Vascular Intervention Inc., a developer and manufacturer of

Brazil's largest shipyard, Verolme, is undergoing an ownership shuffle and gaining a welcome infusio

US FACTORY ORDERS ROSE 1.6 PERCENT IN OCTOBERNew orders to U.S. factories for manufactured g

Glaverbel of Belgium and Schott Glaswerke of West Germany are planning to create a joint venture to

You may not need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, but transportation, agriculture and

U.S. securities house Merrill Lynch predicts that the 10 major Asian economies will experience avera

JAMES, JAPAN'S GINSEN AGREE TO COOPERATEFred. S. James, America's fourth largest insurance b

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

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

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

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

China is lowering rice exports to Hong Kong this month by 9,200 metric tons, a local Chinese daily,

Plans to make the European railroad system more competitive were approved by Transport Ministers fro

The European Free Trade Association and the European Community finalized two agreements last week th