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

Quick-response technology is going through a modern-day rite of passage, and a convention has been s

Technology often is blamed for bringing rapid and disruptive change to our lives. But through it all

A farewell dinner is planned for the retiring commander of the Navy's Military SeaLift Command, Vice

Issues surrounding federal and state controls over marine vessel emissions remain unresolved, accord

The recent conviction of a ring charged with smuggling exotic birds from Cuba provided a glimpse int

The volume of world trade should grow by slightly more than 7 percent during 1988, with particularly

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EC SUGAR PRODUCTION SHOULD RISE THIS SEASONPARIS - Total European Community sugar production

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

HOLLAND AMERICA LINE SELLS UNITS TO CARNIVALCarnival Cruise Lines Inc. and Holland America L

CURRENT ACCOUNT GAP COULD SWELL TO RECORDNEW YORK - The U.S. trade deficit may already have

Vietnam's agreement with the French state oil company Compagnie Petroles de Francaise-Total last wee

American Electric Power Service Corp., Lancaster, Ohio, said it is looking to buy spot coal needed i

Ecogen Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Co. subsidiary Provesta signed a cooperative research agreement t

The Port of Los Angeles will relocate six container cranes at its terminal facilities to achieve gre

The Surface Transport Ministry is proposing a modified cargo reservation law after stiff resistance

MET LIFE TO ACQUIRE UNIT OF ALLSTATE GROUPNORTHBROOK, Ill. - Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Nov. 25, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High Low V

Fri., Nov. 25, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The central bank is reported considering a plan to mint gold coins for sale on international markets

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - M. Dawn Lowe and Amy L. Benenson were named vice presidents of

Nov. 23, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's comment Friday that the yen's appreciation since Decembe

Attorney General John Van de Kamp, reacting to the turmoil in California's auto insurance market, wa

The Maritime Administration is seeking to identify the U.S. market capacity for marine hull insuranc

FLUIDS, LUBRICANTS ARE UP AT CARBIDEDANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. announced price inc

Identifying specific compounds and producers of the chemicals is one of the more complicated aspects

* European Community environment ministers Friday said waste in the production of titanium dioxide,

With economic growth already stretching the economy close to its limits, news of higher oil prices o

SAFETY CAMPAIGN NABS CROSSING SCOFFLAWSWICHITA, Kan. - Local police, along with security off

Despite efforts to combine the two largest insurance agent trade associations, a merger is not likel

The dollar is likely to continue to fall as a result of inaction on the budget deficit, currency tra

Steve Jobs is making the headlines, but Unix is making the headway. It is not easy for a com

In a bank vault in Tulsa sits a 444-year-old rock that the People's Republic of China has insured fo

The Farmers Home Administration Friday mailed out the last of 83,480 delinquency notices to farmers

More import barriers are expected to fall this week when Brazil's top economic policy council consid

Deliveries of U-S.-made civilian aircraft will grow to $19 billion by 1992, a 15.8 percent annual in

The worst ever set of monthly trade figures forced the British government to hike interest rates Fri

In approving Proposition 103, California voters roundly stuck it to the insurance industry by callin