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

Prices for Mexican paper continue to spurt, as traders who sold short in late August are still scram

Japan's gross national product declined in the second quarter at an annual rate of 3.9 percent, in p

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

FIDELITY BANK (Philadelphia) - Ammon Baus and Wesley Simon were named vice presidents. Mr. B

What a difference 13 years can make. In 1975 Thailand appeared likely to be the next falling

In the first imports of projection televisions by a Japanese company from its U.S. subsidiary, Toshi

Kuwait has joined three other Persian Gulf Arab states in lifting a 21-year- old ban on Coca-Cola de

Companies in Canada hiding behind trade barriers risk being swallowed by conglomerates with global a

Japanese firms are likely to step up their investments in the U.S. high- technology industry as they

Bureau. A show for office equipment buyers, wholesalers and manufacturers. Sept. 21-28. Heysel/Palai

Back in February 1980, 115 cartons of frozen shrimp from India entered the Port of New York intended

HENKEL INCREASES COST OF PRODUCTSAMBLER, Pa. - Henkel Corp. is raising prices for a range of

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

No matter who wins the election, the next president is almost certain tobreak his campaign p

The House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday on the textiles- footwea r import quotas bil

Europe's shipping community is becoming increasingly frustrated by the policy-formulating European C

The international marine insurance market is still highly competitive, with some unrealistic rates b

Fines of up to $20,000 a day are being paid by China's National Coal Import & Export Corp. because o

The Senate was poised Monday to vote on passage of legislation needed to implement the U.S.-Canadian

Trans-Pacific shipowners meeting today in Geneva, Switzerland, are under severe pressure to come up

Production of plastic resins totaled 4.18 billion pounds in June, up about 5.1 percent from the same

Reichhold Chemicals Inc.'s Emulsion Polymers division has announced a price increase of 6 cents a dr

Spared a direct hit by Hurricane Gilbert, petrochemical plants on the Texas coast were resuming norm

Glaxo Holdings PLC, the British pharmaceuticals group, announced Monday that a particularly strong p

West German legislative committees are scheduled to meet through September to finalize plans that co

France's nationalized chemicals industry could be in for a fresh shake-up. Industry Minister

BASF BOOSTS ACTIVITY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAFRANKFURT, West Germany - BASF AG, the West Germany ch

PIEDMONT RECEIVES STRETCHED BOEING 737SEATTLE - Piedmont Airlines took delivery of the first

EXECUTIVE VP NAMED BY NEW TRUCK COUNCILALEXANDRIA, Va. - Robert W. Dickey, a former official

Malcom McLean, the shipping magnate who ordered the 12 largest containerships ever built, recently t

With little advertising and less fanfare, the Ford Probe is speeding through dealer showrooms, keepi

Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., criticized the Reagan administration's policy of handling developing nati

Government officials in India and Australia are grappling, for different reasons, with the question

Tokyo is by far the world's most expensive city, according to a survey published by the Union Bank o

Rampant bad management, not economic reform, is chiefly to blame for roaring inflation that is now C

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Corn Outlook 6A* Albert L. Kraus: Marke

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has strongly praised the perfo

A story that appeared Sept. 15 in The Journal of Commerce on page 1A under the headline, Longshore E

JAPAN USERS FORMULATE CHIP IMPORT PLANThe Users Committee of the Electronic Industries Assoc