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Wed., Sept. 14, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

British Aerospace PLC, the aircraft, defense and car manufacturing group, reported half-year profits

CANADIAN TROPIC LINE UPGRADING ITS FLEETLONG BEACH, Calif. Canadian Tropic Line, which oper

Duff & Phelps Inc., an investment research and financial consulting firm, issued ratings on the clai

Japan likely will press ahead with its plan to help debt-ridden Third World nations at a series of i

Highly indebted developing nations cannot expect a substantial boost in commercial bank credits, an

Employees of Panama's Pacific Coast Port of Balboa have gone on strike to demand payment of bonuses,

Talk to Gene Justice about Virginia's trade strategy and two words come up repeatedly: education and

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The government of Malaysia plans to dispose of its 42 percent direct stake in Malaysian Airline Syst

United Airlines said it will seek approval to begin service from New York to Sydney, Australia, via

CONTROL DATA WIDENS COMPUTER MARKET ROLEControl Data Corp. has established its Data Storage

Air Canada of Montreal will significantly scale back its dedicated air freight service to western Ca

For the second week in a row, the ongoing conversion of Mexican national companies to private-sector

CANADIAN ALLIANCE FOR TRADE AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES (Montreal) - Gerald Regan, former Liberal premier

The already burgeoning trade and economic ties between South Korea and Eastern Europe got a big boos

FRENCH FOOD GROUP BIDS FOR WILSON FOODSFrench food group Bongrain said Tuesday it has agreed

In what appears to be another move toward greater competition to improve services, China's coastal p

Imperial Chemical Industries announced in Japan that it plans to build an $85 million Melinex polyes

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries should hold an emergency meeting well before the n

LABOR AGREEMENT ENDS BRITAIN'S POSTAL STRIKEManagement and workers said they have reached ag

CHUBB CORP. (Warren, N.J.) - Stephen B. Siegel, chairman of the board of Cushman & Wakefield, New Yo

The U.S. dollar edged higher Tuesday, except against the Japanese yen. Trading was quiet while the m

The Japanese Finance Ministry Tuesday warned the members of the Securities Dealers' Association of J

Japan said here that it should be allowed under General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade rules to rest

U.S. corn growers would not be hurt if Congress were to pass legislation lowering the federal sugar

The future of Hong Kong's industry lies in more automation, more knowledge- inte nsive production an

James Burnley, U.S. secretary of transportation, assured aerospace industry representatives here tha

CARIBE SHIPPING INC. (Miami) - Jerry Fiegler was named vice president of sales and marketing.

The link between the Sea-Land Service Inc. of the United States and the Australian National Line ha

Automotive plastics suppliers must decide between an opportunity to become a dominant force in the U

Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Chemical Group has announced plans to increase capacity for formaldehyde an

U.S. housing completions rose 0.3 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.502 mill

FOSTER WHEELER GETS CONTRACT FOR BOILERFoster Wheeler Energy Corp., Clinton, N.J., received

A lack of problems with grounded tows and shifting sandbars was cited by Coast Guard spokesmen as th

Local 10 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union will be fined $10,000 a day if

A new seaborne trade forecast by two well-known consulting firms indicates that U.S. container traff

The nation's major railroads enjoyed an overall 2.6 percent traffic gain in August. It was t

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