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ASBESTOS FACILITY VOTES TO DISBANDThe Asbestos Claims Facility's members voted to disband th

Except for Mexico's, prices for international debt in the secondary market continued to sink late la

Zimbabwe's vice president described Africa's burgeoning foreign debt as the gravest threat to econo

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday on a bearish market reaction to the latest forecast of a slowing ec

A former official of GTE Corp. has accused the telecommunications giant of bribery, currency smuggli

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD (New York) - Darcy A. Statcom was named a vice president,financial servi

$150 million from the World Bank's International Development Association for new agricultural seed f

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

JAPAN BROADENS ACCESS TO ITS BOND AUCTIONSWASHINGTON - Treasury Assistant Secretary David Mu

Tue., Sept. 6, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

With the 1988-89 corn marketing year under way, the U.S. export tally is expected to struggle and ma

The chief negotiator for the International Monetary Fund opened talks this week with government offi

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year9/6 9/2 Chan

The CRB Futures Price Index rose and then fell in August, ending the month at 246.18, the same as th

CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (Chicago) - Ned Haskins was named vice president of trading floor operat

SUGAR FIRM PREDICTS HIGHER GLOBAL OUTPUTLONDON - Sugar trader E.D. & F. Man Tuesday forecast

Consumer members of the International Cocoa Organization have a certain sympathy for an ICCO secreta

TOP STORIES: Alaskan fisheries are turning big profits as they expand sales to the Japanese

Seventh Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair. Considered one of the world's top horological exhibitions. Sep

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 9/3/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 9/3/88* Reflects c

A former U.S. Embassy employee will be charged with smuggling tax-free steaks into Sweden, in a case

The best states for workers are Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland and New York - stat

POLAND PUTS CONDITIONS ON SOLIDARITY STATUSWARSAW, Poland - Poland's Communist authorities s

Airborne merchandise trade in the first six months of the year came to HK$92.6 billion (US$11.9 bill

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. (Irvine, Calif.) - In a move to centralize operations in Europe and the Far Ea

The International Trade Commission has tentatively barred imports of some brushless direct current m

Capacity constraints in the manufacturing sector added further pressure to prices, as U.S. business

Women face more obstacles than men in setting up their own business, and success stories are rare, a

The annual state-of-the-nation speech of President Miguel de la Madrid revealed a state of conflict

The industrialized economies are booming this year, and governments should be ready to hit the brake

West Germany's gross national product, or the total value of its manufactured goods and services, gr

Two sensitive indicators of the economy, Columbia Business School's leading employment index for Aug

Chrysler Corp. showed sales gains in late August and for the entire month, while sales slid at Ford

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau - Price Index Trends 8A* P.T. Bangsberg

MAROONED COSMONAUTS STRUGGLE TO RETURNAfghanistan's first cosmonaut was marooned in space wi

The story Ship Lines Again Supplying Boxes to Consolidators on Page 1A in the Sept. 1 edition, misst

Private courier firms in Britain are working flat out to cope with a huge increase in demand for the

Kevin Abramson, the shipping conference clerk arrested last week by the FBI on bribery charges, was

Japan is expected to protest the U.S. ban on imports of Toshiba products at the October executive co

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's high-technology system for cargo data is making new b