Latest news

Thu., Aug. 18, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year8/18 8/17 Chan

U.K. sugar analyst C. Czarnikow Ltd. Thursday forecast a world 1988-89 (September through August) su

COMMODITY MARKET LETTER PUBLISHERS from Wall Street to La Salle Street are heard lamenting over the

US MINER INVESTS IN AUSTRALIAN ZINCThe U.S. mining company Amax and three other companies ha

The drought-hit grain crop in western Canada will be smaller than predicted last month. The

The United States, despite a growing impression to the contrary, is running a surplus in its interna

Malaysia's natural rubber output in June was 140,415 metric tons, up 21 percent from a month earlier

Economic growth in Indonesia last year came in at a disappointing 3.6 percent, the government said,

With a formal cease-fire only days away in the Iran-Iraq War, the focus in Tehran is shifting to reb

TOURISTS FLOCK TO UK, BUT ENTHUSIASM WANESForeign tourists flocked to Britain in record numb

LABOR GROUP PROTESTS CHILE UNIONISTS' EXILEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The International Confederati

Trinidad and Tobago's trading partners in the Caribbean are weighing the impact of this week's 15 pe

Australia and New Zealand moved closer to full economic union Thursday with the signing of a new agr

Global arms sales are on the decline and the superpowers are losing an important source of political

The recently announced U.S. Customs requirement that all new customs brokers must have Automated Bro

Western-wear fanciers who want to strut around in ostrich-skin cowboy boots might lose their chance

WISDOM IMPORT SALES CO. (Irvine, Calif.) - Mark Thiese was named to the new position of brand manage

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

GORBACHEV IS INVITED TO ECONOMIC FORUMSoviet Communist Party General Secretary Mikhail Gorba

Mauricio Monroy envisions a 21st-century Mexico that, after years as a convenient source of cheap la

STAINLESS STEEL IMPORTS FELL IN FIRST HALF OF '88While imports of stainless steel sheet and

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity said a team of U.S. lawyers will travel to the Soviet Union nex

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

ROMANIA - REMOVAL OF MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS. The removal of MFN statusfrom Romania becam

The GOP pressed an all-out attack this week on taxes, repeatedly charging that a Democratic capture

Imported car dealers lost a one-time profit edge and new car dealers overall saw profits decline as

U.S. business executives with operations in Pakistan are optimistic so far that the death of Preside

Coal and petroleum officials say the nation needs a strong energy policy, but Americans aren't deman

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Leo Ryan - Canadians Challenge Free Trad

Ohio's $70-million program to nurture high-tech industries - including a polymer center involving th

Wallenius Lines, the Swedish car carrier, is preparing to offer customers a door-to-door delivery se

Hong Kong's World-Wide (Shipping) Ltd. is trying to freeze South Korean bank accounts following its

The U.S. drought has coincided with liberalizing Asian markets to cause ashift in the beef t

A new mood of realism is apparent at Gothenburg as the municipally owned port on Sweden's west coast

Leading Republicans here charge that the energy policies of Democratic presidential nominee Michael

When GOP presidential candidate George Bush tapped Sen. Dan Quayle as his running mate, air cargo se

Europe's steelmakers have discovered there's life after death. British Steel Corp. once was

The export control agency Cocom will permit Western countries to sell up-to- date telecommunications

China's advocates of freer markets, recently under heavy fire from more conservative elements, gaine