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Wed. July 20, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

A purchasing clerk leans on his keyboard just a mite too long, and orders 1,000 expensive custom par

With vanity no longer a dirty word here, China is developing its cosmetics industry for millions of

First there was the gasoline shortage. Then we started running out of water. And now plastic gallon

The Port of Oakland's governing body approved a $76.5 million budget for the 1988-89 fiscal year, an

POLYSAR WILL INVEST IN ANTWERP RUBBER UNITSARNIA, Ontario - Polysar Polymers will invest $22

A year ago the UCLA Extension program asked Peggy Ritchey, editor of L.A. Executive newsletter, to t

The Western shipping world has no need to fear a Soviet aggressive expansion in international shippi

FMC WON'T IMPOSE TRUCK RULES IN CALIF.WASHINGTON - The Federal Maritime Commission has denie

The Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard has won an order for six light frigates, the French Industry

The life insurance industry battled House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill.

Australia demanded an international arbitration panel to rule on charges that U.S. sugar import quot

TRADE VOLUME SWELLS 34 PERCENT IN SINGAPORESingapore's trade volume from January through Jun

TRADITIONAL EXPORTS Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, metal ores and concentrates.POTENTIAL

A new skirmish has erupted in the feud between the insurance industry and trial lawyers, as both sid

The Port of Dunkirk handled 18 million metric tons of cargo during the first half of this year, an i

Inventories of gasoline and distillate increased moderately last week, according to the American Pet

Japan's city banks are generally confident they can meet the standards for capital adequacy set by t

One key adviser to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis suggests federal seed money to the private sec

Experts in Middle East trade say a settlement of the Iran-Iraq war could be followed by a boom in U

The president of the West Coast longshore union told East and Gulf Coast dockworkers that the two un

Hungarian Glass Works will become a major exporter of glass to Eastern and Western Europe as a resul

Roadway Services Inc. will not merge Viking Freight Inc. into any of its trucking subsidiaries nor w

Stunned by Arco's tentative decision to move construction of North Slope oil modules from Tacoma to

July 20, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

RLC CORP. EARNINGS RISE TO $4.9 MILLIONWILMINGTON, Del. - RLC Corp.'s earnings for its third

GRAND TRUNK, UNIONS REACH AGREEMENTTwo major units of the United Transportation Union ratifi

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

GATT DEFERS DECISION ON KOREA'S BEEF BANGENEVA - The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year7/20 7/19 Chan

Allianz AG, Europe's largest insurance company, reported Tuesday that its domestic group net profit

A stunning Taiwan Cabinet shake-up Wednesday brings a woman to the forefront of economic affairs amo

Despite sporadic gunfire on the war fronts, Iranians and Iraqis working in neighboring Dubai danced

William J. McCarthy, newly named president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, is threate

China's Longxin Chemical Co., a joint venture in Heilongjiang Province, secured the region's first l

Here is a summary of the platform that was recommended by the Democratic Platform Committee. Jesse J

The association representing the nation's ports has turned the wolf away from the door for a while.<

US INTERNATIONAL REINSURANCE CO. (New York) - Martin P. Jackson was named chairman at this reinsurer

Lawyers representing the relatives of victims of the Piper Alpha rig disaster are to meet in Aberdee

Executives at Samsung Co., South Korea's largest conglomerate and oldest general trading company, ha