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

NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA (Montreal) - D. Nicholas Radford was named senior vice president and treasu

Fri., July 15, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Banks will need to develop their own risk assessments, and not just adopt regulatory guidelines, if

Chevron Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., Friday announced plans to join with Exxon Chemi

Millions of Americans are exposed daily to dangerous chemicals contained in some cosmetics, a $17 bi

Despite foggy winters and sizzling summers, living is easy in California's Central Valley in one cru

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 7A * Howard Lewis - Unease Over Export Controls 8A* Stan

Sea-Land Service Inc. is pulling out of the shipping conferences linking the U.S. West Coast and Eur

When aviation talks between the United States and Japan open next Monday, negotiators for the two co

The Army Corps of Engineers expects to keep navigation open on the Mississippi River without diverti

Wholesale prices rose a moderate 0.4 percent in June after a 0.5 percent increase in May, the Labor

Slow but steady is the way Johnson & Higgins officials describe the insurance brokerage firm's appro

The Maryland Insurance Division ruled last week that Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. violated the la

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

American labor unions did slightly better by their members in negotiating new labor contracts during

PULLMAN TO SELL ASSETS TO HELP REPAY DEBTPRINCETON, N.J. - Some Pullman Co. assets will have

Paccar Inc. earned $43.6 million, or $2.43 a share, on revenue of $752.2 million during the second q

ASSOCIATED CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION/PACE LINE (San Francisco) - Brendan R. McCahill, who has been ma

Iran plans to put a new oil platform in the Persian Gulf, and the sophisticated electronics being in

A report from Japan's Labor Ministry said the Takeshita administration should lead a nationwide camp

Oil prices staged a late rally at the close of trading in Europe Friday for a gain of 60 to 70 cents

The Soviet Union is steadily building up its presence in the international coal market, beefing up i

The nation's industries used 83.1 percent of operating capacity in June, reflecting tighter labor ma

FORWARDER TO EXPAND NEW FACILITY AT DULLESWASHINGTON - Hellmann International Forwarders Inc

JAPANESE PARTIES AGREE ON TAX REFORMTOKYO - Japan's ruling and opposition parties Friday agr

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: Sea-Land Service is having a hard time dispelling rumors that the Grea

Massachusetts' ongoing state budget problems pose a threat to the future of the Massachusetts Mariti

Under the sunlit arch of a plastic greenhouse, an artificial swamp of cattails and elephant grass sp

CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES INC. (Boston) - Michael A. Kemp was promoted to vice president, transportat

For the week ended July 2 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 116

July 15, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

U.S. export sales of grains and soybeans are expected to remain brisk for the second half of 1988, r

Business inventories rose 0.6 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted $728.39 billion following a 0.

The Chubb Corp. announced last week that it will issue rain insurance policies valued at $40 million

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is expected to announce a final go- ahead today for the devel

Japan may finally be in the process of ending its easy monetary policy of extremely low interest rat

The USDA is expected to raise the U.S. sugar import quota before the start of the 1989 fiscal year o

Bank of America realigned its world banking group, creating two offshore divisions. A Europe

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