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U.S. companies are giving much less thought to the likely effects of the European Community's single

Grain is beginning to move out of Great Lakes ports in the wake of tie-ups on the Mississippi River

Both insurers and bankers claim to have the votes to win their versions of bank insurance powers whe

A presidential investigating panel has recommended a compromise in the dispute over the size of trai

A set of disappointing trade figures has highlighted the Soviet Union's persistent problems with its

If drought keeps driving feed costs up and cow prices down, dairy farmers may see earnings reduced b

Taiwan and West Germany, two of the top U.S. trading partners, have been selling more goods overseas

Most government- and private-level Japanese analysts predicted this week that the expansionary trend

The opening salvos have been fired in a battle between insurers and agents over the softening insura

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Forecasts for rain in the next six to 10 days for the drought-ravaged Farm Belt cooled the 1988 bul

PALM OIL PRODUCTION PREDICTED TO INCREASEKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Global palm oil production

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

The U.S. dollar was mixed Tuesday in slow, directionless trading. The greenback rose slightl

Christine Nduku may know little about brokers and the stock market. But she has invested $235 of her

The extraordinary events of last week in Moscow - the flowering of glasnost and perestroika - owe th

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

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK (New York) - James Oltman was named first vice president and chief

UK ANALYSTS EXPECT STILL HIGHER RATESAnalysts and dealers said U.K. interest rates likely wi

Tues., July 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank may soon resume financing on U.S. exports to Brazil. The key is

The Bank for International Settlements is likely to reach a compromise on the difficult issue of set

The London insurance market has reacted calmly to the $400,000 verdict last month in a landmark toba

A Massachusetts automobile insurance reform bill that virtually all parties agree is needed is likel

CANADA ASKS JAPAN FOR LOWER TARIFFSCanada wants Japan to lower tariffs on its timber, boost

Elkraft, one of Denmark's two largest utility groups, concluded its first purchases of U.S. steam co

United Illuminating Co. of New Haven, Conn., said electricity sales were up 3 percent in the first f

July 1, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A draft smog control plan for the greater Los Angeles area wouldrequire 40 percent of passenger vehi

Norway's natural gas exports are likely to surpass its oil exports during the mid- to late 1990s, as

NYPA SWITCHES ON THE MARCY-SOUTH LINEWith the flick of a switch and the press of a button, t

Reduced pricing pressures helped St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. double its first- quarter net profit, ac

State-owned British Coal warned U.K. merchant bankers not to grow too reliant on imported coal after

Southern Co. said that kilowatt-hour sales to industrial customers rose 6.8 percent during the first

UNRATIONED GASOLINE GOES ON SALE IN POLANDWARSAW, Poland - Gasoline stations across Poland F

The Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority is committed to ship at least 550,000 tons of cargo over

Salvage crews scrambled to the rescue late last week when dangerous chemicals began to leak from the

Oil prices relinquished more than 20 cents a barrel Friday with U.S. crude slipping below $15, its l

BELMONT BUYS TANKERS FROM GOVERNMENTBelmont VLCC of Boston bought three big 264,000-deadweig

Futures traders remain optimistic about a hoped-for rise in freight rates later this year, in spite