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Steel production fell to 1.819 million tons in the week ended June 25, a decrease of 1.5 percent fro

Sales of new homes edged down 0.1 percent in May, the first setback since January, the government re

Consumers will pay at least 6 percent more for food over the next year, which will boost the consume

ARGENTINA, ITALY REACH $5 BILLION AGREEMENTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The Argentine Chamber o

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

James M. Bouskos, a businessman who was appointed to the San Francisco PortCommission three

Joan M. McEntee was named deputy undersecretary for the Commerce Department's International Trade Ad

UK INTEREST RATE SEEN BLOW TO FARMERSLONDON - A rise in British interest rates to 9.5 percen

The new vessel-sharing arrangement between Sea-Land Service Inc., Trans Freight Lines and Nedlloyd L

AMMONIA PRICES SURVIVE DROUGHTProducers say ammonia prices have been stable since May and ar

Britain's Sempernova PLC entered a joint venture agreement with Zhanjiang Oils & Fats Chemicals Co.

Union Petrochemical Corp. of Taiwan and Monsanto Chemical Co. have signed a cooperative agreement to

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June 29, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

House and Senate conferees reached agreement on a $17.8 billion fiscal 1989 spending bill for energy

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Don Bearden was appointed terminal manager at Hot Spri

The leader of the Yugoslav Communist Party said Wednesday that the nation must press ahead with econ

The government plans new regulations to protect copyright on integrated circuits, the microchips tha

U.S. consumer activists have accused the Swiss Nestle Co. food conglomerate of breaking promises to

The president of Coca-Cola Co. Wednesday countered reports that the Atlanta soft-drink maker bribed

The value of newly started U.S. construction projects rebounded by 9 percent in May to an annual rat

Traditional Exports Fish, iron, steel, petroleum, fertilizers, paper, paper products, wood p

COLDWELL BANKER (Los Angeles) - Thomas F. Sternfield was named a vice president of Coldwell Banker R

Wed., June 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The nation's gasoline stocks declined and distillate fuel stocks increased slightly last week, accor

GAS EXPLOSION KILLS 40 MINERS IN CHINAForty miners are believed to have died after a gas exp

EAST HAMPTON AIRWAYS GETS GROUNDING ORDERFederal Aviation Administration officials grounded

For 44 years, the official policy of the self-anointed Heart of Silicon Valley has been to distrust

The newly named Port of Tilbury, operated by the Port of London Authority, was earmarked Tuesday for

South Korean companies are likely to be the big winners of a recent U.S.-Japan pact aimed at opening

CHINA HITS QUALITY OF COMMODITY IMPORTSChina is complaining that it imports too many inferio

Nickel prices will remain at high levels for the rest of this year, supported by a record world dema

Much-needed rains came to some parched farm lands in the Midwest Tuesday night, triggering a rush by

More than 1,000 people demonstrated in Taipei against plans to build chemical and petrochemical plan

TOKYO ELECTRIC TO BUILD CALIF. ASSEMBLY PLANTFREMONT, Calif. - Tokyo Electric Co., which bui

U.S. meat imports ran at a record pace in the first half of 1988, and the U.S. Department of Agricul

The Bundesbank does not expect to call a press conference after its regular biweekly council meeting

Miami's international banks, awash in millions of dollars of flight capitalfrom Panama, are

ADAMS & PORTER INC. (New York) - Ralph J. Ursillo was named senior vice president at this insurance

Experiments to generate energy from hot dry rocks in southwest England may turn into an important m