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W. GERMAN RATE RISE IS MARKET ADJUSTMENTTORONTO - The rise in West German repurchase rates t

Corn futures have rocketed to 3 1/2 year highs, as the crop faces a critical period in its growth.

Cotton futures appear to be headed higher in the near term, following in the path of soybeans, which

Secretary of the Treasury James A. Baker III has persistently denied rumors he will be leaving his p

World production of cocoa in the 1987-88 season could exceed 2 million metric tons for the first tim

Norway's trade deficit quadrupled during the first three months of this yearbecause of incre

US REPORTEDLY REJECTS CHINA BID FOR WHEATKANSAS CITY, Kan.- China's bid for 500,000 metric t

CHINA SETS UP GROUP FOR OVERSEAS CONTRACTSThe Chinese government has approved the establishm

CONFERENCE ON FORESTS OPENS IN MALAYSIAKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Fifty experts from around th

Compaq Computer Corp. of Houston announced Monday that it will expand its Asian presence by investin

BECHTEL GROUP INC. (San Francisco) - John D. Carter, senior vice president, was named general counse

A senior official in China's embryonic space industry accused Western nations Monday of trying to ke

China is seeking foreign science and technology to develop its agriculture and rural industry in a g

Hattori Seiko Co., of Tokyo, said it has developed an automatic self- generating quartz watch that e

CATERPILLAR INC. (Peoria, Ill.) - Keith G. Johnson, chairman of Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd. of

McDonald Steel Corp. said Monday it is preparing a petition to be filed simultaneously with the U.S.

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 6/18/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 6/18/88* Reflects

The automotive and container divisions of Hyundai group, one of South Korea's largest export conglom

California's consumer products liability law, which grants immunity to cigarette makers among others

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

CHINA RESTRICTS OUTPUT OF CONSUMER DURABLESThe Chinese Ministry of Light Industry has issued

When stocks crashed in October and Wall Street used black humor to cope with Black Monday, the joke

Massachusetts state senators today will take up the issue of automobile insurance reform, with indus

Prudential Life Insurance Co. is planning to enter the newly opened South Korean life insurance mark

The Supreme Court Monday strengthened the hand of corporations that place language into commercial c

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that New York City can force privateclubs with more than

William H. Hutt, an economist who championed free enterprise and attacked South Africa's apartheid s

F.B. HALL TO COMBINE GLOBAL BENEFITS COS.BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. - Frank B. Hall & Co. Monday

Kuwait set up a special panel to reappraise the performance of the public agency that controls the i

Sales by Hong Kong companies at this month's summer consumer electronics show in Chicago were sharpl

Greenpeace environmentalists on Monday chained themselves to a container of whale meat intended for

The Illinois legislature is expected to pass a bill that would require the state's 7 million motoris

The largest Sino-American business conference ever opened Monday with both sides hailing recent trad

Negotiations are under way between China and the Soviet Union to build a half dozen power plants tha

Fidelity National Financial Inc. reported Monday that net income for the second quarter ending April

People's Insurance Co. of China, the state-run insurance monopoly, reported that its insurance premi

The landmark Cipollone cigarette liability case boiled down to a few key questions, not all of which

Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker expressed concern about the volatility of exchange r

FED WATCHERS SOUND INTEREST RATE ALARMCredit market analysts who track the Federal Reserve's

Sierra Research has received a $118.1 million contract from the Air Force to make electronic systems