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International Monetary Fund officials are reviewing Argentina's performance under standby loan terms

LOW WATER STRANDS BARGES ON MISSISSIPPIGREENVILLE, Miss. - About 750 barges were backed up o

Shippers, barge operators and railroads increasingly are finding it mutually beneficial to work toge

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said it is suspending surcharges on shipments to Bangkok,

Delicate threads are linking the affluent suburbs of Chicago and the poverty- ridden slums of India,

The U.S. dollar was mixed in moderately active trading Wednesday due to uncertainty about the dollar

SUGAR OUTPUT EXPECTED HIGHER IN AUSTRALIASYDNEY, Australia - Australia's 1988 sugar cane cro

Animal rights and welfare groups will continue to shadow the livestock industry, and producers shoul

China is studying whether to devalue its currency, the yuan, a move that would discourage imports an

A slightly stronger-than-expected 0.4 percent advance in May industrial production could set the sta

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In the Soviet Union, some bureaucrats in effect are saying the public be damned, said Soviet economi

TRADITIONAL EXPORTS Aerospace components, wines and spirits, machinery and transportation eq

LILCO BOARD ENDORSES CLOSURE OF SHOREHAMALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Mario Cuomo said Wednesday that

Production of ammonium perchlorate, a vital oxidizer for the fuel of the space shuttle booster rocke

MACMILLAN BLOEDEL TO BUILD BEAM FACTORYVANCOUVER, British Columbia - MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.'

12 LINES TO CONTINUE REVENUE-SHARING POOLThe 12 member lines of the South Europe/USA Pool Ag

Steamship lines will be affected by a coming shortage of truck drivers, a trucking industry leader w

House Democrats Wednesday unveiled a proposal to use World Bank financing to win commercial bank loa

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 7.00

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

FIA FUTURES RESEARCH DIVISION, FUTURES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (New York) - Walter Greenspan was re-ele

Folks in Will County, Ill., are saying the i word, as in international, a lot these days. If

U.S. insurers must adapt to a rapidly changing world market, financial services executives said Wedn

Himont Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Himont Canada Inc., is building a new facility to produce

Construction of its propylene oxide/styrene monomer plant in Korea has been initiated by Yukong Arco

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday on vaccine liability likely affects only a small group of pharmac

Exxon Chemical Co. has announced the modernization and expansion of its Vistalon ethylene-propylene

When Bill Merlin took over as head of the U.S. Coast Guard's complex Gulf Coast district, he brought

Facing a third and possibly final deadline, Federal Express Corp. announcedplans to inaugura

The dollar is looking much better following the surprisingly good U.S. April trade report and should

Eighteen companies proposed projects worth a total $225 million under Argentina's third debt capital

Foreign currency futures prices at Chicago Tuesday dropped as the dollar moved higher on a smaller-t

As President Reagan calls on industrialized countries to do more to help the Philippines, analysts i

The $400,000 award Monday in a product liability case against a tobacco company is being viewed by i

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party completed the sweeping outline of a controversial tax reform

Managing Director Trevor Furlong envisages more growth opportunities for his Port of Liverpool, than

Beech Aircraft Corp. Wednesday won government approval for its Starship business-class turboprop aft

The recent surge in U.S. exports is the main reason for an unexpected boom in electricity sales, ind

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