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US TO EASE TERMS FOR POOREST DEBTORSWASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III annou

Total borrowing on international capital markets in the first quarter of 1988 was a record $118.2 bi

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 2.16

A stinging indictment of the former management and control of Hong Kong's stock and futures markets

CHINESE HEADWEAR TO BE INVESTIGATEDThe International Trade Commission will investigate wheth

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMPORT OF MACHINE TOOLS - VOLUNTARY RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS. Effective immedia

U.S. companies trail their Canadian counterparts in preparing for the Canada- U.S. Free Trade Agreem

ALTHOUGH INTEREST RATES have been rising, the president's chief economist is praising the Federal Re

The recent U.S. export boom does not necessarily mean that the United States is becoming more intern

The nation's largest general retailers suffered through another month of lackluster sales in May as

The World Bank said Thursday it would lend Mexico US$50 million to help it modernize four of its car

The U.S. steel industry's net income last year was $1 billion, the industry's first profit since 198

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 313,000 people during the week end

AVIATION The Transportation Department said Texas Air Corp. and its two subsidiaries, Easter

South Africa's business community is bracing itself for what the country's two largest trade union g

A Census Bureau report says the American family has shrunk to its smallestsize ever at 3.19

They are being bombarded with sales pitches for everything from book-of-the- mon th clubs to cognac.

This index alphabetically lists all companies and other operating organizations such as ports mentio

Folks down at Stamey's Bar-B-Que in Greensboro, N.C., are less worried about noxious fumes from thei

Edward K. Trowbridge was named chairman and chief executive at Atlantic Mutual Cos., a property/casu

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

Ship lines will be allowed to expand their operations in Piraeus, Greece's principal port, under new

Wells Fargo & Co. said Wednesday it has completed its purchase of Barclays Bank of California for $1

With more than 1 million Japanese tourists now visiting Hawaii each year, Bank of Hawaii is moving t

BANK LEUMI TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK (New York) - Robert Wagner was named a first vice president. He was

Wed. June 1, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

FRANCE DISMANTLING CURRENCY CONTROLSPARIS - French Finance Minister Pierre Beregovoy Wednesd

Foreign exchange dealers from around the world expect the U.S. trade deficit to improve dramatically

A generous securities repurchase agreement allocation Wednesday that added 7.1 billion deutsche mark

A Marine Corps general said Wednesday that Iran is about to finish building a new Silkworm missile s

The most recent 300,000-metric-ton raw sugar swap between the Soviet Union and at least one major in

The government of the Philippines intends to push the sale of at least five mining companies this ye

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The Federal Maritime Commission's plan for an automated tariff-filing system has been stalled by opp

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng Wednesday said continued dry weather in much of the U.S. gro

The European Community angrily denounced Wednesday the United States' decision to slash the set-asid

Kuraray Co., the Japanese company that gave us Ultra-suede and Suedemark as substitutes for natural

The new textile agreement between the United States and the Dominican Republic gives that island nat

US TELLS MEXICO TO END STAINLESS STEEL EXPORTSThe Commerce Department has notified the Mexic

The people who buy Japanese-make synthetic suedes like Suedemark are mostly apparel manufacturers wh