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Thu. June 9, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

SENATE PANEL APPROVES SUGAR EXPORT BONUSWASHINGTON - The fiscal 1989 spending bill approved

The Chinese government Thursday approved a joint venture agreement between Bannockbun, Ill.-based Le

The government of Texas is said to be offering a lucrative package of benefits in hopes of luring Fo

June 9, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

A May shower of sales in the heavy-truck industry turned into a downpour as deliveries surged 9.7 pe

The Federal Maritime Commission has refused to give Matson Navigation Co. approval to use its FMC in

Ropak Corp. has acquired a 50 percent interest in Flamegrace Ltd. of Great Britain, a company primar

Caustic soda is so scarce that producers are rationing it out like gold-dust. Even an iron-clad cont

Himont Inc. will build a regional technical center and polypropylene composites facility in Hong Kon

June 9, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Changing market forces enabled U.S. coking coal exporters to obtain their first price increases in s

INTER-MOUNTAIN COALS (Charlottesville, Va.) - Michael P. Perilli joined the company as eastern regio

MAXUS ENERGY CORP. (Dallas) - W.E. Notestine was named vice president and general counsel. H

Talk between people went smoothly during a recent tour where Western representatives discussed compu

Eastern Air Faces Restructuring ProgramNEW YORK - Texas Air Corp. Chairman Frank Lorenzo sai

Pay increases should average about 5 percent this year and next for the nation's salaried work force

Japanese government and business leaders Thursday welcomed the U.S. Senate's failure to garner the t

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Thirteen industrial companies have set up an integrated complex in Beijing that will be responsible

A special advisory panel of Japan's Transport Ministry advised the country's Big Six shipping lines

A special meeting is planned next month in Toronto to determine whether a proposed Canadian Dock and

The West Coast teamed up with the East bloc on Wednesday when the Soviet Union's largest film studio

ROSTENKOWSKI TABLES US-CANADA TRADE PACTRep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., chairman of the House

Companies whose computers work together will prosper together, the Boeing Co. and General Motors Cor

SHIPPING CORP. OF INDIA POSTS BIG PROFIT RISENEW DELHI, India - The government-owned Shippin

The head of Malaysia's trade union organization denied Thursday that he urged the AFL-CIO to press f

The names Loucas Haji Ioannou and John A. Hadjipateras don't roll off the tongue quite like Aristotl

The United States may have to be even more alert to stopping high-technology leaks to the Soviet Uni

A parliamentary twist to the tangled plot of the trade bill is keeping the heat on the Republican se

The Greek shipping community is presenting a much more public face to the industry, joining the esta

The Federal Maritime Commission, which earlier disclosed it was delaying its tariff automation proje

Pan Am Corp. is in such desperate financial straits that it was forced to take the drastic step of p

New oil finds and a $3 billion railway built against the advice of Western donors hold out the promi

King's Point Alumni Association. Luncheon. June 10. New York. Downtown Athletic Club. Speaker, John

Japan's Patent Office, long a source of frustration for foreign firms trying to do business in Japan

The president of the International Longshoremen's Association is facing a tough battle in his effort

Brazilian President Jose Sarney's new industrial policy is not enough to renew the confidence of for

New cycle lights from Britain feature special high-performance lenses that give a wider and brighter

Henkel KGaA, the West German chemicals group, said it plans to increase itsfatty alcohol pro