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The French governmental export credit guarantee agency registered a deficit of about 6 billion franc

Opponents of the Reagan administration's proposal for extensive oil leasing off the Northern Califor

SOVIET COMPANY TO BUY CANADIAN EQUIPMENTEDMONTON, Alberta - Dreco Energy Services Ltd. annou

A federal appeals court Tuesday voided a contempt of court order against Eastern Airlines and dissol

Senate Democrats Tuesday continued to downplay the chances of bringing another trade bill to the flo

It happened in autos. It happened in steel. Could soup be the next U.S. industry to lose a big chunk

Elocar Co., a joint venture of Union Carbide Corp. and Swiss Polymers Inc., is constructing a new fa

Grace Increases Glycerine PricesLEXINGTON, Mass. - W.R. Grace & Co.'s organic chemicals divi

Belgium's Solvay Plans US, Asian AquisitionsBRUSSELS, Belgium - Solvay, Belgium's largest ch

U.S. production of chlorine gas and chlorine liquid moved up in April 1988 compared with the year-ea

Floods in Cuba's main sugar-growing regions are said to be disrupting the loading of sugar at Cuban

International bankers and businessmen said Tuesday that the stage was being set for the eventual cre

In decades to come, the 1980s will be looked upon as the good old days. It happens every 30 years.

American Bankers Insurance Group Inc. has signed an agreement in principle to sell its Financial Ins

Japan is chipping away at its mammoth trade surplus by expanding imports and overseas investment, bu

The absence of a clear national consensus on trade protectionism and discrimination threatens U.S. e

The U.S. dollar turned slightly lower late Tuesday after holding to a narrow range throughout the da

Tue. June 7, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

SOVIET OFFICIAL EXPECTS LITTLE CHANGE IN FLEETHAMBURG, West Germany - The size of the Soviet

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

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The U.S.-flag vessel President Truman arrived Monday at the Port of Los Angeles, fat, fast, fit and

The United Nations Common Fund for Commodities, intended to provide back-up finance for commodity st

Sea-Land Corp. announced the appointment of two new vice presidents in the marketing organization of

The Argus division of Witco Corp. has raised the prices of Drapex 6.8 epoxidized soybean oil plastic

Disputes between the U.S. and Israeli governments are keeping trade growth between the two countries

China's reformist leaders now acknowledge that inflation is a serious problem, but insist they will

Resolute Holdings, a Dallas-based Delaware corporation, is in the process of buying Diamond Benefits

Doctor-owned malpractice insurance companies are reporting a steady rise in suits brought against ph

2 INSURERS GAIN CONTROL OF GROUPE AGBRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgium's Groupe AG and France's Ass

A Banque Paribas official told international bankers that of the world's three major capital zones,

SOUTH KOREA TO EASE EXCHANGE CONTROLSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea is designing a program

Net profits of federally insured U.S. banks rose to $5.012 billion in the first quarter from $3.2 bi

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ARKANSAS BEST REVIEWS TAKEOVER ALTERNATIVESFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp. said it is

International Harvester, the name and the company, are alive and well in Australia. Although

Rainbow Navigation Co. of Red Bank, N.J., has won some support in its battle with the Navy over the

Its ad says, somewhat cryptically, the closer we get, the better we look. Talking to Virgini