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U.K. base lending rates probably will be cut by 0.5 percentage point to 8.0 percent if sterling rall

Traders in the secondary market for Third World debt expect prices and demand to remain generally st

ERNST & WHINNEY (New York) - James C. Boland will become vice chairman and regional managing partner

Japanese Firms Deter BorrowingTOKYO - Concern that weakness of the U.S. dollar will reappear

During 1987, Chile observed all quantitative performance criteria under the ongoing extended fund fa

The Brookings Institution today is publishing a two-volume study on economic interactions among nati

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

The United States is going deeper and deeper into debt to the rest of the world despite recent progr

Tue., April 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The approach of the April 15 tax deadline is creating a potentially profitable spread trade between

Most House of Representative conferees working on the farm portion of the omnibus trade bill have ag

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 1.65

More US Wheat Targeted for SovietsWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it ha

China Products Exhibition. A show for buyers, wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers from througho

Agricultural leaders from the United States, the European Community and other countries face each ot

Japan's trade minister told U.S. Ambassador Mike Mansfield on Tuesday that the Reagan administration

Taiwan Firm to Get Austrian TechnologyWEST CALDWELL, N.J. - Evergreen Superior Alloys Corp.

Japan will attempt to widen foreign access to its agricultural market while also securing basic dome

Wendy's Scheduled To Debut in IsraelDUBLIN, Ohio - Wendy's International Inc. has awarded it

A dual-purpose wine-chiller cabinet from Britain simultaneously chills white wines and keeps red win

U.S. companies soon will have access to a new computer database offering information about millions

Charles A. Steinberg was named executive vice president, Sony Corp. of America, with responsibility

For a U.S. employer who measures his labor cost in dollars, Mexico was the cheapest country last yea

Volkswagen Begins Five-Week ShutdownNEW STANTON, Pa. - About 1,900 of the 2,500 workers at V

Japanese automakers have fallen short of their government's 2.3 million quota on car exports to the

The Jamaican government and U.S. and Asian investors in the Kingston Free Zone are arguing over work

The U.S. employment report is expected to show non-farm payroll job growth slowed in March from the

Manufacturing corporations' after-tax profit averaged 4.3 cents per dollar of sales in the October-D

The National Association of Realtors said today its housing affordability index fell slightly to 113

The seven Japanese automakers' plants in the United States may cause 45,000 jobs to be lost in the d

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 308,000 people during the week end

Brazilian exports are expected to grow this year, but resolution of thorny trade problems with the U

Officials of China's inland provinces indicated Tuesday that they are scrambling for development str

For years, the Latrobe Brewing Co., makers of Rolling Rock beer, had one of the industry's more unus

AIR CARGO The cost of flying cargo to Africa and the Middle East is going up. 1ABurlington

Inflation rocketed to 22.6 percent during March, the biggest one-month inflation increase since Peru

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Two U.S. life insurers won bids to set up operations in Taiwan as part of an agreement between the t

Tanker companies are the most attractive stocks for investors interested in the shipping industry, a