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Tue., Feb. 9, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The government will send a negotiator to Washington this week to discuss a definite timetable for th

Pre-Press Equipment Show Starts Next WeekDUSSELDORF, West Germany - IMPRINTA 88, the world's

Volatile natural gas price fluctuations will be the norm until both buyers and sellers adjust to sea

Itel Corp. lost $900,000 on revenue of $350.1 million in the fourth quarter, compared with earnings

The port of Portland is sort of playing musical chairs with Oregon colleges. Nancy A. Wilgen

The head of the City Council's Environmental Protection Committee says stores should be banned from

The Massachusetts Port Authority reached an agreement with McAllister Brothers Inc. for payment of $

Koch Industries Inc. said its purchase of a 1,943-mile Gulf Coast pipelinerepresents the first time

L. Mann to Head Sears Jewelry UnitSears, Roebuck and Co., the nation's largest retailer, nam

New statistics showing a decline in both semiconductor shipments and new chip orders surprised indus

Caribbean officials and business leaders should not expect any early changes to a special U.S. trade

This week's arrival of a large shipment of New Zealand feeder lambs in the United States is unfortun

The removal of Nikolai Talyzin as head of the Soviet Union's state Economic Planning Committee will

State insurance regulators offered two alternatives for regulating brokers who control insurance com

A bill that would prevent the Maryland insurance commissioner from taking a job in the insurance ind

Forging closer ties with transportation industries it once fought is a top priority for the nation's

Primerica Corp. announced Monday that it has signed an agreement in principle which would result in

NY Assembly Approves Health Cover ExtensionALBANY, N.Y. - A new program that allows the stat

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

The multimillion-dollar competition between McDonnell Douglas Corp. and Europe's Airbus Industrie fo

P&O Containers Plans To Order New VesselP&O Containers, the U.K. container shipping line, is

Strong business volume in its vehicle leasing division helped Ryder System Inc. post solid gains in

Providers of electronic data interchange (EDI) services are hoping bells and whistles will ring buye

U.S. demand for converted flexible packaging is expected to grow 2.7 percent a year to 5.5 billion p

Epitope Inc. signed a joint research and development agreement with International Genetic Engineerin

The Environmental Protection Agency announced that a $10.96 million de minimis settlement, the first

Aracruz Celulose SA, Brazil's largest exporter of bleached short-fiber cellulose pulp, secured a loa

Mikhail Gorbachev's full-page newspaper ads last August inviting U.S. businesses to the Soviet Union

Top Stories Coal prices will be affected by weaker oil prices although coal's share of the e

The U.S. dollar was mixed Tuesday in narrow, technical trading. Analysts said the dollar was

Agency May Exempt 600 Rail CommoditiesThe Interstate Commerce Commission has proposed to exe

U.S. housing completions rose 4.7 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.635

Commodity Research Bureau's CRB Futures Price Index has tumbled from its mid- January peak, reflecti

The oil distribution industry will be one of the hardest hit should a barge and tugboat strike be ca

The central bank, announcing that it would start issuing its inflation figures twice monthly, said c

United Mine Workers Ratify Contract 2-1CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United Mine Workers members voted

Seagull Energy Corp. and Amoco Gas Co., a unit of Amoco Corp., announced that initial natural gas de

Schlumberger Posts Profit for QuarterSchlumberger Ltd. reported net income in the fourth qua

DHL Worldwide Express, a large international air express company, is consolidating its three geograp