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A shortage this year of high-quality oats in the United States is spurring import demand, sources sa

Looking to cash in on a fast-rising electronic data interchange marketplace, EDI suppliers are offer

The Takeshita administration has decided to allow "qualified" U.S. contractors to bid on specified p

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Tuesday despite two reported instances of Federal Reserve dollar-buyin

Burlington Northern Railroad's plan to sell certificates for future railcar movements could be the f

Du Pont Plans Facility In Northern IrelandE.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced plans Tues

OOCL (USA) Inc. expects to relocate more of its executives from northern California to Southern Cali

The dry cargo futures market in London had one of its busiest days ever Tuesday as shipping freight

January 12, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Iran sent a delegation to Istanbul, Turkey, for final negotiations on building a 900-mile pipeline f

Kuwait, Iraq and Qatar all have started offering market-related pricing to Japanese customers, depre

Heating Oil Stocks Down in New EnglandNew England heating oil stocks are significantly down

Officials of Paccar Inc. are terming last year's entry into the medium-duty truck market a "very suc

Military spending worldwide soared to a new high of about $930 billion in 1987, an annual study rele

Brazil has raised its frozen concentrate orange juice prices by 15 cents to $1.86 a pound, industry

Levi Strauss Plans Hungary Joint VentureBUDAPEST, Hungary - Levi Strauss, the U.S. jeans clo

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter Tuesday assured Australian Cattle Council officials that t

No Recommendation On Hickey SuccessorWhite House Chief of Staff Howard Baker said the questi

Tue., Jan. 12, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Firefighters on Tuesday struggled against flames raging aboard a gasoline- laden Greek tanker struck

While administration trade officials are set this week to vent their dissatisfaction about declining

Crude oil prices sank below $16 a barrel in early trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesda

Flight Testing Planned For Airbus Jet EngineEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - The V2500 jet engine, bei

Looking down on the Space Needle from glassed-in suites in the sky, the new Pacific Coast headquarte

Japan will surpass all other countries as the world's largest donor of official development assistan

US Exhibitors Sought For Hong Kong ShowMore than 25 Hong Kong importers and national groups

Derektor Yard Wins Army Tugboat ContractMIDDLETOWN, R.I. - The Robert E. Derektor shipyard o

Wyatt Withdraws Distillate PostingWyatt Energy Co., New Haven, one of the largest fuel oil w

A U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia has promised to render a speedy decision in a landmark short-li

Belgian shipowners outbid Greek interests Monday in a bankruptcy sale to buytwo big dry bulk carrier

The weather in the Northeast is just peachy for the 1988 Professional Snowfighting School. T

The pilot fumed as he pushed through the cabin of the Aeroflot jet. It was 2 a.m., and he had found

Once again the future of the $1.5 billion microwave landing system program appears in jeopardy due t

About 71 percent of the new chemical entities approved for marketing in 1987 by the Food & Drug Admi

China's top legislative body began Monday discussing a draft law on separating ownership and managem

Two former Lloyd's of London brokers and an accomplice were charged in a London court Monday with a

U.S. textile mills are looking to the first quarter of 1988 as a barometer, in the wake of uneasines

Petronas, the state energy monopoly of Malaysia, will face little difficulty in attracting oil major

No one wants to land a major export contract by promising in advance to major foreign purchases, say

The Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Monday to bank subsidiaries offering both investment advice and