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Thu., Dec. 3, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

"Very serious" preparations are under way for possibly calling another meeting of the Group of Seven

Tokyo Plans to Trade 30-Year US BondTOKYO - The Tokyo Stock Exchange is planning to trade in

A surge in demand for transportation equipment, particularly aircraft and automobiles, lifted new or

The American Stock Exchange expects to start a computerized exchange in 1988 to trade certain foreig

The United States and the Soviet Union stand poised to modify their 21-year- old commercial aviation

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

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Just where is the U.S. economy heading? This question came a little closer to home this week

Japan blocked the approval Thursday of a ruling by the world's main free- trade group telling Tokyo

A national insurance agents group has aligned itself with consumer groups, including one of the insu

Chinese Sell Rights To Use Tract of LandA real estate company in Shenzhen, south China, has

Pa. Assembly to Eye Auto Package Dec. 15HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania General Assembly

The Reagan administration is expected to announce next week U.S. participation in a major Soviet tra

Next week's summit meeting could lead to a renewal of some sort of maritime relations between this c

Top-level Japanese officials are convinced they must resolve differences with the United States over

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney sees no major obstacle preventing resolution of a final text

The Seafarers International Union and a group of businessmen under the banner of Union Shipping Grou

The currency stabilization agreement reached by the major industrialized nations in Paris last Febru

U.S. coal exporters are being dragged into a trade dispute with Brazil over computer equipment and s

British Steel Corp.'s Thursday announcement that its profits for the first half of its current finan

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30,000 Merino Sheep Perish in AustraliaMELBOURNE, Australia - More than 30,000 valuable meri

Supporters of the government's sugar program say its price supports and import quotas are needed to

Producer members of the International Cocoa Organization have reached a common position on price sup

The Federal Maritime Commission has called upon member shipping companies in the TransPacific Westbo

Illegal ocean polluters could find themselves fingered by an eye in the sky under a New Jersey senat

The Federal Maritime Commission, for the second time in two days, disclosed its intention to crack d

Maersk Line has reached an agreement with the port of Oakland that could double the size of its term

The Federal Maritime Commission has published its proposed rules for some shipping agreements coveri

The Atran River, tumbling lazily into the North Sea, was so vinegary from acid rain 10 years ago tha

PPG Industries announced an agreement with Sudamtex de Venezuela CA of Caracas, Venezuela, to form a

Rohm and Haas Co. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. signed an agreement to form SumikaHaas, a Japan-based jo

Ciba- Geigy Corp. has challenged all 12 municipal ocean dischargers of treated wastewater along the

Students Thursday burned an effigy of the former chairman of Union Carbide Corp. and shops closed in

Farm Biotechnology Takes Root in USU.S. farm products with potential biotechnology applicati

Union Carbide Corp.'s chairman said the gas leak that killed thousands in Bhopal three years ago thi

Rhone-Poulenc Seals Stauffer PurchaseRhone-Poulenc Inc. completed its purchase of the basic

The Chinese petrochemical industry must double refining capacity and output by the end of the centur