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After turning its back on foreign sales last year, a large segment of the Brazilian economy is retur

Dow Chemical Co. and Chevron Chemical Co. have voluntarily withdrawn cyhexatin pesticide products fr

Australian farmers must improve the protein levels in Australian standard white wheat or suffer a lo

Compaq Computer Corp.'s profit more than tripled in the second quarter as revenue rose 82 percent, t

A Kuwaiti ship has been transferred to the register of the British dependency of Gibraltar in a move

AVIATION British Aerospace is offering U.S. companies an opportunity to bid on subcontract w

When Robert A. Curry inquired in 1971 about filing a legal challenge to the West Coast's 50-mile con

United Auto Workers Union President Owen Bieber and a General Motors Corp. vice president opened con

The death of Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige leaves the department's trade policy, for now, in t

Some officials of Ford Motor Co. say they expect the company to begin building its popular Brazilian

The outlook for a World Bank capital increase may hinge on how Congress treats a World Bank affiliat

American Hospital Association meets July 27-29 in Atlanta for annual convention. For information, ca

Transax/RATES, the nation's leading computerized maritime information company, has updated its Compi

Officials from several agencies will be investigating an accident in which two longshoremen were cru

State-owned British Shipbuilders has announced a trading loss for the year ended March 1987 of 148

Congestion problems in Southern California, an improved market for U.S. exports and other factors mi

"Self-inflicted" injuries have stymied Australia's coastal shipping, says William Bolitho, chairman

It costs more to get a barrel of crude oil into major U.S. ports than it does to get the same oil ou

Port District Believes It Was DefraudedThe San Diego Port District may have been defrauded o

American President Lines wants to take over United States Lines' terminal at the port of Oakland.

A ship carrying 8,000 tons of food to refugees and famine victims in the Middle East and Africa has

A gypsy in Cairo once predicted that Thomas W. Teddy Gleason would live to be 103 years old. Nobody

Canada fully endorses the U.S. decision to escort Kuwaiti tankers in the gulf, External Affairs Depa

France is sending a fourth warship, the 4,000-ton antisubmarine corvette Georges-Leygues, to the gul

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher urged that the United States react calmly to the mine that damaged

While they didn't attract wide attention, there are provisions significantly affecting ocean shippin

Business failures rose 7.7 percent in May due to increased difficulties in the service, agriculture,

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Fri., July 24, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III indicated he'll continue to insist on a stronger U.S. policy r

By acquiring three British banks, National Australia Bank has bought itself a launching pad to expan

Pakistan will adopt a three-year trade policy this month to increase imports of industrial raw mater

Barry Rosenbaum resigned as vice president, international operations, at Convex Computer Corp., a ma

Shipments Up in April For Man-Made FibersShipments of man-made fibers in April rose 5.9 perc

Robert E. Coletta was appointed Buick's general sales and service manager by General Motors Corp.

The first comprehensive national survey of state agencies involved in the siting of new commercial h

Vista Chemical Co.'s net income in the third quarter ending June 30 increased to $15.6 million, or 8

Alcoa Increases Prices Of Alumina ProductsAlcoa's industrial chemical division is increasing

Britain's leading charter airlines Friday joined the battleground surrounding British Airways' contr