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Tuesday, March 31, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Foreign-owned U.S. agricultural land increased by 369,000 acres at the end of last year from the end

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission should have a new set of proposals for speculative limits f

A new trade analysis by the Agriculture Department continues to offer grim tidings on agricultural e

Nord Will Place Stock With UK InvestorsDAYTON, Ohio - Nord Resources Corp. agreed with Klein

Exxon Corp. said it will acquire a 25 percent stake in Australia's biggest onshore oil and gas produ

Six EC countries expressed varying degrees of opposition to the EuropeanCommission's proposa

Kuwait Petroleum Corp. is to buy British Petroleum's Danish subsidiary BP Olie-Kom pagniet A/S effec

Pennzoil Co. expects its first quarter earnings to be down considerably, compared with the same peri

The BP Group will reorganize its hydrocarbon resource business today. BP Gas International b

March 31, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Chevron Corp., and Tokyo-based Nippon Oil Co. reached an agreement to conduct a joint venture oil ex

Cash prices for heating oil followed a slow, downward trend last week, a pattern likely to continue

Union Pacific, PdVSA Agree to PartnershipUnion Pacific and Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., the

A mechanical engineer with the Mississippi Bureau of Geology calls Joe Newman's invention "probably

Elizabeth Dole Scored WASHINGTON - Rep. Norman Mineta, chairman of the House Aviation Subcom

Seatrain Lines Inc. said its latest reorganization plan was confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,

The British Cabinet will discuss possible retaliatory measures against Japan Thursday, over Japan's

The mighty Mississippi River was their classroom; now the wild Orinoco River will test the skills le

Based on their 1985 financial statements, 37 percent of the nation's major property/casualty insuran

The new chairman of the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee vowed Tuesday to fight Reagan administra

Golden Poultry to Buy Fla.'s Don Lowe FoodsGolden Poultry Co. said it signed a letter of int

Poles found sharply higher prices when shops opened Monday, with basic food prices increased by an a

On Polish Prices: We are sitting on a powder keg.- Solidarity founder Lech Walesa, Amid swee

Merger Creates Huge Accounting FirmThe new local office of Peat Marwick Main & Co. will have

Japanese business leaders planned an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures after the U.S. dol

* DOLLAR FALLS: The dollar fell to a record low of 144.70 yen on the Tokyo foreign exchange market

U.S. semiconductor executives are expected to meet in Washington Thursday to consider how best to ap

The loss of an $83 million TRW military satellite won't hurt military communications now, but TRW of

Japanese business leaders planned an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures after the U.S. dol

Philippines Signs Loan AgreementMANILA, Philippines - Philippine bank officials and World Ba

Philippines Signs Loan AgreementMANILA, Philippines - Philippine bank officials and World Ba

U.S. semiconductor executives are expected to meet in Washington Thursday to consider how best to ap

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. reported that after-tax earnings last year totaled HK$480 million (US

The need for about $1 billion in new capital could delay efforts by the nation's largest thrift hold

China will not select a new premier or announce a new party leader until the Communist Party Congres

Untrained employees have searched at least six jets at Los Angeles International Airport for hidden

The trend toward flagging out by shipowners has lifted the size of the Panamanian fleet to a record