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Stocks will continue to meander aimlessly until Friday, when the unpredictable "triple witching hour

Citicorp Mulls Change In Brazil Debt StatusCiticorp said in a filing with the Securities and

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

General cargo workers suspended a strike that has slowed operations in the world's largest port for

The board of governors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange decided not to act on a member petition to

including a massive letter-writing campaign - to halt or change the policy. They contend it will unf

Friday, March 13, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

On Africa's "Parallel Markets" As if the African farmer is not penalized enough by low produ

Union Bank of Switzerland, the largest bank in that country and 10th largest in the world, is the la

Portable Soil Meter Facilitates GardeningThe Japanese have invented a portable soil meter th

Agents Put the Squeeze On Cargo of PythonsU.S. federal wildlife officials who put the squeez

Diasonics Inc. and Helsinki-based Instrumentarium Corp. announced that the ultra-low-field magnetic

U.S. District Judge William W. Schwarzer denied a motion that U.S. District Judge William A. Ingram

Led by Britain, many Western nations are quickening the pace at which they are selling off state-own

The European Commission said cuts in steel production capacity proposed by European steelmakers is i

A shortage of Soviet software is driving the nation's computer buffs to copy ideologically suspect f

Cuckoos, apparently, are no longer enough to sell cuckoo clocks. Nor, it seems, are dancing couples,

Volkswagen, the giant West German carmaker, fired its chief foreign exchange trader Friday and remov

American Express Bank Ltd., a unit of American Express Co., named John L. Slang senior vice presiden

Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, will forge ahead in 1987 with countertrade agreements worth

Norway's state-owned oil company, Statoil, hit hard by last year's dramatic fall in oil prices, repo

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said the latest version of House trade legislation is an i

Nicaragua is moving to prevent foreign bankers from seizing its assets as payment of back interest o

The local Manila manager of Mitsui Corp., who was kidnapped four months ago by gunmen, is alive and

Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America introduced a streamlined service for expedited processing of req

Caribbean business interests should come together to lobby against U.S. trade protectionism, a key N

An exploration and production subsidiary of Cenergy Corp. has been given a working interest in an oi

4 Canadian Refiners Raise Crude PostingsCALGARY, Alberta - Canada's four largest oil refiner

Surely you remember the energy crisis of the late 1970s, when President Jimmy Carter went on televis

Nippon Engelhard Ltd. joint venture partners Engelhard Corp. and Sumitomo Metals & Mining Ltd. are a

BP's Polyolefin Prices To Increase 5 percent-8 percentBP Performance Polymers Inc. will rais

Utah Power & Light Settles Wilberg SuitUtah Power & Light Co. and the families of 27 coal mi

Somisa, Argentina's national steel company, is considering adding new U.S. coking coal suppliers, ac

Celanese Chemical Co. announced an increase in the selling prices of acetic acid and vinyl acetate,

NYLife Plans to Invest $30 Million in VentureNew York Life Insurance Co. said it plans to in

A study sponsored by the life insurance industry calculates that a secondary market for farm mortgag

China Cites 19.3 percent Rise In W. German TradeTrade between China and West Germany reached

GENERAL NEWS Ford and Chrysler improved sales in the first 10 days of March but industry-lea

Researcher Expects Big Growth in BiotechBERKELEY, Calif. - Biotechnology could mean to the E

The trading and marketing unit of the rapidly growing First Pacific Group reported a 128 percent inc