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The European Community and the United States face stormy trade relations, despite the recent settlin

Del E. Webb PromotesE. JohnsonPHOENIX, Ariz. - Del E. Webb Corp. promoted Erick L. J

Britain's financial services industry is providing its customers with some of the most sophisticated

Despite heavy foreign competition, many U.S. electronics companies say business conditions for their

With a successful Treasury refunding accomplished, the credit markets are likely to drift downward w

Americans invented the transistor in 1947 and the integrated circuit on a small silicon chip a decad

GENERAL NEWSThe January employment report, one of the first major readings of the economy th

The government's report on January employment, one of the first major readings of the economy in the

Americans took out $105 million more in consumer credit than they paid off inDecember, the s

A story in the Maritime Briefs column Feb. 4 incorrectly listed the address of Petrolink's Houston o

Coast Guard officials say the shutting down of two district headquarters, in New York and Alameda, C

The port of Quebec reopened after a 21-week work stoppage was ended Friday with a new collective agr

The dollar moved higher Friday on news of a huge increase in January non-farm em ployment and a repo

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Wall Street is facing a relatively steep correction in the weeks ahead, some analysts said, although

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

Venezuela Plans Bonds In Foreign CurrenciesVenezuela plans to issue foreign currency denomin

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

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Fri., Feb. 6, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The stock market's January performance, which added 10 percent to the value of common stocks, will h

West German statistical analyst F.O. Licht forecast 1986-87 world sugar production at 946,000 metric

Production of oilseeds within the EC will reach a record 10 million metric tons this year, almost up

The U.S. share of the South Korean feed grain market is rapidly eroding due to greater use of feed-q

Northwest Pipeline Corp. accepted a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order approving a settlemen

The nation's bees produced 200.4 million pounds of honey last year, according to an annual survey of

China Plans More Rules For Foreign InvestmentThe government is working out detailed rules fo

3M Lays Off Workers At Plant in CamarilloAbout one-fourth of the work force at a 3M manufact

The world's largest pile of tires will be fed whole into an incineration plant to generate electrici

U.S. Ambassador James R. Lilley called for South Korea to remove barriers and impediments" to U.S. g

In a bid to help ease trade friction with the United States, South Koreaplans to appreciate

Led by a who's who of oil and chemical companies, the opponents of California's clean water initiati

A few years ago, some Americans fretted that the Japanese were poised to race ahead of the United St

Two U.S. studios have signed a major television licensing agreement with China's only national telev

U.S. Ambassador James R. Lilley called for South Korea to remove barriers and impediments" to U.S. g

The bill to grant unemployment benefits to locked-out workers of Lockheed Shipbuilding Co. was defea

WORLD BANK INDONESIA - $300 million to help pay for oil imports. A 20-year loan, including f

In a bid to help ease trade friction with the United States, South Koreaplans to appreciate

A few years ago, some Americans fretted that the Japanese were poised to race ahead of the United St

The president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry criticized recent increased Japanese