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Tony Hawke grimaces when foreign visitors praise this southern African nation's productive farmers,

Target Names Willson As Overseer in CanadaTarget Airfreight Inc. said it selected Willson Fr

Americans took out $4.02 billion more in consumer debt than they paid off in November, the lowest mo

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Wooten cleared the way for McLean Trucking Co. to pay about 3,650 forme

American Hoechst Corp. announced that its tender offer for all ofthe outstanding shares of common st

Bank of Japan authorities will "intervene forcefully" in foreign exchange markets in an ongoing atte

The Mediterranean-USA Shipping Conference, covering routes from southern Europe and the Mediterranea

The degree of official protection for rice production in Japan is nine times that of the United Stat

Malaysia Rice Board To Reduce ImportsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia will try to reduce ri

Conservationalists Hit Plan for Calif. ForestSAN FRANCISCO - The Wilderness Society has issu

McDonnell Douglas Corp. has notified customers that deliveries from its Long Beach aircraft plant wi

Four years ago, the first sale of a crude oil futures contract threatened to set the oil industry on

A severe cold wave disrupted production at the Tyumen gas and oil fields in western Siberia and is t

Venezuela denied that it has been approached officially by the United States to form a common energy

G.D. Searle & Co. announced that Cytotec (misoprostol), the first anti-ulcerdrug designed bo

Arco Chemical Co. announced the completion of the sale of its Arco Building Products units, ChemLink

Empremar, the national line of Chile, is suspending its two-vessel non- conference liner service bet

Faced with growing economic problems, Communist Yugoslavia plans to adopt constitutional changes op

A Guinness family member said that he and his family don't want the embattled chairman and chief exe

A more market-oriented world agricultural trading system is a top Reagan administration priority in

COMMERCE CHATTER: Senate Commerce Committee this week expected to name the subcommittees that will

Cascara Bark Mart Remains Soft The market for cascara sagrada bark remains soft and is expec

Concorde flights between the West Coast and Hawaii may become available soon. A charter tour

Columbus New Zealand Rejoins E. Coast ServiceNEW YORK Columbus Line's Columbus New Zealan

Transportation stocks sprang to life Friday after lagging blue-chip issues during the stunning New Y

The three largest members of the Association of Tin Producing Countries, Indonesia, Malaysia and Tha

In one of life's financial ironies, the stock market completely overshadowed the credit markets last

The Reagan administration once again will be requested by the Nakasone government to monitor prices

Differentials between cash and futures prices for crude oil, heating oil and gasoline widened signif

In an effort to maintain its world market share in agriculture, Canadian authorities are banking on

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

Laidlaw Transportation Ltd. reported fiscal first quarter earnings of C$26.2 million, or 24 cents a

The strikes crippling French trains and Paris subways have given fading unions - especially the Comm

The Federal Reserve hopes to prevent Japanese banks, even indirectly, from easily buying up U.S. ban

New corporate research and development centers probably will focus on the fast-growing service indus

Eastern Airlines emerged from perhaps its most tumultuous year as the biggest acquisition of Frank L

January 9, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

The Maritime Administration has refused to reconsider a decision giving subsidized liner companies m

The price Ecuador receives for its crude oil reached $16 a barrel, the highest level since oil price

A coalition of insurance industry interests have charged in a federal suit that inadequate rates wil