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Peruvian exports and earnings from copper and zinc rose during January- Septembe r over the same per

Indian sugar output in the first half of November was 125,000 metric tons, compared with 190,000 met

Brazilian Coffee Crop Put at 25 Million BagsRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Early data collected by

The administration's intention to propose changes in the sugar program next year is seen here largel

The North Carolina World Trade Association has endorsed the State Ports Authority's $44.6 million "M

A volcano that erupted last month on a small island and forced 11,000 people to evacuate exploded ag

The South Louisiana Port Commission has appointed an interim replacement for Robert Egan, who was f

A Federal Maritime Commission ruling could allow United States Lines (SA) to recover about $1 millio

CooperVision Will Sell Its Ophthalmic BusinessPALO ALTO, Calif. - CooperVision said it agree

The founders of the European Monetary System, former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France an

For years irrigation farmers in the low-rainfall Texas High Plains have had to drill deeper and pump

The British government said it was investigating allegations that civil servants may have illegally

It's nail-biting time on Wall Street. Today's triple witching hour could be particularly vol

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

Dutch Firm to Control Philips Trust After ShiftThe United States Philips Trust, which owned

The U.S. dollar declined against most major foreign currencies Thursday on fresh signs of a sluggish

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

Thursday, Dec. 18, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The 21 air carriers belonging to the Association of European Airlines expect their passenger busines

Flying Tiger Line Gets A New Lease on LifeTiger International's board of directors approved

Chemical Valley, a multibillion-dollar complex of some 20 oil refineries and petrochemical plants pr

Soviets Report Riots MOSCOW - The official news agency Tass issued an unprecedented report a

Jaruzelski to Visit Italy WARSAW, Poland - Polish Leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski will pay a

The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa said 26 more U.S. companies are likely

The U.S. chemical specialty market is about to get a new import from Japan. Tokyo Ohka Kogyo

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it reached a preliminary agreement to buy the Hilton International hot

The European Community Commission Thursday approved an accord among nine major computer companies to

Mitsubishi Motors Sales America, a subsidiary of Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp., announced plans to

The Tennessee Valley Authority completed four purchases in the spot coal market ranging in size from

Three-fourths of 500 Californians surveyed supported a gasoline tax hike to help reduce air pollutio

Bertelsmann AG, West Germany's biggest media company, has completed the acquisition of Doubleday &

Britain's decision to choose an airborne early warning defense system designed by U.S. aerospace gia

Britain's purchase of AWACS planes from Boeing may help convince other foreign governments to seal a

An Israeli company will replace a Palestinian electric company in supplying electricity to Jewish co

The Surry nuclear plant became the deadliest in the nation when the death toll from an accident doub

The controversy surrounding Maine's workers compensation law continues as numerous legal challenges

Move over, San Francisco and Seattle. Canada's third-largest city is no longer content to be

CHRISTMAS CHEER? BAH HUMBUG! Boycott Empire/Allcity Insurance Co. Unfair to Labor" the Chris

American Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Wakefield, Mass., is selling its A.M. Life Insurance Co. subsi