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Banking reforms have helped China to launch a national network for rural interbank borrowing and len

'No Room to Cut Rates,' Bundesbank SaysThere is no room to cut West German interest rates, t

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

A proposal before the Securities and Exchange Commission that would end voting rights for some stock

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1986 (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

U.S. computer companies are apparently taking a harder line toward Brazil's computer trade and inves

This year will not be remembered with much affection by Australia's three major private banks.<

There are some things you can depend on: Night follows day, autumn gives way to winter, and low esti

The hog market has never been better for farmers, according to Agriculture Department statistics. S

U.S. and Canadian negotiators set Friday as the goal for agreement on the softwood lumber dispute, b

West German and Swiss officials voiced concern over the Reagan administration's threat to impose im

Port of Toledo Expands JobsOf OfficialsTOLEDO, Ohio - Gary L. Failor, seaport direct

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced plans to change futures settlement procedures, a move aime

The Australian sugar industry was disappointed that the U.S. had gone ahead with a 47 percent cut in

Soviet grain imports in the current marketing year could drop to 20 million metric tons, an official

Ghana's total cocoa production in 1986-87 may exceed 260,000 metric tons, according to official prod

US Soybean Disposals Exceed ExpectationsU.S. soybean disposals exceeded expectations in the

The presidential yacht Potomac will be restored and made available for tours on Oakland's waterfront

Karl Heinz Sager oozes confidence and excitement as he nears the countdown for the launch of his bra

Australia's development as an oilseeds producer is proceeding slowly, with no sharp rise in planted

Poland's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by shipyard workers in the northern port of Swi

Newly rechristened Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., flagship of Sir Yue-kong Pao's empire, reports profits are

Philosophical differences have caused a rift between the Jacksonville Port Authority and a private p

PLAY IT AGAIN: It was 50 years ago this fall that the National Maritime Union was organized by worke

Ruff A. De Vane, director of administration and finance for the North Carolina State Ports Authority

This year's income from Suez Canal transit tolls, Egypt's third-largest source of foreign exchange,

Burco to Discuss Role of Trade GroupLONG BEACH, Calif. - Robert A. Burco, executive director

Several major U.S. banks in Singapore are bracing for an unseasonably frosty Christmas as the scanda

Smoke from other people's cigarettes causes disease in healthy non-smokers, and simply separating sm

John DiGilio, charged along with the general organizer of the International Longshoremen's Associati

The National Association of Independent Insurers is urging state officials across the country to us

Japan added 11 high-technology products to a list of strategic goods subject to approval before they

Gov. Thomas H. Kean is expected to sign a bill to bail out the Joint Underwriting Association, the d

A Japanese firm seeking a bite of the U.S. hamburger market has bought Burger King's Hawaiian franch

Private Japanese corporations predict their country's sagging economy will recover substantially bet

Former Lloyd's Chief Questioned on DealingsA former chairman of Lloyd's of London, Sir Peter

As attention in the United States shifts increasingly to the rising trade deficit with Pacific Rim c

MINISTRY OF INDUSTRIES, GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH INVESTORS' FORUM. Main objective is to promote fore