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Consumption growth rates of 10 percent to 15 percent a year for some specialty surfactants and non-p

Senior Argentine traders here have raised their estimates for Argentina's 1986-87 (April-March) whea

A new risk retention group is soliciting companies interested in insuring against environmental poll

Royal Insurance PLC, Britain's largest general lines insurer, announced pretax profits for the first

The partial embargo of U.S. grain sales to the Soviet Union six years agodid not accomplish its goal

FMC Asked to Expedite Review of Seattle PactThe port of Seattle and Hanjin Container Lines L

Executives of Hitachi Zosen Corp., Japan's third-largest shipbuilder, announced acceptance by their

Cost-cutting and cargo increases have enabled the Port of Houston Authority to show a profit for the

GENERAL NEWS A Reagan administration adviser urged a personal income tax hike to head off a

Container traffic in Hong Kong, which threatens to replace New York as the world's second most activ

The decline of Greek-flag shipping continues, according to the latest statistics from the Merchant M

The U.S. dollar was mixed against major foreign currencies Thursday after giving up small gains it h

A group of 37 Japanese banking institutions that work together to administer bond issues in Japan by

Thursday, Nov. 13, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Japanese gold purchases have climbed to record levels this year but it is unlikely they can be susta

Stock prices slumped Thursday as some late program selling was triggered when index futures fell to

Akron Mayor Decries Goodyear Takeover BidAKRON, Ohio - Akron Mayor Thomas C. Sawyer called f

Members of the London Stock Exchange voted overwhelmingly to merge with an international securities

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

First Bank International Banking Group is offering a new electronic service which, it said, reduces

Gorbachev to Travel NEW DELHI, India - India announced that Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev

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

John Oliver Wilson, senior vice president and chief economist of San Francisco's Bank of America, wo

The number of people out of work in Britain fell by almost 100,000 in October, a larger-than-expecte

Ford Motor Co. is planning to open a US$500 million plant in the northwestern state of Sonora today

An increasing number of Americans are taking their vacations in the Caribbean this year, contributin

Portugal's autonomous region of Madeira, an island about 500 miles from the mainland off the North A

The head of the Federal Communications Commission wants to know whether national security is threate

IADB BOLIVIA - $100 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for agricultural produc

Some three years after President Reagan implemented the Caribbean Basin Initiative, U.S. companies a

Falklands Fishing Rules STANLEY, Falkland Islands - A top British fisheries official says ev

A male hairdresser is shown lightly touching a woman's hair in an ad for a multinational company. T

Foreign ministers of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation today tackle

S. Korea to Counter Protectionism on AutosSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea plans to control

About 170 Brazilian business executives curious to see what they can sell and buy in Cuba after 22 y

Japan and other Asian countries with large trade surpluses with the United States must visibly open

The chairman of a new opposition party and prominent left-wing trade unionist was found shot and sta

Britoil Plans to Sell Its Assets in USBritoil PLC said it plans to sell its U.S. assets and

Supplies of distillate fuel oil and gasoline increased, the American Petroleum Institute's latest we

China will attempt to expand aluminum production in the next five years, despite the cost and poor r