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While some U.S. banks may be reluctant to participate in a package of $6 billion in new loans to Me

Contra Cases Open THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The World Court ordered the first detailed argume

Several Brazilian industries plan to take advantage of the country's recent lift of a ban on importi

Poor industry performance is blocking World Bank and private loans for investment in two key Brazili

The International Monetary Fund approved the use of 422.1 million in special drawing rights, or $519

Telecommunications is the world's most promising investment sector to generate wealth in developing

Japan's "big five" steel companies will cut annual production over the next two to three years to 90

REGIONAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MEETING FOR SADCC COUNTRIES. The Southern African Development Coordina

The United States and Japan face a head-on collision over trade unless each nation changes its funda

Bankers, like players in the World Series, face growing pressure to either try to hit a home run and

Chrysler Raises Stake In Maserati to 15.6 percentChrysler Corp. increased its stake in Maser

San Francisco-based Bechtel Group Inc. signed a protocol with the Turkish government to set up the c

Continental ReplacesPresidentThomas G. Plaskett was named president and chief execut

Commercial banks are turning into "disadvantaged" institutions that are losing their traditional gr

Knight-Ridder Inc. agreed to acquire the State-Record Co., a South Carolina newspaper company that p

Personal incomes in the United States rose a modest 1.4 percent in the spring as overall income grow

The U.S. dollar's three-day rally faltered Tuesday as the currency slipped lower against all major c

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

GENERAL NEWSKnight-Ridder Inc. agreed to acquire the State-Record Co., a South Carolina news

Politics, money and sports affected stock market trading Tuesday as the Dow Jones industrial average

Sales of existing homes, bolstered by falling home prices and low mortgage rates, climbed 4.4 percen

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

The port of Los Angeles will restructure its chain of management command, dividing the responsibilit

The port of Long Beach reported net income of $12.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 198

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS, AND LOSE THEM: Gov. Bob Graham of Florida turned a 1978 campaign gimmick into a

San Francisco's district attorney is investigating whether a maritime union has been getting free r

South Korean shipbuilders appear ready to raise prices and cooperate with other countries in reducin

Cunard Line Ltd. will spend $130 million, the amount many companies pay for a new vessel, to refurbi

Bougainville Output Of Gold Fell in QuarterSYDNEY, Australia - Gold output at Bougainville C

Japan's "big five" steel companies will cut annual production over the next two to three years to 90

A federal judge returned to state court two lawsuits filed by passengers of the hijacked Achille Lau

A fall in the price of soybeans and vegetable oils is likely before prices begin to rise again, the

Although the number of farms in the United States dropped in 1986 at thesharpest rate in more than a

Sagging exports of major farm commodities have hit hard in 420 counties where those crops account fo

Grace Ventures Corp., the venture capital subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co., headquartered here, announ

Australia's 1986-87 (April-March) wheat crop should total 16.0 million metric tons given average wea

Dartco Offers ReinforcedXydar ResinThe first reinforced grade of Xydar resin and maj

Public Service Co. of New Hampshire says the growth in electricity from cogeneration facilities and

Singapore Inaugurates Submarine Cable SystemYeo Ning Hong, minister for communications and i