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Tuesday, November 4, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

GENERAL NEWS The fate of state laws imposing 10 percent penalties on unsuccessful appeals fr

The Mexican government is about to fulfill a pledge to sell minority shares in the nation's commerci

Brazil's Springer-Carrier company will send Carrier Corp. 280,000 residential and commercial air con

The rising disinvestment tide has done nothing to slow the growth of Burroughs South Africa, the cou

CONFERENCE ON DOING BUSINESS WITH ASEAN. Object is to broaden the understanding of experi enced trad

Xerox Corp. unveiled a workstation-based, computer-aided-design system that can communicate with non

Brasilia reportedly is considering opening Brazil's tightly protected banking market to foreign inve

EC Seen Likely to Set Beef Export RecordThe EC is likely to set a new beef export record wit

The Port of Houston Authority plans to streamline its internal computer information network in a mov

Zinc prices are poised to slide after news that workers at Noranda Mines Ltd.'s Valleyfield zinc pla

Union Texas Petroleum reported a net loss of $32.4 million on $275 million inrevenues for th

Hamilton Attributes Loss To Falling Prices, OutputHamilton Oil Corp. reported a third quarte

There may be a drive in the Senate next year for stricter federal supervision of union elections.

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said coordinated intervention in the foreign exchange markets defin

Cargo Development Group, a ground handling and sales organization for several domestic and internati

People Exchange Offer Set to Expire Nov. 6NEWARK, N.J. - People Express Airlines Inc. said i

A workbook and audio cassette program on employee drug screening for trucking companies is available

PepsiCo May Open Pizza Huts in USSRPepsiCo Inc., which introduced mass market soft drinks to

Foreign firms plan to slow down slightly their U.S. investment activity next year, the Commerce Depa

A first shipment of Indonesian liquefied natural gas has arrived in South Korea, coinciding with the

The International Tin Council plans to resist an attempt by tin brokers to wind it up in a U.K. cour

A nervous stock market paused for some profit-taking Tuesday as participants awaited the results of

With Veba AG, West Germany's third-largest company, successfully hooked as a new partner in Hapag-Ll

Operating Profits Rose At Travelers in QuarterHARTFORD, Conn. - Travelers Corp. said third q

South Africa's foreign trade has shifted sharply away from the United States toward Europe.

Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. is asking U.S. transportation officials for more time to begin meeting new f

Honda Motor Co. has begun to roll 1987 Accords off an assembly line in Ontario, making the company

Expulsion by Iran NICOSIA, Cyprus - The speaker of Iran's Parliament said his government arr

For the second time in two years, insurance companies and others are trying to persuade the Supreme

Four new locomotives were transported recently from New York to Colombia by Flota Mercante Grancolom

In Massachusetts, a farmer hooked up with a grocery store chain to promote his carrots on television

Union Carbide Corp. announced a $2.5 billion tender offer as the first step in a recapitalization pl

Chesebrough-Pond's Inc. is offering to sell selective, non-strategic business units from its Chemica

Half a dozen Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors began a two-week probe of alleged drug and alc

Soviet Premier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov outlined an ambitious plan to drastically increase nuclear power p

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

Stock traders here ply their craft with all the gentility of sharks in a feeding frenzy - pushing, y

The captain of the tanker OMI Yukon, which exploded and burned in the Pacific Ocean last week with t

Malaysia Still in Agency KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia will remain a member of the Unite