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RUBBER FIRM PLANS EXPANSION IN SCOTLANDGates Rubber Co., based here, said it will invest $17

Analysts believe Swedish automaker Volvo AB's profits were flat in the second quarter, but say the c

Americans' personal incomes climbed a healthy 0.6 percent in July, while consumer spending slowed fr

W.R. Grace Co. subsidiary Grace Ventures Partnership II announced an additional $500,000 investment

Successful development of virtually all electronic data interchange projects usually can be laid to

Ramtek Corp., the troubled computer terminal maker, has admitted it may be heading towards the bankr

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

Fri., Aug. 26, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

DESERT LOCUST PLAGUE TO 'EXPLODE' IN AFRICAROME - The desert locust plague in central and ea

A strike by Burmese workers shut down two oil refineries, one in Syriam across the Rangoon River and

ECOPETROL PRESIDENT OUSTED IN SQUABBLEBOGOTA, Colombia - The president of Colombia's state o

Negotiations between the nation's major railroads and the industry's labor unions are off to a sputt

In a continuation of the pricing structure we have noted throughout the summer, the futures market,

Railroad researchers are developing technology that could lead to the elimination of dispatchers, si

Aug. 26, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

KLOSTER CRUISE LTD. (Coral Gables, Fla.) - Trygve Hegner was named chief executive officer, effectiv

How sweet it ain't, says Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. In letters to Japanese Ambassador Nobuo

Arianespace, a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers, banks and the French Space Agency, ha

Toyota Motor Corp. became Japan's most profitable company this year when it reported Friday that sur

ASARCO INC. ACQUIRES OMI INTERNATIONALAsarco Inc. announced that it has completed the acquis

The control tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport will be replaced with a new one that's tw

Remember Dick Tracy's two-way wrist TV? A miniature computer display developed by a tiny start-up fi

China has banned the use of wood in seven industrial and product sectors, including coffin manufactu

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year8/26 8/25 Chan

European spot oil prices ended the week on a gentle downward slope in sluggish summer trading in res

A congressional investigator said recently that he had found information suggesting ties between org

CAUSE DISPUTED IN SUBWAY BREAKDOWNSNEW YORK - Transit Authority officials blamed mechanical

WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION OF CIGARETTES UP 2.9 PERCENTWorld cigarette production climbed 2.9 perc

One of China's top government agencies has issued a directive to cut back on imports of feed-process

Machine tool orders fell sharply between June and July but remained well above their July 1987 level

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DOW RAISES PRICE OF CAUSTIC SODAMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical U.S.A. has notified customers

The White House Friday denied an allegation that it was pressuring the Federal Reserve to expand the

A major controversy over land use and management structure has erupted at the Port of Oakland prompt

Japan has no intention of abolishing the underwriting syndicate for 10-year government bonds, accord

BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES DECLINED IN JULYU.S. dollar bankers' acceptances fell $554 million in J

Top Stories Sales of imported cars are losing ground to domestic competition, as the Europea

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Kuwait is nearing the end of a multibillion-dollar program to expand and modernize its domestic oil

Representatives of the Chicago and North Western Transportation Co. and the United Transportation Un