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Britain raised its interest rates Monday for the seventh time since June in renewed efforts to thro

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

S. KOREAN BEEF TENDER REMAINS IN DOUBTSYDNEY, Australia - The Australian beef industry still

GULF WAR CEASE-FIRE SET TO BEGIN ON AUG. 19A cease-fire in the eight-year-old Persian Gulf w

TOP STORIES: Farmers in the Midwest prepare for the worst grain harvest in years, as the dro

U.S. commodity chemicals imports rose by volume to 3.4 million metric tons in May from 2.5 million m

Kenan Transport Co.'s second quarter earnings fell to $623,000, or 27 cents a share, from 712,000, o

Ozone levels are worse this year in 28 Eastern U.S. cities and counties than in 1987 and many had mo

The U.S. Customs Service has confiscated some $700,000 worth of imported clothing under a new safety

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter urged state governors meeting here Monday to get involved

Toyota Motor Corp.'s new factory at Georgetown, Ky., will use natural gas produced in Kentucky for f

AIR CONTROLLER STAFFING IS AT PRE-STRIKE LEVELStaffing levels for the Federal Aviation Admin

Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. Monday criticized as too low the price tag the Interstate Co

The Maritime Administration has approved the sale and transfer to Cayman Islands registry of two car

HOME GROUP FINISHES ACQUISITION OF CARTERETHome Group Inc. said Monday that it completed its

BRAZIL'S CREDITOR BANKS BACK NEW MONEY PACTNEW YORK - Commercial bank commitments to Brazil'

W. Don Welch, executive director of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, was a vocal opponent o

Belgium's chemical and pharmaceutical giant Solvay & Cie. is planning an investment of $300 million

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Better management information systems and easier entry into new markets have sparked the growth of t

USDA SEEKS COMMENT ON MEAT IMPORT PLANThe Agriculture Department is taking comment on its pr

BELL, BOYD & LLOYD (Chicago) - G. Michael Epperson and William A. Zeitler were named partners in the

Old Chevrolets and Plymouths, driven by teen-agers in jeans, cruise down the street in what looks li

Following a decade of remarkable growth, South Carolina's Port of Charleston has surpassed Baltimore

Vice President George Bush urged the GOP platform committee Monday to make crystal clear the differe

Flight attendants at Eastern Air Lines, fighting to save more than 1,000 jobs, have produced a two-t

Batus Inc. scored two victories Friday in its ongoing hostile takeover attempt of Farmers Group Inc

RESEARCHERS GAMBLING ON ONE-ARMED ROBOTBEAVER, Pa., - Researchers at Carnegie-Mellon Univers

West German economic growth will slow to about 2 percent annually in 1989from a possible 3 p

The head of China's central bank is facing his first major challenge - can he curb the flow of credi

The good news is that civilian non-farm employment increased by 283,000 in July, following a revised

U.S. farm sales to East Asia are expected to rise by $2 billion this fiscal year, according to the l

COMMERCE DEPARTMENT PROMOTES J.P. MOOREJames P. Moore Jr. has been named the Commerce Depart

Seven of President Reagan's Cabinet officers asked the Senate to defeat legislation that would impos

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau - Debt Market Sell-off 6A* A. Kraus - Pr

A monumental legal battle continued Monday, on the eve of a crucial vote on the future of the Southe

Walter Curran was named to a newly created post, deputy executive director of the Maryland Port Admi

1192 (Aug. 8, 1988) Previous day - 1192 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The private British news agency Reuters Ltd. says it has taken steps to avoid future procedural erro