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The head of the Soviet Union's new Environmental Protection Committee on Friday demanded that scient

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Grain and Soybean Futures Fall on Weather Forecast 6A* Al Kraus -

Japanese industrialists, manufacturers and government officials are demonstrating considerably more

PALM OIL PRODUCTION PREDICTED TO INCREASEKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Global palm oil production

The Interstate Commerce Commission blocked proposed collective rate increasesfrom three truc

STOPPED TOW, DREDGING BLOCK BARGE TRAFFICMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Barge traffic on the drought-lower

Reacting to new conditions under deregulation, Canada's largest trucking company has restructured it

China is complaining that it's importing too many inferior goods. Poor quality caused the St

The Groupe des Assurances Nationales, France's third largest state-owned insurer, has signed a lette

CORVUS SYSTEMS FILES UNDER CHAPTER 11SAN JOSE, Calif. - Corvus Systems Inc., a Southern Cali

FIFTH 747 FREIGHTER ADDED BY LUFTHANSAFRANKFURT, West Germany - Lufthansa AG, the West Germa

The ocean shipping conference covering imports from northern Europe averted Federal Maritime Commiss

Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the almost certain winner of today's presidential election here, is likel

Most government- and private-level Japanese analysts predicted this week that the expansionary trend

Forecasts for rain in the next six to 10 days for the drought-ravaged Farm Belt cooled the 1988 bul

The extraordinary events of last week in Moscow - the flowering of glasnost and perestroika - owe th

Tues., July 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Longshoremen at Montreal staged another one-day walkout Tuesday in a prolonged conflict with port em

Ruhrkohle Production, Sales Declined in '87FRANKFURT, West Germany - Ruhrkohle AG, West Germ

1210.0 (July 5, 1988) Previous day - 1206.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. said it is loaning several engines to the Denver & Rio Grande We

U.K. insurers offering permanent health insurance cover should consider the possibility of excluding

The year 1992 looms exceedingly large in the hopes and aspirations of Western Europe's air cargo exe

Some call it fun. Others call it bait. The real name of the game is EDI. Last week, the Port

A management group and the Sterling Group have signed a letter of intent topurchase for $660

A set of disappointing trade figures has highlighted the Soviet Union's persistent problems with its

If drought keeps driving feed costs up and cow prices down, dairy farmers may see earnings reduced b

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year7/5 7/1 Chan

Christine Nduku may know little about brokers and the stock market. But she has invested $235 of her

The London insurance market has reacted calmly to the $400,000 verdict last month in a landmark toba

BANK OF AMERICA SIGNS CHINESE BANKING PACTBank of America said it signed a correspondent ban

United Illuminating Co. of New Haven, Conn., said electricity sales were up 3 percent in the first f

July 1, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A draft smog control plan for the greater Los Angeles area wouldrequire 40 percent of passenger vehi

1206.0 (July 1, 1988) Previous day - 1208.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

Business owners who employ no more than 25 people could receive tax credits for helping pay for heal

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

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If a marine terminal's security is poor and illegal drugs are flowing through it, the U.S. Customs S

* John Starrels - East Germany Braces for Change 8A * Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 7A*