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

When Mexican consumers buy their tortillas this year, there's a greater chance than last year that t

Alert for the new snags and sandbars brought by the drought, river pilot Marvin Bowman peered from t

The path to successful automation is paved with cash. And along with the expense of installa

HUGHES AIRCRAFT WINS PACT FOR CIRCUIT CHIPEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Hughes Aircraft Co., a unit o

They call it Tiger. And it could put a roar into millions of computers. Tiger is an acronym

NEW GROUP TO FOSTER AEROSPACE INTERESTSWASHINGTON - The National Industrial Transportation L

Texas Association to Improve Distribution, summer meeting, June 23-24. Marriott Riverwalk Hotel, San

A late rally in soybean futures pushed agricultural commodities mostly higher again Wednesday wiping

At a time when many big-name commodity funds have been doing poorly, Robert Stotler, a newcomer to t

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The British government must act immediately if the decline in the country's merchant shipping fleet

IRANIANS ASK JAPAN TO BOOST OIL IMPORTSAn Iranian delegation Wednesday asked officials of Ja

U.S. businesses and banks are placidly letting aggressive Japanese and Europeans take advantage of t

U.S. cutlery importers slugged it out this week with domestic manufacturers over whether the U.S. In

Traditional Exports Footwear, foodstuffs, wine, steel, cement, fruits and nuts, pottery, jew

The tug and barge industry is almost certain to win relief from a burdensome fuel tax collection sys

Improvement in the U.S. merchandise trade deficit this year will be front- loaded into the first hal

CARGILL ASSUMES LEASE ON GRAIN ELEVATORCHICAGO - Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, will assume Cont

The United States and South Korea are close to an agreement to coordinate strategic export control p

The insurance industry, trial lawyers and motorists all must assume some responsibility for premium

Japan's subtle efforts to gain an influential voice among the world's biggest industrial democracies

The drought has reduced hydroelectricity output to 30 percent of normal in the western United States

Huntsman Chemical Corp. subsidiary Huntsman Chemical Co. Ltd., based in Carrington, England, is incr

Genentech Inc. won its first U.S. patent for its heart attack drug tissue plasminogen activator, or

TWO OF 3 US AIRLINES RESUME HAITI FLIGHTSTwo major U.S. airlines resumed daily flights to Ha

European Community leaders next week may endorse a study that could ultimately lead to a multilatera

The Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement is laying off six of the nine employees at its U.S.

A study by WEFA Group for the Ports of Philadelphia suggests Chilean fruit exports will double in th

Wed. June 22, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year6/22 6/21 Chan

A Federal Reserve study warns that legislation pending before Congress to hike the minimum wage 50 p

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket durable goods plunged 2.2 percent in May, the steepest dive

Employee benefits have a significant impact on a company's productivity, staff morale and profitabil

The landlocked southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan says it is surprising officials in Beijing w

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has ordered about 30 U.S. and foreign- flag liner companies to

Everyone wants it. People who can locate a little complain that it's not enough. How much you pay fo

Supplies of gasoline and distillate fuel increased last week, according to the latest supply bulleti

Cast in the green glow of her video display terminal, Danielle Taylor, a Long Island travel agent, r

The dollar is headed lower and the Federal Reserve is liable to pull in its credit reins later this