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North American potash production in April rose 10.4 percent to 965,742 tonsfrom 874,929 tons

The benzene market has been up and down for the last two weeks following months of little volatility

Dow U.S.A. Co. and Exxon Chemical Co. have signed a letter of intent for the formation of an equally

FOUR OIL COMPANIES REDUCE WTI POSTINGSA number of major refiners have reduced their posted b

One of Hong Kong's largest shipping companies, Orient Overseas (Holdings) Ltd., is disposing of its

Union Carbide Corp., which has been unable to settle litigation with the Indian government over the

International Business Machines Corp. is mounting a new assault on the minicomputer market.

BUILDERS TRANSPORT INC. (Camden, S.C.) - Charles C. Gay, Jr. was elected president and chief operati

Japanese Trade Minister Hajime Tamura delivered Tuesday what appeared to be his country's strongest

A new management survey by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers revealed that most managers of Jap

With cargo volume in Southeast Asia growing rapidly, Sea-Land Service Inc. will double its calls at

The European Community Commission is cracking down hard on governments that are trying to derail it

Leaders of the seven major industrial democracies wrapped up their economic summit Tuesday by callin

As much as 75 percent of the 1988 U.S. spring wheat crop could be lost to drought in Minnesota and o

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is betting its proposed electronic futures trading system will be so

Asia's principal oil exporter, Indonesia, is coming under renewed pressure for price cuts only days

The Japanese government Tuesday announced an $800 million plan to give special assistance to beef an

If you don't think educating our young is vitally important, just look at Great Britain, which has 2

An explosion of legal development that will improve the country's business climate is under way and

TOP STORIES: Exports are up and imports are down in U.S. trade with Central America, as the

Count on a bumpy courtship and a detailed pre-nuptial agreement if you're setting up a joint venture

More than 50,000 new jobs could be created in and around Britain's ports if restrictive employment p

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Tuesday, gaining slightly against the Japanese yen and slipping v

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Tue. June 21, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

PEABODY HOLDING CO. (St. Louis) - A number of management changes were announced at the parent and su

Mention of the Just-in-Time process provokes questions about whether its inroads in distribution pra

EC ADOPTS MEASURES FOR SUMMER AIR SAFETYLUXEMBOURG - Transport ministers of the 12-nation Eu

China Gold 88. Gold mining equipment and technology show. July 1-5. Beijing Technical Exchange Cente

The twin flagships of entrepreneur Sir Yue-kong Pao's empire, Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. and World Intern

For more than 20 years, it has been the same story: U.S. inventors introduce a big breakthrough to t

Seven U.S. companies formed a consortium for operating in the Soviet Union primarily to pool foreign

The Federal Reserve is not actively pushing interest rates higher but is allowing them to rise due t

* Sen. William Roth - Why a Trade Bill Is Essential 14A * Richard Lawrence - U.S. Customs Fa

Southeast Asia's petrochemical industry is in the throes of expansion as demand grows. Indon

The trade liberalization agreement signed Monday to expand U.S. access to Japan's beef and orange ma

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The Senate approved an auto insurance reform Monday that Democratic legislators say could save drive

The International Association of NVOCCs wants the Federal Maritime Commission to investigate the eff

Consumers Power Co. supplied a new record peak electric power demand for June of 5,327 megawatts on