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Wed., May 25, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Cyprus Minerals Co., a major nonferrous metals producer, announced Wednesday it had signed a letter

JAPAN LAWMAKERS PASS FINANCIAL FUTURES LAWTOKYO - The House of Councillors, the upper chambe

Gold production in Australia is expected to hit an all-time high this year. The existing rec

Melvin Belli, a San Francisco tort attorney, has dropped a class-action lawsuit accusing the insuran

AIR CARGO Air cargo industry figure John H. Mahoney is dead. 5BThe American Airlines purcha

The Maytag repairman may not have enough to do, but Maytag Corp. is busy expanding, retooling U.S. p

BAYER USA INC./MOBAY CORP. (Pittsburgh) - Wilhelm C. Ostern, the vice chairman and chief financial o

The United Mine Workers of America said it reached an out-of-court settlement worth at least $5.4 mi

Chase Manhattan Bank is among five lead managers of a US$205 million loan to build China's first com

With no resolution of the stevedoring problems at Bangkok's Klong Toey marine terminals in sight, th

The Federal Maritime Commission decided to allow another two months for completion of its investigat

Joseph F.H. Cutrona is the executive director of Nasstrac, the National Small Shipments Traffic Conf

The new Hungarian government is expected to accelerate economic reforms, encouraging exports and fre

High real estate prices in Japan's overpopulated capital have encouraged a group of Japanese entrepr

Tennessee Chemical Co. may sell off its aluminum sulfate and sulfuric acid manufacturing facilities

OWNERS, PILOTS PRAISE BURNLEY'S PACE PROBEThe Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association on Mond

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -0.79

U.S. textile mills in April used cotton at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 7.43 million bales,

American Cyanamid Co.'s Agricultural Group will discontinue the production of nitric acid and ammoni

United Illuminating Co. said it sold and will lease back six fuel storage tanks in a deal meant to c

BOC Group was awarded its first tonnage contract to produce and supply bulk high purity gases in con

May 25, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The House Tuesday passed and sent to President Reagan legislation to restrict the use of a popular b

The State of Maryland plans to open a trade promotion office in Taiwan this summer. The offi

Sun Carriers Inc. has become the latest trucking company planning rate increases to offset the impac

JOINT VENTURE TO PUSH MAIL ORDERS IN JAPANWilliams-Sonoma Inc., distributor of kitchen and h

Some 45 Chinese officials representing major manufacturing and trade concerns will arrive in Los Ang

The gradual improvement in the combined ratio of U.S. property/casualty reinsurers since 1986 appear

A federal judge in Cleveland dismissed suits by 1,568 seamen who claimed they caught asbestos-relate

A union leader representing Customs Service employees Wednesday labeled Customs Commissioner William

The low dollar seems as if it might have at last turned the trade deficit tide. But what hap

A new set of leading indicators for the service sector of the economy unveiled Wednesday suggest mod

The Pennsylvania Bar Association scheduled public forums to gauge citizen opinion on the state's tor

American International Group introduced three-year insurance policies for directors and officers lia

For at least a while on Wednesday, some analysts who track the Federal Reserve's market maneuvers th

The Australian government has been told by the country's coal mining companies to stay out of intern

BILL WOULD AX PENSIONS OF CONVICTED NY LABORALBANY, N.Y. - New public employees convicted of

1404.0 (May 25, 1988) Previous day - 1414.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

He just wants to do business, and he'll do business just about anywhere. Edwin F. Hale, pres