SOARING SOYBEAN FUTURES met the experts' expectations (TIME, Jan. 27), hit a five-year high of $3.17 on July beans, the most actively traded contract on Chicago's Board of Trade. The bean jumped 9Q¢ in three months on reports of world shortages. After the high, prices fell because processors and exporters quit buying. But traders feel the rise is not ended.
BIGGER VOLKSWAGEN will go on sale next fall. The car, which resembles U.S. compacts, is 6 in. longer overall than the current Volkswagen, will have a larger, air-cooled, four-cylinder rear engine, come in station-wagon and two-door models. Volkswagen says it will not...