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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 191.22 up 0.51 w

New-car registrations in France rose 9.1 percent to 169,884 in December 1998 compared with December

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Japan's outspoken justice minister on Monday accused the United States of relying on military threat

Pressure is increasing on Britain's state-owned Post Office after Lynx Express on Monday acquired ri

U.S. soybean export sales for 1998-99 are running 23.5 percent behind a year ago, and, combined with

Maine's legislature soon will tackle some key insurance reform bills.The bills would deregul

Grain marketing ground to a halt in much of the Midwest Monday, bogged down in snow drifts created b

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

The European single currency, the euro, made a solid, if less than spectacular, debut Monday, firmin

As of Jan 4, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

Finnish Transport and Communications Minister Matti Aura resigned on Monday in the aftermath of the

AMR Corp., owner of American Airlines, is selling AMR Services, its ground services subsidiary that

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Reuters has sold its British health-care subsidiaries, Reuters Health Information and Distal SA, to

The Insurance Federation of Minnesota estimates 1998 insured storm losses in the state for 20 proper

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Almost 9,000 people, mostly children below the age of 5, died in Iraq during November because of int

784 (Jan. 4, 1998) Previous day - 794The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

The Sol y Mar shipping company will charter space to Frontier Liner Services in the trade between po

China will grant trade authorization to more companies this year, especially private manufacturing c

The International Monetary Fund should be transformed into a global central bank to help prevent new

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

ne of the giants in computer software and hardware, Sun Microsystems, has given a boost to its campa

S.H. Rhee, chairman of DSR-Senator Lines and one of three South Koreans brought in to oversee the op

Air operations at O'Hare International Airport and other Midwest airports were returning to normal M

Gloria Jeff, deputy federal highway administrator, has been selected as one of the National Technica

International Home Foods, the New Jersey-based manufacturer of Chef Boyardee-brand canned pasta and

Monday Jan. 4, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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The California Supreme Court last week struck a blow against people who file frivolous lawsuits, whi

Vietnam's economy grew by 5.8 percent in 1998, its lowest increase in recent years, according to pre

Pakistan's economy will enter 1999 with a decline in the growth rate from the targeted 6 percent to

The handling capacity of an inland container depot in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka has tripled in

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'Bad reasons tend to crop up when things are bad . . . Prices are in the tank, things are tough.'

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Some 400,000 small and medium-sized companies in Taiwan are not yet prepared for the impact of the m

Economic growth in Britain will fall to around 0.5 percent in 1999, sharply down from around 2.7 per

America Online Inc., the interactive service and e-commerce leader, said on Monday that its members