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In his State of the Union speech Tuesday President Clinton is preparing to launch what trade support

The Hong Kong government will seek authority next month to increase its equity in the local rail com

Union Pacific Railroad's service meltdown carved $353 million out of fourth-quarter 1997 earnings an

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

The U.S. dollar fell sharply to around 1.80 Deutsche marks Thursday, as traders worried about the la

Canada's dollar this week sank to its lowest level vs. the U.S. dollar in 140 years, buffeted in for

The loss of confidence that would accompany a devaluation in China's currency would wreak havoc in t

EU SEEKS WTO AIDIN DISPUTE WITH CANADABRUSSELS - The European Commission announced Thursday

OFFERS TO BUY* RAILWAY RAILS SCRAP. 200,000-metric-ton shipment. Pure rails only with nothin

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 31, 1997 - Jan. 22, 1998 (a graph)

Despite a sudden implementation of controversial pre-import inspection procedures by the Argentine g

U.S. wheat gluten producers have won the first round in their battle for import restrictions.

'At the corporate level, I think they're dead serious.'

The Clinton administration is defending the International Monetary Fund's $100 billion bailout of Ea

The United States and four Latin American banana-exporting nations slammed the European Union Thursd

Dialing the long-distance operator on some of his office lines, Jorge Escribano is connected to M

AIRBUS CLOSES IN ON SALESTO US, LATIN AIRLINESPARIS - The European Airbus consortium is clos

The World Trade Organization has established a dispute panel to review South Korea's complaint that

A frigid winter has suddenly exposed the cracks in Iran's energy security, forcing the world's third

PAKISTAN TO CREATE FIRMwith Iran and TurkeyNEW DELHI - A reinsurance company with equity par

Insurance companies and brokerage firms are among the few industries that have not been affected in

A home-grown insurance company started by lifelong friends 24 years ago that now employs 1,800, will

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GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

RUSSIAN PANEL PROBESOIL FIRMS' MERGER PLANMOSCOW - Russia's anti-monopoly committee will pro

Jan. 22, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Antwerp, Europe's second-largest port, has won approval to build a $400 million container dock that

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

As of Jan. 22, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 229.41 up 0.22

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 21, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Jan. 22, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Jan. 22, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 21, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. should refund up to $3.7 million to ratepayers for allowing a private scr

A pricey San Francisco insurance attorney whose hourly rates are among the highest in California is

Jan. 22, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

This year will be critical for the railroads, which are thrashing around in search of a new formula

The international consortium of Lukoil and Gazprom of Russia and Royal Dutch/Shell may abort its pla

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