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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The U.S. dollar drifted lower in desultory trading Tuesday amid a downward revision to U.S. third-qu

Despite the currency turmoil in Asia, two air carriers Tuesday announced new freighter flights betwe

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 22, 1997PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH L

California's long-awaited energy deregulation will be delayed from its scheduled Jan. 1 start becaus

Tuesday Dec. 23, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Only table.

Dec. 23, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Hawaii Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court order that allowed an insurance company to deny

SEDGWICK GROUP BUYSDUTCH BENEFITS BUSINESSLONDON - One day after announcing it had bought De

TRAVELERS GROUPLarry Weissman was named a managing director of the New York company's Smith

With 1997 about to end, it's still doom and gloom in the marine insurance market, despite underwrite

In the city that considers itself the insurance capital of the United States, small businesses are h

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 10 - Dec. 23, 1997 (a graph)* Annua

KEOKUK, Iowa - Business leaders in southeast Iowa say establishing the state's first port authority

WTO AGAIN RULES INDIANOT PROTECTING PATENTSWASHINGTON - The World Trade Organization has aga

You've seen the IBM commercials on television: Three people sitting around doing nothing, asking eac

The financial turmoil making a great sweep through Asia has reached the shores of China.Chin

A glut of excess production capacity may induce automobile manufacturers to call for protectionist m

'It is a real crisis . . . worse than I thought. Just like a man heaving his last breath, the situat

A coalition of unions withdrew their charge that South Korean color television manufacturers were tr

Taiwan government agencies are seeking to expand international markets to make up for the eliminatio

They say it's an ill wind, and Taiwan is hoping the economic gale buffeting South Korea will help ge

PLANESCIVILIAN AIRCRAFT PROP UPDURABLE GOODS ORDERSWASHINGTON - A surge in o

Cargo traffic at the world's airports increased 8.3 percent in the first nine months of 1997, to 40.

Hundreds of protesting truckers took to highways throughout Italy Tuesday, moving at a snail's pace

FROM THE UNITED STATES / CANADAISRAEL. January 1998. The government of Israel is organizing

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Hold on to your hammer and sickle, class is in at communist Vietnam's new school for capitalism.

KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS INCJames McDermott was elected chairman and chief executive of the W

Philippine Airlines, struggling to find its financial footing, said it hopes to expand services to N

OFFERS TO BUYPaper productsRef: 10002678 South KoreaFireplace mantles, stone

REGIONAL BLOCSHow to Fund Investment and Exports to Latin America, Africa, Asia, Central Eur

A company planning a high-speed container service on the Atlantic is submitting its final ship desig

Just as two other big utility deals were falling apart, the country's third-largest power company sa

NO-NUKES ACTIVISTSPROTEST PLUTONIUM SHIPBONN - Anti-nuclear activists early Monday chained t

Panama Canal authorities are warning shipowners that beginning in February there may be capacity res

As of Dec. 23, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

For a market that buys between $5 billion to $6 billion a year of U.S. machinery and transport equip

Dec. 23, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE