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India's currency weakened this week, bringing cheer to the country's beleaguered exporters.T

Enron Corp. said it plans to build a 39-megawatt wind farm in Southern California.The farm w

MERRILL LYNCH MAKES BIDFOR BRITISH FUND MANAGERLONDON - Merrill Lynch & Co. Wednesday launch

Institutions created under the North American Free Trade Agreement are failing to follow their envir

Despite a growing global financial crisis in Latin America, the region's banking system is likely to

PETROLEUM GROUP NAMESGIL THURM PRESIDENTHOUSTON - The Independent Petroleum Association of A

The United States banned imported cattle, sheep, their meat and many related products from Belgium a

Judge Hiller Zobel sure knows how to get things started. Ever since he attracted a flood of attentio

PLANESUNITED PILOTS PUSHUSE OF SMALL JETSCHICAGO - Pilots at United Airlines

The U.S. Postal Service has awarded a $7.4 million contract to Gallup Organization, Rockville, Md.,

The European Commission gave conditional approval Wednesday to a planned joint venture between Brita

Reflecting growing regional trade integration, the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce opened W

Import prices generally marked time in October, largely because of the strength of the U.S. dollar.<

Azerbaijan oil output of 1.5 million to 2.0 million barrels per day by 2010 ''looks like a realistic

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 4 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 14, as compared with the

SAMSUNG TO BUILD VESSELSFOR BP AND NORWAY'S NAVISSEOUL - Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said T

Duke Energy Corp. of North Carolina will spend $501 million to buy three northern and central Califo

Maritime summits set for next month could determine if the United States confronts China and Brazil

Strong growth in containerized shipments between North America and Europe has absorbed vessel capaci

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Logistec Corp., eastern Canada's largest stevedoring and terminal operator, is taking over two more

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a key bottleneck to traffic along the Kanawha River.

A projected longtime decline in grain exports at the nation's largest general cargo port is forcing

Four Philippine sailors who claimed they witnessed the high-seas murder of three Romanian stowaways

The native corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc. has agreed to buy Stan Stephens Cruises, a Prince Will

A cruise ship operator and a ship owner pleaded guilty to federal charges of dumping oil, plastic, a

A little-noticed federal court decision may signal how some service-related claims against Union Pac

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

If you're a traffic manager, it may be time for the Prozac.Uncertainty is again on the rise,

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

The U.S. dollar was mixed Tuesday, rising slightly against the Japanese yen and slipping vs. the Deu

The idea of an Asian pool of aid funds for regional crises, which might compete with the Internation

NORANDA FOCUS SHIFTINGTOWARD MINE OPERATIONSTORONTO - Noranda Inc. said Tuesday its board ha

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 6, 1996 - Nov. 18, 1997 (a graph)*

The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate a complaint by South Korea's Samsung Electr

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 241.72 up 0.62 whi

Nov. 18, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

As of Nov. 18, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Russia's ailing oil and gas sector, long desperate for a significant injection of Western cash, got