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The U.S. dollar rose to a five-year high of 128.03 against the Japanese yen Tuesday, and some dealer

Nov. 25, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 13, 1996 - Nov. 14, 1997 (a graph)*

A secret Kremlin decree was recently issued to enable Norilsk Nickel, one of the world's largest pro

Vermont insurance regulators may soon institute a set of rules to govern the organization of mutual

Worldscale, the bible of the tanker market, has been squeezed onto a floppy disk.Beginning i

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Business executives representing the Asia-Pacific region made an about-face here, saying they now be

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 228.39 off 0.56 wh

Latin America, which has 7 percent of the world's population, but so far only 2 percent of the world

OFFERS TO SELL* MAGNET MATERIAL. Magnet, soft magnet, NiFeBe. Contact: Susan, Ningbo Interna

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Seminars on situational negotiating skills. Contact: Ray

Along with snow and falling temperatures, the last barges heading down the Mississippi River are a s

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

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into cyberspace, here comes Internet 2. Academics are p

New environmental rules aimed at reducing smog and soot in major cities will land hard on the bottom

Courtney Price, director of the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Creativity at Metropolitan State C

SHOOK, HARDY & BACONSamuel R. Watkins, an associate in the Kansas City, Mo.-based law firm's

Saudi Arabia wants to pump more crude oil, but Libya's oil minister came out flatly against the prop

Tuesday, Nov. 25, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Salvors labored into the night Tuesday to tow one and perhaps both sections of a containership to sa

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Boosted by higher container transport volumes and the positive impact of the stronger U.S. dollar, G

TRAVELERS GETS GO-AHEADFOR SAVINGS AND LOANWASHINGTON - Demonstrating an ability to adopt ag

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It may take until January before a World Trade Organization panel makes a preliminary decision on wh

Asian countries that have been shrugging off financial turbulence by saying their economic fundament

NORTH AMERICAAmericas Food & Beverage Trade Show. Dec. 2-4. Miami. Contact: John McLaughlin

Tuesday Nov. 25, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

U.S. consumers on Tuesday were promised a cheaper, higher quality telecommunications system, startin

PLANESEMERY OPENS CENTER NEARJOHANNESBURG AIRPORTLONDON - Emery Worldwide ha

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

S. KOREA: SEMICONDUCTORSTO LEAD EXPORTS IN '98SEOUL - South Korea Tuesday predicted semicond

The group of Teamsters-represented trucking companies holding talks with the divided union has decid

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INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGENov. 25, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Nov. 25, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

AMERICAN RE CORP.Albert J. Beer will become the next president of Am-Re Managers Inc., a sub