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PANEL RULES AGAINSTDUTIES ON AUSTRIA YARNWASHINGTON - Austrian exporters of open-end spun ra

Monday, Sept. 22, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

There is nothing to stop the yen from falling further as a result of the weekend meeting in There

The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday, rising sharply against the Deutsche mark but slipping against the

China's economy is in its best shape in years, and chances for a resurgence of the inflation that pl

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 11, 1996 - Sep. 22, 1997 (a graph)*

After three years of trying, Asia-Pacific business people are no further ahead in their quest for vi

The chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corp. says Russia, the Ukraine and China are creating the greatest p

The macroeconomic stability returning to Mexico after two years of crisis is allowing agricultural e

'They know they are foolish to take on these risks, but they are doing it anyway.'

British Petroleum PLC, one of the world's top oil companies and the largest crude producer in the Un

A second liquefied petroleum gas plant in China is being built by Singapore's government-backed Kepp

State oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA must reduce spending in order to reign in liquidity pres

A poll scheduled for release today in Hong Kong by BankBoston suggests that Asian investors are more

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Major trading powers will intensify efforts this week to tighten the rules that govern customs clear

Vietnam is at an economic crossroads, according to foreign and domestic political leaders who called

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram lamented earlier this month a lack of political consensus that he cl

Japanese investment bank Nomura said Monday it agreed to acquire pub chains Inntrepreneur and Spring

CONSECO TO ACQUIREWASHINGTON NATIONALCARMEL, Ind. - Conseco Inc. said Monday it signed a def

The World Trade Organization is calling on countries to break down barriers to global trade in banki

Insurance executives in Massachusetts are wondering how the Senate Insurance Committee chairwoman's

EQUITABLE COS. INC.John H. Kirst has joined the company's Equitable Life Assurance Society o

Three insurance regulators are making a push for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Some may call it ironic justice, but U.S. law firms are under a barrage of law suits these days - fo

Fearing that Japan might not deliver on an accord with the United States to open its primary insuran

PLANESUS, JAPANESE NEGOTIATORSFINISH DAY 1 ON AIR TALKSTOKYO - U.S. and Japa

A fight between the nation's airlines and the city of San Francisco comes to a head Oct. 10 as they

Eurotunnel PLC, the debt-ridden operator of the Channel Tunnel, reported its first operating profit

Fifteen bidders on the final list to build a port in the eastern state of Orissa have been asked to

Greenpeace activists occupied a freighter in Hong Kong, vowing to stay on board until its cargo of h

NASA astronaut Scott J. Kelly, a U.S. Navy lieutenant, returned for the homecoming weekend at his al

CROWLEY AMERICAN TRANSPORTPaul Robinson was appointed the line's new director of alliance op

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The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Sept. 18, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel

Officials in southeastern Fujian province in China said Monday the ports of Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zha

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Oakland. September, November and January. Seminars on si

Construction has begun on coke and nonferrous ore berths in the Nanjiang section of China's northeas