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Portland has shot down a regional commuter airline's plan to locate a maintenance facility at its ai

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

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

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

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

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

For 40 years as a pariah trading nation under white-minority rule, South Africa grew savvy at overco

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

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

Union Pacific Railroad gave the cold shoulder to a plan by Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Sept. 23, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

SWISS REINSURANCE POSTSRISE IN FIRST-HALF PROFITZURICH - Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world's

A board appointed by President Clinton to review a dispute between Amtrak and the Brotherhood of Mai

THAILAND PETROCHEMICALDEVELOPMENT POSTPONEDSINGAPORE - Several key petrochemical projects in

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

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

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

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

An agreement the U.S. barge and towboat industry has signed with the Army Corps of Engineers is inte

BAGHDAD SAYS IT'S READYTO NORMALIZE IRAN TIESBAGHDAD - Iraq said Monday on the anniversary o

1283 (Sept. 22, 1997) Previous day - 1283The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Sept. 22, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 19, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 240.72 off 0.18 wh

ASIA'S OIL CONSUMPTIONSEEN 'EVER-INCREASING'SINGAPORE - High rates of economic growth in the

House leaders appear ready to end their internal squabble over how much to spend on highway and inte

Fast-track trade legislation, maritime reform and dredging were expected to dominate the agenda as t

A pair of locomotives and five container cars derailed in eastern New Mexico, 18 hours after seven f

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