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Monday, Sept. 8, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar was little changed Monday, except for a rise against the British pound on expectatio

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

As of Sept. 8, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.23 off 0.44 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 8, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 8, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

The Thai baht and the stock market recovered Monday after Prime Minister Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh'

Sept. 8, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

As a search for a new director to head the Port of Miami continues, the ongoing scandal at the water

SHIPSTHUNDER BAY SHIPMENTSUP 50 PERCENT OVER YEAR AGOWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Commodity

Sept. 8, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

As of Aug. 29, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 5, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

1315 (Sept. 8, 1997) Previous day - 1323The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sept. 8, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

TREASURY SEEKS TO EASEBANKING RULES FOR SOMEWASHINGTON - The Treasury Department has issued

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Imagine that you are working on a notebook computer with a screen big enough to rival many PC monito

The ''veritable explosion'' of trade between the United States and Canada over the last nine years o

Cambodia wants ''black box'' flight recorders from a crashed Vietnam Airlines jet to be analyzed in

Intensified efforts by large rail carriers to promote grain hauling on longer-car trains may have a

OFFERS TO BUY* PRINTING INK CONTAINERS - NONMETAL. Containers capable of holding two kilogra

HONG KONG CHIEF IN USON FIRST OFFICIAL VISITHONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa left

Looking to automate its worldwide distribution centers network, Nike Inc. signed an information tech

By mail, by phone and in private lectures, a researcher gave $200 million worth of Avery Dennison Co

Safmarine Group is donating $4 million to South Africa this year to go along with 4,500 outdated con

Soon Bae, chief executive officer of Cho Yang Shipping Co., is resigning as of Sept. 30, it was anno

Developments in marine environmental law will be discussed at a seminar Sept. 25-26 at the U.S. Merc

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Several hundred people were feared dead Monday when a ferry sank off Haiti's coast, local radio and

BOSTON GROUP PLANNINGTALL SHIPS CELEBRATIONBOSTON - Firing a shot across the bow of a rival

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The Alabama State Docks took steps last week to refinance its debt and develop funding for capital d

Friday Sept. 5, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Yangtze, China's longest and often meanest river, will be dammed in November as the next big ste

Canada's booming job market created 54,500 new positions in August, but an influx of job seekers hel

U.S. negotiators are starting to feel the pressure of a Dec. 12 deadline to conclude a long-sought a

The European Commission complained again Friday about U.S. plans for implementing a global pact on t