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

SOME LATIN CURRENCIESOVERVALUED, EXPERT SAYSHAMBURG - Some Latin American currencies are ove

In the run-up to the all-important 15th congress of the Communist Party, Beijing is moving to presen

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Working against an Oct. 15 deadline to finish its business for the year, congressional leaders are r

The United States was hours away Wednesday from resorting to economic sanctions against Japan over a

Even though nine out of 10 shippers have returned to United Parcel Service in the two weeks since th

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The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday, as Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer and stronger-than-expecte

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 20, 1996 - Sep. 3, 1997 (a graph)*

RANGER OIL ACQUIRESELAN IN FRIENDLY MERGERCALGARY, Alberta - Ranger Oil Ltd. said it agreed

A Page 1A story on Wednesday, Aug. 27, ''Four Re-Create Mediterranean Conference,'' misidentified P&

Japanese authorities have remained quiet on the dollar's recent rise above the 120-yen level because

General Electric Canada Inc. said it is part of a group that won a $320 million contract to supply e

Multinational companies facing transfer pricing disputes were able to defend their profit to tax aut

As Congress debates whether there should be a link between the environment and trade, the environmen

'On the surface it looks like they're cooperating, but underneath there's a lot of scrambling going

Senior North American officials voiced strong optimism Wednesday that hemispheric free-trade negotia

Russia's oil sector, once viewed as a promising frontier for foreign oil companies, is now regarded

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGESept. 3, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Tianjin Automobile Industrial (Group) Co. will become the first company in mainland China to list it

Kirin Brewery Co., a major Japanese beer maker, said Wednesday it plans to cut its staff by about 20

After a year of fruitless negotiations over Chechnya, crunch time has come for the consortium which

Freed from half a century of war, Central American leaders agreed to build a European-style politica

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners this week certified key environmental documents that will do

The Bangladesh government is promising a quick response to a long list of complaints from foreign in

Wednesday Sept. 3, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

EU CONTRIBUTES FUNDSFOR CHERNOBYL REPAIRSBRUSSELS - The European Commission Wednesday commit

IFC TO HELP FINANCENICKEL PROJECTWASHINGTON - The International Finance Corp., the private f

Setting international uniform targets on greenhouse gas emissions could backfire and result in the p

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 243.66 up 1.67 wh

The spectacular robbery Monday - already dubbed the ''robbery of the century'' - in which 53 million

An internal investigation conducted by Texaco into last week's oil spill at its British North Sea Ca

The Indian Oil Corp. Wednesday said the country's crude oil imports would have been hampered if the

Sept. 3, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

In Wednesday's Don Becker's notebook, the title of Ed Emmett was incorrectly stated. He is president

ONGOINGMystic Marinelife Aquarium. Now through Sept. 14. Artifacts from an ancient Roman shi

Officials with Canadian National Railway Co. say the full impact of a derailment early Wednesday on

FAA INVESTIGATIONYIELDS 14 LETTERSNEW YORK - A team of Federal Aviation Administration inspe