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U.S. textile and apparel exporters are using everything from purple-colored sweat suits to high-tech

The planned privatization this week of Brazil's most important container terminal is ripe with poten

FOR 37TH OFFICE,ACS CHOOSES PARISPARIS - American Consolidation Services Ltd., the global lo

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Inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean increasingly is coming under check, the Inter-American

1293 (Sept. 12, 1997) Previous day - 1299The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Unified Physicians of Washington will ask a Thurston County court to return control of the physician

American General Corp. and Western National Corp. jointly announced Friday that American General wou

The World Bank arm that insures companies against investment risks in developing countries hopes mem

Avondale Industries, a major Louisiana shipbuilder, is refusing to negotiate with a union four month

El Nino, a Pacific weather pattern related to the periodic warming of ocean waters, will bring droug

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

The joint meeting of governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Hong Kong beginn

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''Power to the people'' may sound like a cliche from the '60s.Thirty years down the road, ho

As of Sept. 12, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Eight Russian oil joint ventures involving foreign companies will probably lose their special tax an

A small study of long-haul truck drivers in the United States and Canada has shown they sleep far le

PLANES6 CHINESE AIRLINES FORMCOOPERATIVE VENTUREBEIJING - Six Chinese region

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 243.21 up 0.99 w

The following are the U.S. Labor Department's price indexes for selected transportation services in

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Scalded by scandals surrounding recent sell-offs, Russian President Boris Yeltsin warned his new pri

Friday, Sept. 12, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Major emerging markets will attract record amounts of equity capital this year despite Southeast Asi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 4, 1996 - Sep. 12, 1997 (a graph)*

US: CHINA TO RETURNDIVERTED SUPERCOMPUTERWASHINGTON - Weeks before a crucial Sino-American s

MID OCEAN LTD.Henry C.V. Keeling was promoted to president, chief operating officer and chie

Higher barge, rail, truck and charter air cargo rates helped carry wholesale prices during August to

ABU DHABI TO SET UPGAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Persian Gul

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - SEPT. 11, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Sept. 12, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A. T. KEARNEY INC.Kathleen ''Kitty'' Behof joined this Chicago-based international managemen

OFFERS TO BUY* AVIATOR'S (PILOT'S) HELMETS. Helmets need built-in communications facilities

Three weeks ended Sept. 6, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded<

MOL UNVEILS SHANGHAILOGISTICS VENTURECONCORD, Calif. - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has established a

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ESSO SUSPENDS PLANFOR THAI EXPANSIONSINGAPORE - Esso Standard Thailand Ltd. has decided to s

Friday Sept. 12, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin