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Decisive action is urgently needed if Bangkok's ailing real estate market is to avoid a prolonged ma

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

MIDDDLE EASTIRANIran is yet another Middle Eastern country where regulations on inte

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

EMPIRE BLUE CROSS BOOSTEDNET INCOME IN 2ND QUARTERNEW YORK - Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shie

Tammy Craddock enjoys the irony of giving native New Yorkers a taste of Mississippi.The chee

AMERICAN RE, GALLAGHERFORM CANADIAN VENTUREITASCA, Ill. - Arthur J. Gallagher, an insurance

The island of Montserrat, ravaged for the past two years by a volcano, is being abandoned by insurer

Trying to pinpoint what caused an outbreak of E. coli bacteria, the Agriculture Department dispatche

Monday, Aug. 18, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 30, 1996 - Aug. 18, 1997 (a graph)*

CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. removed a potential obstacle to their $10.2 billion purchase of

The Ugandan government and a delegation from the International Monetary Fund are due to start talks

The U.S. dollar rebounded to just above 1.82 Deutsche marks in New York trading Monday after a rough

Another day.Another negotiating session.Another missed delivery of freight.Another s

Cote d'Ivoire won't secure an aid and debt-relief deal until October at the earliest, after talks be

'We could buy back every Hong Kong dollar outstanding seven times over.'

Aug. 18, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

Aug. 18, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Talks between Russia's pipeline monopoly Transneft and Chechen oil company Yunko on the transportati

BUILDING SET TO BEGINON N. KOREAN REACTORSTOKYO - An international consortium will hold a gr

A German who tried to extort millions of Deutsche marks from Nestle's Maggi unit by threatening to i

Toyota's decision to increase investment in its Australian operations was directly linked to Canberr

India's state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd. is to branch out into oil exploration and producti

Monday Aug. 18, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A technical mission of the International Monetary Fund is expected to arrive in Bulgaria in the begi

PRIVATIZATION PANEL HEADIN ST. PETERSBURG KILLEDMOSCOW - Mikhail Manevich, the head of St. P

TEXACO BUYS MONTEREYFOR $1.1 BILLION IN STOCKWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Texaco Inc. has agreed to

The European Union's ban on imported beef treated with growth hormones was not based on science and

Spain's leading bank Santander said its Brazilian unit Banco de Geral has agreed to buy 50 percent o

Ladies and gentlemen, in the far corner, from Skokie, Ill., wearing USR X/2 trunks with a white stri

1292 (Aug. 18, 1997) Previous day - 1293The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

SHIPSSHIP LINES, CONSOLIDATORSAGREE TO PAY PENALTIESWASHINGTON - Shipping lines and

Although still in recess until after Labor Day, Senate Republicans are reportedly preparing to relea

Hong Kong is going high-tech in its bid to woo more captive insurers, a business now dominated in th

Holocaust victims and their heirs will seek $1 billion from each of the European insurance companies