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Cuba's economy will experience ''modest'' growth in 1997 although the island's financial situation r

FLORIDA SETTLES LAWSUITAGAINST TOBACCO INDUSTRYWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Florida's war against

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

With the privatization of Panama's three largest ports complete and the fourth concession - Evergree

The insurance industry in Hong Kong has been recording double-digit growth for nearly a decade. It n

TRUCKSCHO YANG LINE CHIEFTO BE HONOREDNEWARK, N.J. - Conrad Everhard, chairm

China announced Friday it would establish its largest foreign investment project in Malaysia, with a

OFFERS TO BUY* POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (KCL). KCl purity: 96 percent; H20: 2 percent; water insol

HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERSALLIANCE WITH SIEMENSMUNICH - German industrial group Siemens AG said

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The ferry that carries eager fishermen across the Kenai River all summer grosses $200,000 a season f

ACL CONTAINERSHIP GETSCERTIFICATION FOR SAFETYSOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. - Atlantic Container Li

Despite insurance industry opposition, the expansion-minded Workers' Compensation Fund of Utah is co

The U.S. Department of Transportation is vowing to scrutinize the safety implications of the $10.2 b

Saying they have concerns about flying overloaded Fine Air cargo jets, 50 of the company's pilots me

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

As of Aug. 25, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Aug. 25, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

JAPAN EASES RULES ONBUILDING APARTMENTSTOKYO - New guidelines issued by the Ministry of Cons

Aug. 25, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

South Africa is reshaping its foreign policy to give greater importance to its economic interests, F

UNOCAL CREATES THAI UNITFOR OIL AND GAS VENTURES BANGKOK - U.S.-based oil giant Unocal Corp.

'We're friends with the administration, but this is one of the issues we disagree about.'

Aug. 25, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

U.S.-Central American trade is booming this year as Central American exporters take advantage of a s

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 22, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 18, 1996 - Aug. 25, 1997 (a graph)*

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

A plan designed to repair some of the damage done by Mississippi River towboats should receive incre

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Monday Aug. 25, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

CHIP-MAKING MACHINERYSALES FALL DURING JUNETOKYO - Sales of semiconductor-manufacturing equi

DOE: US FACES PROBLEMSIN LEASING RESERVE SPACEWASHINGTON - The United States has fresh legal

SHIPSCOAST GUARD SHUTS PARTOF HOUSTON SHIP CHANNELHOUSTON - The U.S. Coast Guard Mon

Kuehne & Nagel Group, a Swiss-based international freight forwarder, reported a healthy increase in

Mongolia said it wanted long-term cooperation with China following improvements since the start of t

High short-term trans-Atlantic freight rates are currently undermining U.S. demand for West African

The dollar was unchanged in desultory trading Monday.With Britain out on holiday, trading wa

Guatemalan broccoli is on the rise.Then again, so are Honduran bananas, Nicaraguan coffee an

Construction work for Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant in Shenzhen - a booming special economic zone in s