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The U.S. dollar fell sharply against the Deutsche mark in early European trading Wednesday after the

A government decision to bar foreign airline equity holdings in domestic carriers is receiving suppo

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 12, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Aug. 13, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 23, 1996 - Aug. 13, 1997 (a graph)*

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

Australian-flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. Thursday said it would expand its Asian network with ext

Thailand is not Mexico, and it is the differences that may be cause for concern, analysts suggested.

Higher taxes are triggering a rush by Thai consumers to buy the last of old inventory, even on items

TAIWAN OFFERS TO OPENOFFICIAL TALKS WITH CHINATAIPEI - Taiwan offered to open official talks

Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on Wednesday criticized U.S. legislation aimed at forcing Car

The United States has granted Cambodia duty-free status on more than 6,000 items under Washington's

Japanese authorities will need to tighten monetary policy later this year when economic growth accel

'He's a great bully-pulpit president, as good as Reagan ever was, and to sit back and be silent, whe

The largest computer software vendor in Singapore was raided Wednesday by a multinational task force

GE UNIT GETS VIETNAMINVESTMENT LICENSEHANOI - A subsidiary of U.S. giant General Electric Co

An entry in the Aug. 7 edition of Projects in the Pipeline on page 4A incorrectly identified the con

Russia's privatization chief quit Boris Yeltsin's government on Wednesday amid growing controversy s

Mexico's Energy Secretariat appears to have partly solved a thorny problem in U.S.-Mexico trade. How

CASE PLANS TO PRODUCETRACTORS IN BRAZILSAO PAULO - U.S. agricultural machinery manufacturer

Transits of cargo-carrying vessels through the U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway locks in Massena, N.Y., are

BLUE STAR LINERichard Taylor was named regional manager in the Pacific Northwest.He manages

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

Raising the stakes in the United Parcel Service strike, UPS unionized pilots called Wednesday for pi

If President Clinton invokes the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act to intervene in the Teamsters' strike against

There was less movement in the 10-day old Teamsters strike of United Parcel Service Wednesday than t

BANKERS ASSOCIATION SETSUP INSURANCE AFFILIATEWASHINGTON - The American Bankers Association

The strike against United Parcel Service apparently is costing U.S. railroads about 10 percent of th

Foreign investment in Ukraine rose significantly in the first half of 1997 despite persistent barrie

The New York state banking board would be permitted to grant state-chartered banks any powers that f

PEGLAR & ASSOCIATES INC.Kevin A. McCaffrey joined the reinsurance broker as vice president-a

Emerging nations such as India should open their insurance markets, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary L

New York became the latest state to open its doors to captive insurers.The law, signed by Go

Improved performance in the United States contributed to an increase in first-half profit by British

U.S. distillate inventories fell by 800,000 barrels in the week ended Aug. 8 as compared with the pr

Egypt intends to seek compensation and maintain its ban on beef imported from Belgium until authorit

Russia's agriculture minister said in an interview published Wednesday that the 1997 grain harvest s

NEW ZEALAND DETAILSCHINA TARIFF CUTSWELLINGTON, New Zealand - Trade Minister Lockwood Smith

Enron Corp. said its 1997 gas resource and energy forecast indicates an extremely positive outlook f