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

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

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

MARINE TERMINALS CORP.Donald W. Grady was named general manager, Southern California.He is r

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Last week's sharp decline in U.S. stock values overall pulled down transportation stocks, but not by

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

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

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

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

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

Port pilots in Los Angeles have been on strike for five weeks now, and the city and pilots are still

The holding company of Hong Kong's largest container shipping line saw interim profit slashed 85 per

Japan's trade surplus climbed 69.7 percent in July to about $7.22 billion but the increase was small

Stonyfield Farm and other organic food companies have won a two-year-long lawsuit against an Illinoi

OFFERS TO BUY* MOLYBDENUM CONCENTRATE. 200 metric tons per month. Contact: Zhou X.D., Shangh

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

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

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

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

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

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Midway through the third quarter, rail carload traffic is bumping along modestly ahead of last year'

Aug. 18, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.80

Despite calls for calm from the government, Indonesian financial markets convulsed again Monday as t

The re-denomination of the Russian ruble scheduled for Jan. 1, 1998, is likely to push the consumer

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 239.13 off 1.86 wh

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

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

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

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

Philippine President Fidel Ramos on Monday called for punishment of negligent shipowners after three

ONGOINGNational Maritime Historical Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 4, New York. Cruise to Bermuda. C

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - AUG. 15, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

OIL FIELD TO CLOSEFOR REMOVAL OF OLD BOMBLONDON - A group of oil companies will lose million

A U.S. senator said President Leonid Kuchma has made progress fighting corruption that has hurt Ukra

A police raid last week and a hail of charges - vehemently denied - of software piracy against a top

DOCTORS' REPORTS SENTBY INTERNET TO AIG UNITCOLUMBIA, S.C. - PMSI LP, a unit of software pro

ZRC HOLDINGS SEES BOOST,THANKS TO CAPITAL GAINSNEW YORK - ZURICH REINSURANCE CENTRE HOLDINGS