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The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has jumped into the legal battle between Lloyd's of Lo

Tuesday, Aug. 5, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar surged to an eight-year high of 1.8832 Deutsche marks Tuesday.The dollar's r

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 9, 1996 - Aug. 5, 1997 (a graph)* A

Thailand Tuesday accepted austerity measures ordered by the International Monetary Fund so it can bo

Turkey needs to take bold steps to stabilize its fragile economy and reduce raging inflation, the In

The Shipper Group, a Miami-based division of The Journal of Commerce Inc., has acquired Shipping Dig

'We declare there will be no more inflation. It is done with. There will be no more zeros on our ban

GERMAN BANKS URGEDTO OPEN NAZI-ERA FILESFRANKFURT - A member of the central council of Jews

INDIA PROTESTS AGAINSTUS EXPORT CONTROLSNEW DELHI - India has protested to the United States

Uneximbank, Russia's powerful commercial bank, has defied an order of Prime Minister Victor Chernomy

The salmon fishing dispute between Canada and the United States will not hurt trade relations betwee

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 4, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

In a major test of its international clout, the Teamsters union is sending a delegation of striking

Aug. 5, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

Aug. 5, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

AON SEES REVENUE BOOST,NET DRAIN FROM TAKEOVERSCHICAGO - Aon Corp. discovered that acquisiti

With medical and pharmaceutical suppliers watching their freight move slowly and sometimes at great

LOSSES FROM UPS STRIKENOT COVERED, AGENTS SAYALEXANDRIA, Va. - Think you can stick your insu

N. KOREA DROUGHT HORRORGETTING WORSE, UN WARNSROME - Drought has destroyed around 70 percent

Small business owners across the country are pessimistic about their ability to buy affordable liabi

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 245.26 up 1.90 wh

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Tuesday Aug. 5, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

As the government of Cote d'Ivoire opens the country's rich oil fields and mines to outsiders, Afric

977 (Aug. 5, 1997) Previous day - 986The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

1280 (Aug. 5, 1997) Previous day - 1283The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

The world steel market is threatened by oversupply in the short term and with potential excess produ

Projected growth in energy demands in Puerto Rico could translate into a significant increase in tra

NATURAL GAS PROJECTMAY GO UP IN SMOKEMAPUTO, Mozambique - A plan to pump natural gas from th

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

NORTH AMERICALadies' & Children's Apparel & Accessories Show. Aug. 7-11 and Oct. 5-7. Miami.

Ecuador's franchising sector includes both product and service subsectors, with an estimated total m

Vendo Co., a maker of commercial vending systems, has turned to Fritz Cos. as its single source thir

It's amazing that virtually all the heads of the world's container shipping lines are staunch advoca

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Middle EastIRANForeign companies still face many problems investing or operating in

Now that Bethlehem Steel Corp. has said it's ending negotiations with Baltimore Orioles owner Peter

The new head of Canada's largest port hopes the country's marine act will pass into law unaltered.