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PLATINUM BARS DISAPPEAREN ROUTE TO SWITZERLANDJOHANNESBURG - Twenty-one bars of South Africa

One of Hong Kong's biggest advantages and a huge attraction for foreign investors and manufacturers

Only weeks after winning a battle in Washington to fend off new competition from the Caribbean, unde

If American shipping companies put out a bumper sticker, it would read, ''China: Most-favored-nation

Friday, Aug. 8, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

OFFERS TO BUY* CHLORIDE OF LIME. 1,000 metric tons of chloride of lime in 50 kg bags c&f Alg

A U.S. lawyer suing seven European insurance firms over life insurance policies for Holocaust victim

United Parcel Service may be the world's ninth-largest airline, but grounding most of its planes has

Aug. 8, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 242.83 up 0.02 w

Aug. 8, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Timing is everything.When Federal Express Corp. opens its Asian regional transshipment compl

Radar is acting up, really going bananas, and the fog is getting thick.Sit wherever you can.

As of July 31, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

It's not something they like to talk about.But the long-established ocean carriers that spec

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has achieved much, but regional security concerns still n

British Petroleum Co. is the latest North Slope oil producer to explore the possibility of convertin

Long ignored because of a state focus on the huge sugar sector, non-sugar agricultural production in

Already reeling from financial losses, New England's largest electric company now must try to fend o

Thousands of Romanians poured onto the streets or blocked rail lines on Friday to protest against th

PHILIPPINE OIL FIRMS RAISEPRICES TO COVER PESO DIPMANILA - OIL COMPANIES HAVE RAISED THE PRI

Britain's last active tin mine will cease production within six months, shutting down an industry th

The airport in neighboring Shenzhen has been approved for expansion to increase capacity to 12 milli

TRAINSFLORIDA HOLDING COMPANYBUYS M&B RAILROADMERIDIAN, Miss. - Meridian & B

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, Mexico's largest shipping and transportation company, reported a n

The crash of a Fine Air DC-8 cargo plane in Miami has again put the spotlight on aging aircraft, six

Maersk Line celebrated in mid-June the one-millionth container loaded or discharged at the company's

TRAINSCANADIAN PACIFIC REPORTSRISE IN GRAIN SHIPMENTSCALGARY - Canadian Paci

A ''People on the Move'' item that appeared on Aug. 4 on Page 1B should have said that Niels H. Axel

Officials said an offshore communications network has been installed to aid ships in distress. It e

The spectacular crash of the British pound last week, from $1.64 on Monday to below $1.57 in Europe

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 23, 1996 - Aug. 8, 1997 (a graph)*

Bermuda Gov. Thorold Masefield has signed into law the Prohibited Restaurants Bill, the final step i

The governor's wife, who runs a laundry service, and a small group of state lawmakers want to undo a

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 7, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

Aug. 8, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

United Parcel Service said the strike by Teamsters had minimum impact on its European operations.

INSTITUTEOF INTERNATIONALCONTAINER LESSORSJohn A. Maccarone was elected president of