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President Jose Figueres heads to Malaysia and Taiwan today for an eight-day trip to discuss relation

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 4, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The member companies of Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response Inc. have invested $840,000 in a ba

The growing convergence of power and money at the center of the world economy was highlighted Monday

Jim Kelly and Ron Carey, veterans of the armed services who started their careers driving brown UPS

In a statement on Friday, the Executive Board of the Common Fund for Commodities said it has awarded

In 1991, a cash-strapped California briefly imposed a sales tax on bunker fuel. Shipowners responded

Aug. 4, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Kenyan air traffic controllers and meteorologists continued their strike for a third day Monday, cau

Indians should gain greater Internet access from a new government policy ending a state monopoly and

Hong Kong not obligedto adopt trade sanctionsBEIJING - Hong Kong will not have to embrace Ch

Japan's Export-Import Bank said Friday it would join nine Japanese commercial banks in financing a c

Aug. 4, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

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AUGUSTHarbor Transportation Club. Aug. 7, San Pedro, Calif. Joseph N. Miniace, president and

HOUSE BILL WOULD BOOSTEARTHQUAKE SAFETY FUNDSWASHINGTON - A bill proposing to provide some $

OFFERS TO BUY* PU LEATHER. 5 X 20-ft. FCL per month. Wet PU; Suede PU; Nubuck PU. Thickness:

The U.S. dollar rose to a near eight-year high of 1.8733 Deutsche marks early Monday in a continuati

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

PLANESGERMANY PREPARES TOSELL LUFTHANSA STAKEFRANKFURT - The German governme

A rail link is now officially open for international container movement in Harbin, capital of China'

As Washington bickers over who should be the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico, only one thing counts i

Financial troubles at Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's third-largest automobile manufacturer, are hav

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As of Aug. 4, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Throw in the chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike and there is little more that could go right for

The Mexican government on Friday published the auction notice for satellite operations as well as th

Top European Commission officials will hit the ground running when they return to Brussels from thei

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 242.75 off 0.09 wh

Mexico's competition-driven pension system has been operating smoothly since it took effect one mont

Carrier Corp. created a division to concentrate on selling commercial refrigeration systems to store

CNAW. James MacGinnitie was named chief financial officer and senior vice president of the i

Toledo Express Airport continues to see a sharp increase in business, its director said.The

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said chances are improving that lawmakers will reach a

The chairman of Cargill, which several months ago had a U.S.-wheat-for-zinc barter deal with North K

INDIA GROUPS CHALLENGEOIL CONTRACT FOR ENRONNEW DELHI - Indian environmentalists are trying

A U.S. arm of Danish shipping giant Maersk Line will be responsible for operating and maintaining ke

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

A series of four explosions prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to suspend the requirement

One of the best things about Boris Yeltsin, a political opponent said before the president's first h