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Officials at the Port of Quequen, on Argentina's Atlantic coast, said they expect workers to complet

U.S. textile and apparel exporters have gained a bit of flexibility and a chance to cut costs with n

Top U.S. automobile manufacturing officials will travel to Seoul next week to press the South Korean

PANEL REJECTS MOTIONTO NIX TOBACCO SUBSIDIES WASHINGTON - Farm state lawmakers rebuffed an e

EQUITABLE COS.Edward D. Miller has been tapped to succeed Joseph J. Melone as president and

A high-stakes bidding war has begun for the contract to provide health insurance to the state's 11,0

Direct Line, a highly successful direct-sales insurer in Britain, has formed a joint venture with th

The Clinton administration could be facing a watershed in export policy this week as the Senate vote

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Wednesday, July 9, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar was little changed Wednesday after rebounding from an early decline on news that Jap

French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin has given himself the summer to adapt his austerity-refuting cam

After a long period of stagnation, the Italian economy is finally showing signs of recovery.

PREUSSAG, GAZPROM SETTO EXPAND COOPERATIONHAMBURG - German energy and engineering group Preu

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 12, 1996 - July 9, 1997 (a graph)*

VIRGINIA TOYOTA PLANTBESIEGED BY JOB SEEKERSCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Officials at a new Toyota en

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 232.96 up 0.74 wh

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

As of July 9, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

A corruption probe that toppled Beijing's Communist Party chief has caused the Chinese capital to sc

July 9, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 9, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

July 9, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

July 9, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 8, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Russia said it was moving to liberalize its promising but tarnished gold sector, but admitted the ti

July 9, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Taiwan's Foreign Minister John Chang met with top government officials in Panama as part of a 22-day

U.S. gasoline inventories fell by 100,000 barrels in the week ended July 4 as compared with the prev

The staple of automobile marketing the world over has finally arrived in Russia - the loan plan.

''The further the government stays away from these areas, the better it will be for Hong Kong's econ

Protests against a proposed mine in northern Wisconsin have escalated, with 29 environmentalists hel

Wednesday July 9, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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

The world's leading business organization has put its weight behind the recent call by President Cli

EX-SUMITOMO TRADERCITES FEAR OF DISMISSALTOKYO - Yasuo Hamanaka, the former star trader at S

DAEWOO UNION WORKERSLAUNCH FULL-DAY STRIKESEOUL - More than 10,000 auto workers at South Kor

With Chinese officials again talking of a profitable coal industry, two large producers are tapping

Signaling its intention to burrow into the European logistics field, Burlington Air Express has boug