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MCDONALD'S-COLOMBIASEEKS COFFEE SUPPLY DEALBOGOTA, Colombia - McDonald's-Colombia has begun

FAIRFAX TO ACQUIRESPHERE DRAKE HAMILTON, Bermuda - Sphere Drake Holdings Ltd. has said it ha

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 20, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High

June 23, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

European Union members agreed on new norms for ''clean'' fuels applicable from 2000 in order to redu

Monday June 23, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

OPEC QUOTA ROLLOVER ISA GIVEN, SURVEY REPORTSLONDON - The Middle East Economic Survey on Mon

James R. Randall, Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s president, who oversaw the company during a federal p

As a mild reminder of why they had come, an earthquake gently shook attendees at a conference here l

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

The busy season for oceanborne imports from Asia is off to a fast and furious start, with vessel spa

Uganda will sell at least 18 public enterprises between July and June 1998, Minister for Privatizati

YANGTZE RIVER BUREAUIMPROVES SERVICESNANJING, China - The Yangtze River Harbor Supervision B

EMERY WORLDWIDEVincent Gallagher was appointed vice president- Eastern area global sales.He

Travelers can catch direct flights to Europe and Asia from airports in Detroit, Pittsburgh and Cinci

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 28, 1996 - June 23, 1997 (a graph)*

Six people were being held Monday in an attack on three suburban teen-agers who jumped off a freight

COMPAQ TO ACQUIRETANDEM COMPUTERSNEW YORK - Compaq Computer Corp., the world's leading produ

Demand for cargo movement in China is rising rapidly, prompting one of Hong Kong's largest forwarder

Sales of U.S. cars in Japan were down 28 percent in May because the weak yen is making U.S. vehicles

Environmentalists are aggressively pushing their agenda this week as the United Nations General Asse

The death of Mexico's larger-than-life labor leader Fidel Velazquez ushers in an era of uncertainty

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending June 18, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

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CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Leaders of the world's largest economies endorsed Russia's early entry into the World Trade Organiza

'Without this legislation, it is a very real possibility that London, Tokyo or Chicago could supplan

May is normally a slow month for West Coast ports, but that was not the case this year in Los Angele

With a grunt from the physical exertion and a sigh of relief from the intellectual effort, CSX Corp.

Despite evidence that Europe's quest for a single currency is off track, European Union President Ja

Monday, June 23, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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The U.S. dollar fell late Monday after Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said that U.S. coope

The headline on a story about P-I-E Nationwide dropping its undercharge collection efforts, which ap

Excessive foreign control.Those words rang out in the only public explanation Albert Herberg

An article headlined ''Central Asia a new target for U.S. exports'' (June 11, Page 1A) should have s

A strong week for truck, rail and air carriers led to a 0.7 percent increase in The Journal of Comme

Investigators could be focusing on human error in a head-on collision of two Union Pacific Railroad

Clothing manufacturers in the Caribbean may be the big winners after the Court of International Trad

In the first domestic rating of investment risk in Russia's leading equities has been issued, U.S. i