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Japan needs to open its markets and truly deregulate while the United States needs to increase savin

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 246.60 off 0.04 wh

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

International Petroleum ExchangeJune 9, 1997 *BRENT CRUDE OIL - (DOLLARS PER BARREL)

RUSSIA, CUBA OK BOOSTIN OIL-SUGAR SWAPMOSCOW - Russia and Cuba have approved a sharp increas

Robust growth in developing countries and a brighter economic outlook in the former Soviet Union wil

A key panel that oversees global textile disputes is ready to issue a decision on a long-standing U.

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 6, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

ADM TO BUILD PLANTTO MAKE FOOD SUPPLEMENTDECATUR, Ill. - Archer Daniels Midland Co. plans to

When Omer Aktuna heard that Mercedes-Benz Turk had signed a $41 million contract to supply 317 city

June 9, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

Local businesses say they're already feeling the pinch of the strike at nickel giant Inco Ltd.

PHILIPPINE INVESTMENTRATING GETS UPGRADEMANILA - American Overseas Private Investment Corp.

Monday June 9, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

It took a while and several false starts, but China now appears to have gotten what it wanted and Ho

U.S. property insurers, still paying claims related to Hurricane Andrew five years ago, are taking v

OFFICIALS EXPECT ROLLOVERAT OPEC JUNE MEETINGKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Officials with Kuwait

Encouraged by 34 percent growth the previous year, India is projecting at least a 27 percent rise in

The first U.S. ambassador to Hanoi said U.S. firms will not invest in Vietnam unless the risks of do

The Asia-Pacific region today has the same potential for the petroleum industry that North America a

SHIPYARD GROUP TAPSANTONINI FOR 5TH TERMLONDON - Corrado Antonini, chairman and chief execut

LIBERTY MUTUAL UNITPURCHASES SUL AMERICABOSTON - Liberty Mutual Group announced Monday that

MID OCEAN SAW INCREASEIN FIRST-HALF RESULTSHAMILTON, Bermuda - Mid Ocean Ltd. realized an in

Israeli legislators threatened Monday to call for a boycott of a major Italian insurance company unl

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending June 4, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

So much for sticking to schedule.House Banking Committee Chairman James Leach postponed acti

It is praised as a billion-dollar-plus bonanza for Midwestern farmers. But ethanol - the alternate m

Safeco Corp. said Monday it will buy American States Financial Corp. from Lincoln National Corp. for

Ohio hopes to continue improvements to its 262 miles of Lake Erie coast with the help of $800,000 an

EXTRA MILE TRANSPORTATION L.L.C.Robert E. Rich III is the president and chief operating offi

A judge has temporarily blocked food-processing giant ConAgra Inc. from building a $170 million soyb

With profit from its main business in the doldrums, one of Hong Kong's largest bulk and tanker opera

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IMF BOARD URGES BELIZETO CLOSE BUDGET GAPWASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund's exec

Asia holds enormous opportunities for U.S. filmmakers, multimedia companies, cable television firms

SHIPSGERMANY ASKED TO CHARTNEW SHIPPING POLICYHAMBURG - The Bundesrat, the G

Michael Bruns estimates that one in five intermodal trailers or chassis that his trucks and other ca

''Stop wearing ties at work'' is the advice of Stelios Haji-Ioannou, tanker owner turned airline ope

Add one more airline pilots contract negotiations to the list of those this year with the potential