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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 24, 1996 - May 19, 1997 (a graph)* A

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

With its fertile soil, tropical climate and abundant rainfall, Vietnam should be a mecca for U.S. co

The Volzhsky Pipe Works and the Kala Naft Co. of Iran called a press conference in Moscow this week

Intermodal traffic blossomed in April, but most other freight flowers failed to bloom.Rail-t

Marine underwriters face an upturn in insurance claims after a sharp jump in the volume of tonnage l

The crew of a Russian cruise yacht circling the globe has sought help while navigating the Southern

ICING DETECTORS SLATEDFOR 120 COMAIR PLANESCINCINNATI - Comair Inc. plans to install ice det

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The president of the U.S. oil company Unocal Corp., the largest foreign investor in Myanmar, formerl

Monday May 19, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

BANK FORMS PARTNERSHIPWITH THE HARTFORDCHARLOTTE, N.C. - First Union Corp., the nation's six

WESTERN PACIFIC POSTS$17.8 MILLION NET LOSSCOLORADO SPRINGS - Western Pacific Airlines repor

British Airways consolidated its position as the world's most profitable airline Monday when it repo

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A growing gulf divides economists on the future of Iran as the country faces presidential elections

A small boost in interest rates today by the Federal Reserve, once considered a sure thing that woul

Monday, May 19, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

INDONESIA REPLACES ITSPOINT MAN FOR MININGJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's Mines and Energy

OFFERS TO BUY* STREET LAMP. Mercury vapor lamp. 220 volt, 50 Hz, 125 watts, 250 watts, 400 w

South Korean prosecutors moved to wrap up the Hanbo graft scandal, demanding long jail terms for 11

The story headlined ''Single European market remains an elusive prey'' which appeared on Page 8A on

Marking a major victory for the insurance industry, the California Supreme Court has ruled that a pe

With strict environmental restrictions in North America, U.S. forest products companies are increasi

Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles has pressed the flesh in this working class Brazilian city and chatted up

Emery Worldwide announced Friday it is expanding its 2-year-old ''gold priority'' service to offer t

May 16, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

May 16, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Along for the ride during the last three sessions of hemispheric trade talks, business executives fr

Friday, May 16, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

A fugitive Swiss property developer, wanted on fraud charges in his homeland, has been extradited by

Inside the Palacio das Artes here, trade negotiators from 34 countries meet behind closed doors to t

Last month's decision by U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky to further press Japan to ope

Forest products are among the nation's top exports, according to U.S. Census data. Exports of paper,

H&H MARSCH & MCLENNANThe newly combined insurance brokerage firm has reorganized its operati

Grain, coal and iron ore may seem like robust and stable cargoes that would be straightforward to ha

Seventeen years ago, the Gdansk shipyard gave birth to the Solidary movement that freed Poland from

A Jamaican bank with subsidiaries in the United States and Guyana has been taken over by a governmen

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows