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Feuding tribes in Nigeria's oil-producing Warri area late last week traded accusations of murder and

The technology exists for a ship pilot maneuvering up a tight, shallow river to see in a computer th

MARYLAND LAND PORT ADMINISTRATION Alan P. Kurland was named general manager for property management

Friday, May 2, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

The Czechs do not plan to repeal the import deposit measures introduced on April 21 at present, alth

High lumber prices, pushed up in part by restrictions on imports from Canada, finally are moving hom

Footwear shippers may find themselves paying higher air freight rates on some key routes, but this c

The Bankers' Association for Foreign Trade, the oldest financial trade association in the United Sta

Kansas City Southern Railway Co. received regulatory clearance to acquire Gateway Western Railway Co

TACA DISAPPOINTEDBY NEW BRUSSELS ATTACKLONDON - Senior liner shipping officials have express

US '97 CORN CROP PUTAT 9.6 BILLION BUSHELSCHICAGO - The U.S. corn crop in 1997 should be abo

AgriGeneral Co. is challenging Ohio's agricultural-product disparagement law by filing suit against

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per

GINGRICH MFN PLANFOR CHINA DRAWS FIREWASHINGTON - President Clinton opposes any bid by House

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor the deluge of recently filed tax returns can slow down the Internal R

CANADA OPENS PHONEMARKET TO COMPETITIONOTTAWA - Canada's communications regulatory agency th

Mexico and the United States will sign 10, possibly 11, accords, today during the bi-national meetin

As part of concerted efforts to shore up Thailand's battered property market, foreigners will be per

CONTAINERS POSTSINCREASE IN '96 TRAFFICLONDON - P&O Containers carried 1.26 million 20-foot

Three weeks ended April 26, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars CarsLoaded Loade

Many Hawaii motorists can expect 20 percent to 35 percent in savings in their auto insurance premium

LEIJDEKKER TO ASSUMEADM COCOA PRESIDENCYNEW YORK - Hans Leijdekker, senior vice president of

As of May 2, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

Britain's new Labour government today will be plunged into complex negotiations on the future of the

Mexico's President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon said foreign investors will remain in the countr

The crisis between the European Union and Iran escalated Friday as both sides appeared to be edging

May 2, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

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A second rail route that creates rail competition into a Houston Lighting & Power Co. plant has been

GENERAL RE POSTS GAINSIN DOMESTIC BUSINESSSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. reported first-

Several major companies that were customers of Archer Daniels Midland Co. and its competitors in the

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 2, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Friday May 2, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing t

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 1, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

OFFERS TO BUY* KEY CHAIN LASER POINTER. Metalic silver color type. Quantity: 200pcs. Quote c

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 10, 1996 - May 2, 1997 (a graph)* An

A growing network of non-bank export lenders now dots the U.S. trade finance landscape. Formed in mo

''In essence, German law now allows German companies to pay bribes abroad, and the tax code lets the