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Summer gasoline fundamentals are sending mixed signals to the market, with lower inventories, bullis

Iraq is close to signing a major oil production deal with Italy's state-owned oil company, the Iraqi

Creaky, rust-infested tankers are being consigned to the history books.Oil companies that ch

GATX Logistics Inc., moving its operations beyond North America for the first time, will do business

China's State Development Bank will extend $1.4 billion in loans to the nation's floundering rail se

SOLAR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCYThis ship agency, with offices in Jersey City, N.J., anno

OECD ETTING STANDARDSFOR TRANSPORT COMPETITIONLONDON - Member countries of the Organization

SHIPSTRUCK TRAFFIC CHOKEDBY FISHERMAN'S BLOCKADEDOVER, England - A French fi

U.S. tobacco companies are unlikely to face abroad the same pressure to negotiate multibillion-dolla

Congress pressed its attack on supercomputer export policy this week as a key committee urged Presid

Hong Kong hopes to see modest growth in its apparel exports this year after a weak 1996, but tougher

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Wednesday, April 23, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

More than 60 percent of Japanese manufacturers in Asia say rising wages outside Japan and inefficien

The U.S. dollar declined slightly Wednesday in sleepy trading as traders took a more relaxed attitud

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The world economy this year will post its highest growth rate in nearly a decade - 4.4 percent - and

INDONESIA TO PUTAUTO PROGRAM IN GEARJAKARTA, Indonesia - The government will provide ''whate

The European Commission painted a rosy view of the prospects for the European Union's single currenc

''These sanctions are going to do nothing to speed up change in Burma, but they are going to speed u

Three industrial waste treatment projects are close to receiving necessary approvals for the Mexican

Canada's three major cigarette-makers today will fight the will of Canada's Parliament to the last g

BOEING PURSUES $4 BILLIONPLANE DEAL WITH CHINAHONG KONG - Seeking to match an aircraft deal

The trade imbalance between the United States and Turkey grew to a whopping $1.1 billion in favor of

OFFERS TO BUY* FISH MEAL AND FROZEN CHICKEN WINGS/FEET. Origin: North America. Contact: Ms.

Japan is getting the taste for Cajun - or at least those Japanese who join the international food fe

USF&G REPORTS 8 PERCENT RISEIN FIRST-QUARTER INCOMEBALTIMORE - USF&G's 1997 first-quarter op

Risk International Services Inc., a leading provider of risk-management services, announced Wednesda

Donna Hanover will share her experiences as broadcast journalist and wife of New York City Mayor Rud

POLL SHOWS SUPPORTFOR AUTO RATE-CUT PLANBATON ROUGE, La. - Backers of Gov. Mike Foster's pla

A Stockton Superior Court Judge has upheld a California law limiting motorists' ability to collect p

When you're the biggest homeowners and auto insurance company in the United States, what's your next

It may not look like it, but Hong Kong's No. 1 container terminal operator really doesn't hope to ru

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., is a big guy. He stands about 6 feet 4 inches with a broad, open face

U.S. lawmakers accused British Airways of ''an unusual display of arrogance'' for not appearing befo

Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday predicted its planned joint purchase of Conrail Inc. with CSX Corp.

ABF Freight System Inc., the fifth-largest carrier consolidating small truck shipments in the less-t

A story on Page 1B of the April 22 Journal of Commerce, headlined ''UPS pilots begin strike authoriz

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