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Thursday, April 17, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

CROWLEY MARINE SERVICES INC.David Van Handel relocated to Seattle to assume responsibilities

The Journal of Commerce index of industrial prices declined to 104.6 Thursday, its lowest level sinc

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

Coast Guard officials, in conjunction with the barge industry, have undertaken additional measures t

The U.S. dollar was mixed Thursday after an early rise on news that the U.S. February trade deficit

David J. Tolan, a vice president of Sea-Land Service Inc., won this year's top role-model award from

Charter rates for containerships have fallen sharply in recent weeks as the market finally responds

The United States has backed away from insisting that negotiations for a Free-Trade Area of the Amer

The Mexican Senate has approved a package of financial law reforms aimed at improving the detection

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 19, 1996 - April 17, 1997 (a graph)

EU MAY CHALLENGECANADA'S POLYGRAM MOVEOTTAWA - The European Union is thinking of challenging

Port agencies and operators in Hong Kong and China, already closely intertwined, aren't waiting for

Bill Simmons has been appointed senior vice president of production and technology at The Journal of

BILL BARS LINKING TICKETSTO INSURANCE RATE RISEDENVER - Drivers who go fast - but not too fa

Fast track, it seems, may be on the slow track after all.Legislation granting President Clin

he decision this week by a Mexican labor board to recognize an independent union at a Taiwanese-owne

''People see a big carrier, see us coming into the Atlantic, see all the bad publicity for the Chine

The United States will not allow Canada to once more flood the U.S. market with wheat and barley, a

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California has moved a step closer to reinstating a controversial law that would permit third-party

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The Idaho Department of Finance has filed a civil lawsuit against seven defendants for alleged inves

Brazilian import-finance restrictions run contrary to the spirit of the Mercosur customs union and s

RUSSIA CAN'T ADHERETO BUDGET, CHUBAIS SAYSMOSCOW - Russia can't stick to its '97 budget limi

Making people comfortable on a hospital operating table, atop a horse or while riding a bicycle is

NATIONAL COUNCIL ONCOMPENSATION INSURANCEThomas A. Hayes, president of the commercial divisi

OFFERS TO BUY* PVC PIPES WITH RUBBER GASKET/PVC NIPPLE. 5,000 pieces rigid PVC pipes with ru

Homeowners would win the right to automatic cancellations of unnecessary private mortgage insurance

SHIPSOCEAN FREIGHT RATESFOR GRAIN SHIPMENTS UPWASHINGTON - Ocean freight rat

Denmark's Maersk Line expects to have the honor of hosting the first ship to sail directly from Chin

The prospect of making money off the Internet is paying off for Federal Express Corp., while others

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany's largest carrier, registered a profit of 80 million Deutsche marks ($48 mil

CANADIAN AIR CARGO RATESRISE; FUEL SURCHARGE ENDSCALGARY - Canadian Air Cargo has announced

As a subsidiary of Neptune Orient Lines of Singapore, U.S. shipping line APL Ltd. will continue supp

Mexico will decentralize the operations, finances, administration and upkeep of airports in a bid to

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., which raised driver pay by an average of one-third during the fir

A leading Senate Republican is stepping up pressure on the Clinton administration to investigate the

A $1.8 billion upgrade of Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, the gateway to Canada's a