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Bob Ayling, chief executive of British Airways, said he believes U.S. regulatory review of the compa

Indonesia has formed a team of experts to re-examine the region of Borneo where Calgary's Bre-X Mine

Despite its perilous political position, the Indian government unveiled Monday a new five-year trade

The U.S. dollar dropped in thin trading early Monday with losses driven by weakness in the U.S. stoc

The Clinton administration Monday unveiled its yearly inventory of trade barriers faced by U.S. comp

U.S. pork exporters are well positioned to sharply increase shipments to Japan this year following t

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 27, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

March 31, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Researchers say a new test designed to detect unfit products that are fed to broilers should help co

The European Union Wednesday will unveil plans to stop airports from overcharging foreign airlines i

Responding to the highest soybean prices in almost nine years and the least government involvement i

Iraq said Monday that it would increase from April the monthly food rations handed out to Iraqis aft

The federal government has formally asked Israel to investigate whether it is importing pistachios f

The Clinton administration announced huge penalties on imports of Japanese supercomputers, which it

Monday, March 311 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

THOMSON CORP.DIVESTITURE OK'DWASHINGTON - The Justice Department and seven state attorneys g

Education and technology will be the main subjects at the annual meeting and exposition of the Natio

1513 (March 27, 1997) Previous day - 1518The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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TURKMENISTAN CUTS OFFNATURAL GAS TO UKRAINEKIEV, Ukraine - Turkmenistan has stopped supplyin

March 31, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has climbed a major rung from bankruptcy reorganization by agreeing to an

GERLING GLOBALREINSURANCE CO.Stephen F. Patterson was named senior managing director of mark

Transamerica Corp., a giant insurance and financial services firm, has settled a class-action lawsui

FORWARDERS SEEK PARITYIN DEREGULATION BILLWASHINGTON - Consolidators represented by the Amer

Wednesday's ''tankan'' report on the Japanese economy will set the tone for yen trading against the

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index has slipped to its lowest point this year, but it sti

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

Moves by Russia's new government to change the nation's internal diamond mining and sales monopoly w

TAIWAN REPORTED TAKINGUS FIGHTERS IN APRILTAIPEI - Taiwan will take delivery on April 26 of

OFFERS TO BUY* MINI REFRIGERATORS FOR HOUSEHOLD USE. Contact: Anagnostis Karoulis, IN.TRA.Co

Hong Kong's export credit agency expects to lose money this year - though the figure hasn't yet been

An association representing property/casualty insurers in California has accused the state's trial l

Eli Lilly and Co., facing $30 million in environmental cleanup costs, has filed a lawsuit against 87

CHINESE OIL FIRM SAYSDISPUTED RIG WILL REMAINBEIJING - China's main offshore oil company sai

Instrument Society of America Spring Symposium. April 8-10. New Orleans, La. Contact: John Sablatura

At the beginning of March United Airlines boldly entered a new era. The takeoff of its first DC-10 f

March 27, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

RAILBOARD EXTENDS DEADLINEFOR RAIL OPERATION PLANWASHINGTON - The Surface Tr

Charge the Pacific. Press the Suez. Stand firm in the Atlantic.Those are the marching orders