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More than 50 countries are expected to agree here Wednesday on a global accord to eliminate duties o

By all appearances, Boeing Co. looks like the undisputed champion of aircraft manufacturing. Vice Pr

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

EU ASKS JAPAN TO LIFTREMAINING TRADE BARRIERSBRUSSELS - The European Commission asked Japan

VETO LIFTED ON ENTRYOF S. AFRICA TO LOMEBRUSSELS - Spain Monday lifted its veto on South Afr

Vietnam said on Monday it wanted immediate and unconditional talks with China over an oil exploratio

THE EQUITABLE COS. INC.James M. Benson, president and chief executive of the New York compan

Senate Republicans are probing for terms of a compromise as they prepare a bill deregulating U.S. in

Trying to find out whether a planned project violates U.S. ''secondary boycott'' sanctionsagainst Ir

''Airborne, Seattle in air tower struggle,'' which appeared March 19 on Page 3B, should have attribu

Monday, March 24, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

EU STRIPS TRADE RIGHTSOF MYANMAR IN PROTESTBRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers Monda

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

As of March 24, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained suppli

March 24, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

March 24, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

March 24, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Senior USDA aide Chris Goldthwait said the Export Enhancement Program is ''a tool we need to have in

San Francisco Superior Court Judge William Cahill heard arguments from consumer groups last week see

1526 (March 24, 1997) Previous day - 1515The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Having tested the environment a year ago, Federal Express Corp. is bolstering its electronic commerc

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 244.79 off 1.61 wh

Japan has rejected a U.S. request to beef up antitrust enforcement by requiring prior notification o

March 24, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

KEY JAMAICAN COFFEEMAKERS IN RECEIVERSHIPKINGSTON - Two companies which produce most of Jama

CONRAIL SLASHES RATESON SOME FOOD PRODUCTSPHILADELPHIA - Conrail Inc. reduced rates for sout

Monday March 24, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The U.S. Department of Transportation will begin processing a request from American Airlines and Bri

FUEL RODS ON THE WAYTO CHERNOBYL REACTORKIEV, Ukraine - New nuclear fuel rods will be delive

Net profit Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports increased 18 percent in 1996 to 410 million francs ($

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 19, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

The government of Pakistan plans to sell some of its equity in the national airline to a strategic i

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

A festering dispute between the Masters, Mates and Pilots union and an Oakland tug company broke out

Space Systems/ Loral Inc. said it signed a contract Friday to build a $200 million communications sa

Early balloting by unsecured creditors runs almost 4-1 in favor of accepting a reorganization plan t

MEXICO SUGAR HARVESTCOULD SET NEW RECORDMEXICO CITY - Mexico's sugar production could reach

The U.S. government has warned the European Union that plans to pump $2.1 billion in subsidies into

CANADA AIMS TO BOOSTWHEAT SALES IN ASIAJAKARTA, Indonesia - Canada expects to boost its shar

Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica de Espana played coy last week with a bevy of U.S. sui