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As of Feb. 25, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 25, 1997 BRENT CRUDE OIL - (DOLLARS PER BARREL)

Europe's natural gas market is set for phenomenal growth and will be worth $250 billion by the end o

Feb. 25, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 24, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Feb. 25, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 31

Feb. 25, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Despite controversy, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) is confident work will start soon on

COLORADO FIRM BANKSON CORN-BASED PLASTICSJOHNSTOWN, Colo. - Chronopol Inc. is starting a que

As thousands of acres of winter wheat ripen in fields across the Southeast, farmers and grain handle

A new standards information system touted as helping make U.S. firms more internationally competitiv

Squeezed by a strong dollar, import prices in January registered their largest decline in seven mont

LABOR PANEL BEGINSTALKS ON CHILD LABORAMSTERDAM - International experts begin a two-day conf

It was nearly two years and three months ago when Chilean President Eduardo Frei basked in the glow

Chilean President Eduardo Frei arrives in Washington Thursday unable to ask for the thing he wants t

''When you bring (these regions) together and start linking (them), you're going to be linking 500 m

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL GETSLOAN FROM JAPANESE BANKSMANILA - The Export-Import Bank of Japan, al

Jamaica and the United States have ratified a bilateral investment treaty aimed at encouraging and p

An investment panel has recommended that the sale of government equity in state-owned companies shou

Japan and the United States will hold a meeting in Tokyo on March 5 to review the implementation of

WORLD BANKThe bank's project cycle involves five stages: Identification, Preparation, Apprai

Wendell Sullivan was outraged when he learned that Thomson Consumer Electronics was shutting down it

MEXICO REPORTS 14THCONSECUTIVE SURPLUSMEXICO CITY - Mexico registered its fourteenth consecu

The newly formed Asian Group of 6 will rival the Group of 7 industrialized nations and begin to brin

In a remarkable series of contacts over the past week, Middle East and Central Asian nations seem to

The impending repeal of a key tax provision means Hong Kong will need to build a network of internat

In a recent column I described some powerful e-mail services - Bigfoot (http://www.bigfoot.com) and

Anti-sweatshop activists are taking their fight from the newsroom to the boardroom as they turn to s

Abattle is raging in the Clinton administration over a decision expected this week on whether to com

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The first shot in a U.S.-Japanese maritime war could be fired by the United States as early as Thurs

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Companies that ship millions of dollars' worth of goods could be plying seas fraught with the same u

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 25, 1997 (a graph)*

The U.S. dollar declined against the Japanese yen Tuesday and was little changed against the Deutsch

The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization approved Tuesday the creation of five ne

Tuesday Feb. 25, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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