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Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 19, 1996, - Feb. 13, 1997, (a graph)

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

If death and taxes are life's two certainties, millions of Canadians believe in a third - death by t

The dollar was little changed Thursday as the market turned cautious about potential intervention by

The European Commission said Thursday that the main risk to monetary union would be the possible eme

KOREAN PRIME MINISTER'SRESIGNATION OFFER REFUSEDSEOUL - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Soo-

Southeast Asian nations on Thursday prepared to sign up for a significant broadening of economic tie

SUN LIFE TO SET UP FUNDTO COMPENSATE INVESTORSAUGUSTA, Maine - Sun Life of Canada has agreed

China has made an unequivocal commitment to abandon a controversial plan to force all foreign financ

''It is our hope that this does not dampen the Valentine's Day spirit.''

House Republican leaders, including Speaker Newt Gingrich, introduced legislation Thursday designed

A series of flip-flops by the Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft over the past week has sparked con

AIR INDUSTRY COUNCILELECTS LEADERS FOR '97WASHINGTON - John W. ''Jack'' Snyder, vice preside

The Israel Export Institute said it would participate in three trade exhibitions in Oman in March an

When Mexico repaid early $5 billion of international emergency loans last month, rumors began circul

MEXICO OKS BELL ATLANTICTAKEOVER OF IUSACELLMEXICO CITY - THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED

Five years after building a plant in Russia, the American ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's Homemade I

President Clinton knows nothing about a report that representatives of China might have sought to di

Gordon Brown, the British opposition Labour Party's spokesman on Treasury matters, hinted Thursday t

The International Monetary Fund has approved an additional credit of nearly $52 million to support J

American General Corp. plans to buy rival insurer USLife Corp. for $1.8 billion in stock as the indu

WESTERN NATIONAL CORP.Michael J. Akers was named executive vice president and chief actuary

The largest auto insurer in the United States may consider rate surcharges on drivers who use cellul

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday the Fed should remain an ''umbrella regulator'

A new insurance system, which would eliminate the state's insurance pool for high-risk drivers and t

Competitors were seizing the chance to take cargo business from American Airlines as customers deser

SHIPSSALE PACT REACHEDFOR QUINCY SHIPYARDBOSTON - The Massachusetts Water Re

The clock ticks toward a 4:30 p.m. EST deadline today for offers to buy Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.

Like desert troops on camelback, the big U.S. air express companies hope to be able to swoop down an

Projections of a strong year for air cargo growth and a weaker year for traditional trucking compani

Canadian shipper Nafta Shipping might increase routes along the Pacific coast, the manager of El Sal

Conrail Inc. and a Pennsylvania economic development group are struggling to unravel a long-running

A warning about the creditworthiness of medium-sized container shipping companies that are being squ

DANZAS CORP. OPENS3 LATIN AMERICA OFFICESBELLEVUE, Wash. - Danzas Corp., a global logistics

There's nothing like a little battle over the harbor maintenance tax to bring out the crowds.

Feb. 13, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1450 (Feb. 13, 1997) Previous day - 1440The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The presidents of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay met in Buenos Aires Tuesday to discuss the progres