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As policy-makers try to nudge down the value of the U.S. dollar, the negative effects of a higher gr

Monday, Feb. 10, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 19, 1996, - Feb. 10, 1997, (a graph)

A senior Senate aide urged the Clinton administration Monday to more vigorously enforce Helms-Burton

An expected increase in U.S. exports should help boost the U.S. economy this year, President Clinton

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Malaysia, Ghana, Grenada and Brazil made new offers Monday, boosting chances that a global telecommu

The Group of 7's call in Berlin for stable currencies was a diplomatic victory for Japan and a poten

HOUSE PANEL TO MEETWEDNESDAY ON OPICWASHINGTON - A House international relations panel will

A Taiwanese battery maker will become the latest Asian company to fuel a billion-dollar manufacturin

The sharp rise in the U.S. dollar against the French franc in recent months has French hoteliers sal

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Boeing Co. is still not satisfied.The world's largest plane maker and top U.S. exporter is b

''Focus on trucks, trucks are your friends.''

BAE, BOEING SIGN PACTFOR AIRCRAFT UPGRADINGSEATTLE - British Aerospace has signed up Boeing

MADISON INTERNATIONALSALES CO.Mark Odgers has been appointed international vice president fo

NEWFANGLED BOEING 737SOARS ON MAIDEN FLIGHTSEATTLE - Boeing Co.'s next-generation 737-700, a

The World Trade Organization's appeals court Monday ruled in favor of Costa Rica when it in found th

The United States said Monday it was ''heartened'' by the willingness of Ecuador's political leaders

Governments couldn't manage it in 40 years, but in less than two years commercial airlines have remo

Swiss unemployment jumped to a record 5.7 percent in January as seasonal factors accentuated the sta

Though a Swiss-led insurance group partnership has agreed to buy embattled Golden Eagle Insurance Co

Imports of some consumer goods have became easier following eased licensing restrictions announced e

QUAKE INSURER TARGETEDIN STATE INVESTIGATIONSAN FRANCISCO - A company here that was pivotal

U.S. property insurers paid about 17 percent less for their reinsurance coverage last year, an offic

New York's highest court ruled constitutional a law that effectively turns auto insurers into inform

Citing ''an unbelievable saga of broken pledges,'' former investors launched another attack on Lloyd

VALUJET ADDS SERVICETO AKRON-CANTON, OHIOATLANTA - ValuJet Airlines said it will begin three

SHIPSLIVERPOOL PORT GETSDOCKWORKER PROPOSALLIVERPOOL - Draft proposals to se

AIR FRANCEFrancois Bachelet was named executive vice president and chief operating officer o

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What a difference a merger makes.Two years ago, when John F. Larkin tried to buy part of the

Roadway Express Inc., one of the largest U.S. trucking companies, is poised to buy Reimer Express Li

Shipping lines and ports serving the U.S. market are adding too many big vessels, threatening port p

Norfolk Southern Corp. Monday took the first steps in an effort to unseat members of the Conrail Inc

State and federal investigations began Monday as a Mexican-owned containership was tugged into a por

British shipping and ports group Jacobs Holdings PLC plans to buy Dartford International Ferry Termi

A bad week for stocks in most transportation sectors other than maritime caused a 0.2 percent fall i