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Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Ships moved just under half of Hong Kong's trade last year, with trucks accounting for aquarter and

STATE FARM RAISINGAUTO, HOMEOWNERS RATESGREELEY, Colo. - State Farm Insurance, Colorado's la

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Japan will reject a U.S. demand for extension of the 1992 bilateral agreement on paper products trad

Feb. 26, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 30

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 25, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Enron Corp.'s move to sweeten the pot in its bid to acquire Portland General Corp., parent of Portla

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday and analysts said it could extend its gains if today's durable goods

EU, CENTRAL AMERICANLEADERS VOW CLOSER TIESTHE HAGUE - European and Central American foreign

VOYAGER INTERNATIONALRichard Hornsby was named director of international client relations fo

Bath Iron Works says a $307 million expansion plan will help it compete for work, but the project co

Polish bank Pekao SA may lead the loan syndicate to finance an outstanding $131 million contract at

Michael Diaz, executive vice president for APL Ltd. in Oakland, Calif., has left the ship line, the

Several area families are planning to file a lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway fo

A one-vessel ship line is challenging pillars of the New York and northern New Jersey waterfronts, s

Lufthansa German Airlines' pilots have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, but flight attend

Feb. 26, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Dozens of European companies are being investigated on suspicion they are breaking European Union la

The loosening of government marketing regulations and the increasing move toward privatization in th

Feb. 26, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

Passenger air traffic in January grew 10.2 percent over the same month last year, the Air Transport

As of Feb. 26, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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

''They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil,'' sang Frank Sinatra back in the 1940s. But that's n

For Americans who consume an average of 11 1/2 pounds of chocolate every year, it's candy, not cargo

Feb. 26, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, declined by 1.6millio

Unless world sugar producers collectively put the brakes on production soon, the price of the sweet

Direct shipping between China and Taiwan is a quiet step closer to reality, with Hong Kong playing t

President Clinton renewed his commitment Wednesday to sign a free-trade agreement with Chile and ple

INTERTANKO UNVEILS FORUMFOR SHORT-SEA MEMBERSLONDON - A forum for members who operate ships

SWISS RE AMERICABACK IN BLACK IN '96NEW YORK - Swiss Reinsurance America Corp. turned around

Mersey Docks and Harbour Co., which owns the British ports of Liverpool and Sheerness, reported a sm

Under international pressure, Thailand is moving slowly to reform its child-labor practices.

Importers, beware: You're going to be shelling out more money this year for cocoa.A combinat

Indonesia's Parliament on Wednesday approved a law allowing state-ownedand private companies to deve

JUDGE REJECTS AIRPORTTERMINAL COST-SHARE PLANMIAMI - An administrative law judge rejected a