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Friday, Feb. 21, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Three weeks ended Feb. 15, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded<

Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman, who has pledged to bring capitalist prosperity to his impoveris

Russia's insurance leader, state-owned Rosgosstrakh, plans to request the World Bank to value the in

Feb. 21, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 21, 1997 (a graph)*

Ontario Hydro has offered a revised proposal to U.S. regulators that would allow U.S. power producer

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American forwarders who have used the decade to build and extend their reach into the global marketp

Before we begin, I should tell you I am not overly fond of public relations people. Actually, I thin

Antigua will close five of six Russian-owned offshore banks operating on the island, and will tighte

Ship Sale Report appears biweekly. The information, compiled by Shipping Intelligence Inc., a New Yo

Colombia signed an anti-drug shipping agreement with Washington last week, a day after beefing up it

US CUSTOMS EXTENDSCOMPLIANCE DEADLINEWASHINGTON - U.S. Customs announced Friday it will exte

A team from the International Monetary Fund left Moscow on Friday unable to recommend that Russia re

The Hong Kong government has revamped its copyright legislation to keep the territory in step with d

West Coast freight forwarders this week will present to Customs their proposals for changing an auto

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 241.36 off 0.02

Feb. 21, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Jose Pinera frequently characterizes himself as a ''missionary.''Once on his favorite subjec

CALIFORNIA COMP STUDYHAS NO RECOMMENDATIONSSAN FRANCISCO - A nationwide consulting actuary h

CANADA CHARGESCHINA 'DUMPED' GARLICOTTAWA - Fresh garlic from China was dumped in Canada at

OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDINGPOSTS $5.2 MILLION LOSSNEW YORK - Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. report

March may be the month the skies open, and we're not forecasting rain.Negotiators at the U

SHIPSAFL-CIO APPROVESCAMPAIGN AGAINST APLSAN FRANCISCO - The AFL-CIO executi

Microsoft Corp. is reinventing the wheel. Well, someone has to do it.Last September, the sof

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 20, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Some shippers are facing a 3 percent rate increase on their rail-truck traffic as demand for freight

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

The yen also rises.Currency traders and analysts said the Japanese currency is entering an a

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

Potential business related to Mexico's war on drugs is one of the attractions that lured companies t

Fifty years ago this month, the victorious Allies began breaking up the notorious I.G. Farben Indust

In what appeared to be a complete reversal of long-standing policy, the U.S. Supreme Court has allow

Like their U.S. counterparts, Canadian ocean shippers are blasting liner conferences for paying lip

United Parcel Service and its pilots union are making progress in contract talks, but the pilots hop

It took nearly 10 years of negotiating in talks that often resembled some ponderous air turbulence b

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