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Monday, Dec. 23, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Cuban legislative committees have approved an ''antidote'' to the U.S. law that seeks to punish fore

U.S. negotiators failed to reach a new textile import deal with China, but the deadline for a pact w

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Monday in thin pre-holiday trading on further indicat

President Suharto is threatening business people with public embarrassment if they defy his order to

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 5, '95 - Dec. 23, '96 (a graph)* An

Foreign companies' American Depositary Receipts should continue their surge into 1997, spurred by ba

BRITISH GROUP UNVEILSINDIA INVESTMENT FUNDSHOSUR, India - The Hinduja Group of Britain said

The local stock market took a predictable nose dive Monday on news that President Fidel Ramos was un

In a move that could significantly boost U.S. food exports to South Korea, the Seoul government has

''I've yet to see one (rail) merger improve service.''

Ignoring pleas from around the world, defiant Marxist rebels vowed to keep more than 140 hostages at

ITALY'S STET, IBMANNOUNCE GLOBAL DEALROME - Italian telecommunications holding company STET

The bank's project cycle involves six stages: identification, preparation, analysis, negotiation, ap

The relationship between the industry that makes semiconductors and the industry that makes the equi

SHIPLIVERPOOL DOCKERSREJECT SETTLEMENT OFFERLONDON - Dockworkers fired from

Canadian Pacific Ltd. will fight attempts by a Canadian agency to force the sale of one of its two s

The National Industrial Transportation League never met a shipping regulatory agency it liked.

Santa Claus is on his own this year.For the last 30 years, the jolly old elf, a pioneer in t

The European Commission plans to clamp down on state aid to railways next year in a bid to inject co

Prosecutors in Florida are conducting a wide-ranging criminal investigation into whether hazardous m

1523 (Dec. 23, 1996) Previous day - 1523The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

SIX DIE IN CRASHOF ABX CARGO PLANENARROWS, Va. - An Airborne Express cargo plane flying thro

FORECAST FOR BRAZILIANCOFFEE CUT FOR 1996-97WASHINGTON - The USDA attache in Brazil has redu

Monday Dec. 23, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Dec. 23, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

As of Dec. 23, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Dec. 23, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,400-$1,550 per ton lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.70 off 0.51 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 23, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 23, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Dec. 23, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34

The Energy Department said it would ask Congress to transfer oversight of the safety of its various

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 23, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Dec. 23, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

December 16, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and t