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THAI CENTRAL BANK LOWERSEXPORT GROWTH FORECASTBANGKOK - Thailand's central bank has lowered

Minnesota's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans to fight a court order to pay for a woman's treatment f

It already has the highest insurance rates in the nation. But as of Jan. 1, New Jersey's commercial

1517 (Dec. 24, 1996) Previous day - 1523The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Dec. 24, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

COFFEE PRODUCER GROUPSETS EMERGENCY MEETINGLONDON - An emergency meeting of the Association

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 243.81 off 1.89 wh

SUN DIAMOND BARREDFROM GOVERNMENT SALESWASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department has officiall

Use of foreign labor in Asian countries originally was driven by a desire to control costs. This wa

AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE CO.James E. Shuell was named vice president in domestic insurance comp

Boeing Co. is still looking for firm launch orders for its proposed new generation of super jumbo wi

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

The world's largest operator of container terminals is expanding its grip across a crescent of south

British utility Northern Electric PLC on Tuesday lost its bitterly fought battle to stay independent

UPS WORLDWIDE,SPRINT PCS SIGN PACTATLANTA - UPS Worldwide Logistics has signed a five-year,

California's new earthquake insurance program has sold about 2,000 policies during its first three w

Less than a week before New Year's 1997, and the last thing one is thinking about is the millennium.

The merging of defense giant McDonnell Douglas Corp. into Boeing Co. should be much less bloody than

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

Congress' leading trade hawk raised the pressure on Beijing again this week by asking for an investi

SHIPSPANAMA CANAL WORKERSSUE COMMISSIONLINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. - Over a dozen

Rudyard Kipling said it: ''East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.''Ki

Dec. 24, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Swiss financial company CS Holding has wrapped up its long-intended withdrawal from the industrial s

Working abroad can be a ticket to wealth or at least comfort.It has a nasty side, however.Re

Japanese foreign direct investment in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1996, rose 23.5 percent to $5

China says nonferrous metal output this year grew 6.5 percent on the 1995 level, but incomplete figu

The American Logistics Management Association has agreed to affiliate with the Logistics Conference

The Philippines is deploying fewer domestics and other unskilled workers in an attempt to shift the

Alarm bells are ringing in Thailand over shortages of skilled and unskilled labor as the country mov

Alaska's government employees are getting a break from deductible payments on their health insurance

Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday on expectations for continued steady growth and low inflation in the ne

TTX Corp. is keeping the lid on capital spending with a $130 million budget that is far below the $5

MEBA WON'T 'FLINCH,'MAY STRIKE APLNEW YORK - Although American President Lines Ltd. has stru

Edward Q. Johnson, a former chief engineer with the Wabash Railroad, the Norfolk & Western Railway a

Dec. 24, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

''Caution: We brake for holidays.''Maybe every locomotive should wear a sign like this.Becau

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 5, '95 - Dec. 24, '96 (a graph)* An