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AFRICASOUTHERN AFRICAThe 12 member states of the Southern African Development Community sign

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have launched a swap deal that will enable oil from western Kazakhstan to

In a move to curtail the sale in Central America of U.S. stolen cars, the Belizean and U.S. governme

The Clinton administration faces an uphill fight in Mexico to hold together a tentative agreement re

SHIPSNO EXTENSION GRANTEDTO SAFETY CODE LAGGARDSROTTERDAM - Shipowners who fail to m

BANKS WARNED OF NEEDFOR 'STAYING POWER'ROTTERDAM - The many banks building up their shipping

Friday, Oct. 11, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

''For once, Gadhafi did something useful.''

Banks hoping to expand their export finance business face a promising market handling small and mids

Mexico's trade balance in August stood at a surplus of $353 million, the Treasury ministry reported.

European Union governments and industry leaders have joined forces to try to boost Europe's satellit

Oct. 11, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 11, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

ENRON POSTS 22 PERCENT RISEIN PROFIT FOR QUARTERHOUSTON - Enron Corp. said its profit grew b

AGIP HITS CRUDEIN SOUTH CHINA SEAMILAN - Agip made a discovery of crude oil in the South Chi

What is the question to which the Internet is the answer?In other words, after all the hype,

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

President Boris Yeltsin's move to crack down on tax evasion comes amid signs the government's last c

Oct. 11, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 247.38 off1.23 w

As Brazil's 1996-97 (April-March) wheat crop is being harvested, domestic prices are dropping due to

1063 (Oct. 11, 1996) Previous day - 1054The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

SHIPPING INDUSTRY HELDIN VERY LOW ESTEEMROTTERDAM - Shipping has one of the worst reputation

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 11, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A top barge line official is knocking on the oil industry's door in a campaign to spread the cost of

Mayor Richard Leibinger thought he had a great idea to get skeptical townspeople behind the planned

Construction of a gas pipeline linking the Central Asian state of Turkmenistan and neighboring Iran

As of June 28, 1996Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

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Israelis like to talk - at least judging from their cellular telephone bills.More than a mil

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

Alcan Aluminum Ltd. reported earnings of nearly $100 million for the latest quarter but the giant al

CHINA GRANTS SWISS GROUP1ST EUROPEAN LICENSEBEIJING - Swiss insurance giant Winterthur Insur

The Port of Everett, Wash., after a five-year process, has received final approval on a key dredging

Three weeks ended Oct. 5, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

Canadian Pacific Railway Co. said Friday that its takeover bid to acquire all the capital stock of Q

Aviva Freudmann has been named editorial director of The Journal of Commerce, Donald D. Holt, the ne

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 20, '95 - Oct. 11, '96 (a graph)* A

Importers and officials suggest a few ways to facilitate the testing and certification process in th

Despite tough statements against terrorism, President Clinton has taken no action to halt foreign in