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MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE FIRMSTO BUILD VIETNAM PORTKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia Mining Corp.

1015 (Sept. 17, 1996) Previous day - 1020The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

New and faster ships acquired by its Mexican partner have American President Lines touting service i

The U.S. dollar was slightly higher in slow trading Tuesday as foreign exchange dealers absorbed com

Industrial production grew more rapidly in August as output by utilities and mines rebounded sharply

Sept, 17, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

Freightliner Corp. boosted its share of this year's U.S. heavy-truck market to nearly 30 percent las

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '95 - Sept. 17, '96 (a graph)*

European Union countries hoping to join the 1999 currency union must meet the strict fiscal criteria

Ross Perot should not be allowed to join President Clinton and Republican Bob Dole in this fall's ca

JAPAN REPORTS DROPIN HOUSEHOLD SPENDINGTOKYO - Japan's household spending in July showed an

One measure of the peaceful state of U.S.-Japan trade relations: The same day the Clinton administra

''Short of sending missiles to destroy their headquarters, I don't see anything hurting them.''<

The Korean government is considering the elimination of semiconductor import duties - a move favored

USDA PREDICTS HIGHERFEED GRAIN PRODUCTIONWASHINGTON - U.S. farmers are expected to produce 2

Local government and business leaders expressed pleasure here Tuesday with U.S. support to Taiwan's

MINE UNION MEMBERSVOTE DECERTIFICATIONSILVER CITY, New Mexico - Members of a union at Chino

FORMER SENATOR JOINSCONTINENTAL BOARDHOUSTON - Continental Airlines announced Monday that fo

Pyongyang is apparently seeking to mend fences after South Korea boycotted an investment forum in it

MERCOSUR PROMISEDACCESS TO EU MARKETSBUENOS AIRES - Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised Argentin

After the Communists took power in 1949, signing on at a state-owned factory set a worker up until r

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

SUMITOMOJapanAmount of contract: $5,194,000.Contract description: Insulators - pin-p

As of Sept. 17, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 244.18 off 1.72 wh

Sept. 17, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

PANEL BACKS COMMERCEON MEXICAN CEMENTA North American Free Trade Agreement dispute-resolutio

While the terms reached this week between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers shift the press

Federal Express Corp. has good news for its international freight shippers but bad news for its bott

Information technology will continue to revolutionize the transport industry, shippers and truckers

It will be like two peas in two pods.Once a proposed 175 million-Canadian-dollar (US$116.6 m

Members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference Tuesday thrashed out strategy for improving cargo rate

A major barrier fell within the past year for surplus-lines brokers when regulators in California an

The green light given Lloyd's of London's reorganization plans has enormous consequences for the sur

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 17, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 17, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl