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CHILEAN CHAMBER OKSACCORD WITH MERCOSURVALPARAISO, Chile - The lower house of Chile's Congre

Political uncertainties rocked Thailand's financial markets Wednesday after a party of the governing

MATSUSHITA ELECTRICMAY STALL PLANT PROJECTTOKYO - Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.

U.S. ports that handle cars are trying to hug the corners of the shifting automobile manufacturing r

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A distinguished panel of former foreign policy-makers argued this week the world will be a safer pla

As of Aug. 14, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

In his first solo campaign appearance since taking Bob Dole's phone call, Republican vice presidenti

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 14, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Aug. 14, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

Wednesday Aug. 14, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The Surface Transportation Board, facing stiff criticism from Congress, carriers and shippers, moder

SWISS RE AMERICA IN BLACKFOR FIRST HALF AFTER '95 LOSSNEW YORK - Swiss Re America Corp. repo

Anita Benedetti, deputy executive director of the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc., died T

Continuing the consolidation trend within the insurance industry, Munich Re, the world's biggest rei

Raymond Burns was used to driving a truck 3,000 miles a week, but now he can hardly find his way fro

ARROW AIR APPROVEDAS DEFENSE CARRIERMIAMI - Arrow Air was approved as an authorized carrier

General Mills Inc., the nation's second biggest cereal maker with brands like Cheerios and Wheaties,

For 16,000 shippers, their long nightmare is over.Lloyd T. Whitaker, trustee for defunct tru

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the Deutsche mark Wednesday on comments from Bundesbank Chief E

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 14, '96 (a graph)* A

''I came here to change things, and change them I will.''

BANGKOK CABLE CO.ThailandAmount of contract: $9,533,680.Contract description: Alumin

Aug. 14, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

These are the key factors that auto carriers consider in choosing ports, according to some of the ca

MOST ROSTOV MINESSTILL CLOSED BY STRIKESMOSCOW - Seventeen out of 23 coal mines continued th

The first of China's new national life insurance companies appears to have been approved slightly ah

California's Insurance Department will lay off 95 of its 1,134 employees, with the Consumer Services

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Summer rail traffic continues to head in several directions at once without going much of anywhere a

JOURNAL OF COMMERCELAUNCHES WEB SITENEW YORK - The Journal of Commerce now has a site on the

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

The White House said Wednesday it was too soon to say whether Turkey would be punished for a natural

Pakistan is offering new investment incentives to foreign companies interested in the country's port

CHILE TO REMAIN CLOSEDTO IMPORTS OF US WHEATWASHINGTON - Chile is unlikely to import U.S. wh

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 249.91 up 0.61 wh

Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

Aug. 14, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent