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Thursday, Aug. 8, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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BOEING STRIKERS SPURNCONTRACT DEAL IN CANADAWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Striking Boeing Co. employe

Cuban Transport Minister Senen Casas, an army general, died late Tuesday of a heart attack, governme

Planning a voyage this summer over sun-splashed interstates?Come to Philly and see the boile

Only months after negotiating a five-year lease at its Port of Tacoma terminal, Maersk will exercise

The earnings item on Risk Capital Holdings that appeared Tuesday, Aug. 6, on Page 8A should have sta

Allstate Corp. has eliminated a number of restrictions on its Florida homeowners policies following

The Liberal Democratic Party, Japan's most powerful political party, has drawn up legislation to abo

Eastman Kodak Co. filed a complaint Wednesday with Japanese authorities alleging it has been unfairl

When asked about the larger-than-life Richard J. Gordon, his own fervently dedicated staff can't res

''Economics will drive the merger of both cities.''

Federal Express will submit plans for a temporary warehouse at Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek airport to t

Smell? What smell?The riddle of the weird odor began last weekend on the New Jersey Shore.Ne

AIRMICHOT NAMED PRESIDENTOF FRANCE'S AEROSPATIALEPARIS - Yves Michot, the deputy hea

JULYS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime traged

As of Aug. 7, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 7, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

In a move that could shake up the Japanese insurance market, a major U.S. insurance company has appl

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the Japanese yen Wednesday on talk that there would be no near-

The chemical arm of oil giant Occidental Petroleum Corp. is trying to block a shipping deal it fears

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ISRAEL SET TO FINANCEUPGRADE OF TURKISH JETSTEL AVIV - Israel's Treasury is prepared to lend

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Pittston Burlington Group, which operates air cargo carrier Burlington Air Express, posted improved

The environmental group Greenpeace Tuesday denounced the presence in the Panama Canal of a British-r

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 244.16 off 0.08 w

Aug. 7, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

Each time a ferry rumbles into this scenic bay, it passes over what fisheries scientists once descri

CRUM & FORSTER INSURANCEMike Kuhney has been named regional vice president in the San Franci

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JAPANESE BANKS ASKEDTO CONTROL RISK IN NYTOKYO - Bank of Japan Governor Yasuo Matsushita sai

The Thai cabinet Tuesday accepted an amended Maritime Act that in part would require foreign confere

United Airlines has decided to convert four of its DC-10-30 planes to freighters for its planned U.S

International Longshoremen's Association President John Bowers on Wednesday threatened a Sept. 30 st

Two key California lawmakers met behind closed doors here earlier this week to reach an accord on le

Japan is playing in the United States' economic back yard this month as the prime minister makes a f

If Matson Navigation Co. wanted to orchestrate the ideal public relations announcement to mark the s

Federal officials will conduct an environmental review of a Michigan copper mine, one of several dem