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JAPAN TO BOOST SPENDINGON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGYTOKYO - Japan's Cabinet approved an ambitious p

Foreign holdings of U.S. assets hit a new high last year, as foreign investors poured record sums of

U.S. chemical producers can take pride in record earnings and soaring exports in recent years. But t

The Clinton administration announced Wednesday that it will resume bilateral aviation negotiations w

In a sign that his struggling government is trying to overcome a faltering economy, President Jose M

July 3, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 3, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

Two ethnic groups living near the giant mine of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. in Indonesia's I

U.S. cotton exporters, saying they are dissatisfied with the way ocean carriers set freight rates, a

Japanese trade officials this week continued to take a hard line on semiconductors and civil aviatio

Airbag theft, one of the fastest growing problems plaguing auto owners, car dealers and the companie

Even though she formally gave way to Bermuda courts for now, Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Li

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

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 3, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

An influential Chinese think tank is urging the government to release 400 billion yuan ($48 billion)

COWS BARGE CANALIN VENICE PROTESTVENICE, Italy - Livestock breeders herded cows onto barges

Suds sales are up in Germany.With the two largest U.S. brewers making a big marketing push i

July 3, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Bu

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

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 3.1 million barrels during the week ended June 28, compared with

Whoever wins the bid for the Chihuahua al Pacifico in the first segment of Mexico's pending railroad

''We want our government to force the Canadians to come to the negotiating table, fess up to their e

LUFTHANSA POSTS DROPIN PRETAX PROFITFRANKFURT - Lufthansa German Airlines said Wednesday its

Prospects for a new round of port-deepening and inland river projects, the first authorized since 19

More even than the change in sovereignty, it is the state of the economy that will determine Hong Ko

The Border Trade Alliance wants to extend to manufacturers on the U.S.-Mexico frontier a federal pro

Italy, Finland and possibly Sweden, will enter the European Union's exchange-rate system in the fall

MALAYSIAN FIRM SIGNS UPFOR UNBUILT DAM'S POWERKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's national p

The bridge is in place, track-laying has begun on the railroad and land reclamation is well under wa

July 3, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

When Disney World's Minnie Mouse gets ready for lunch, Jack Donovan is the one who feeds her.

The approaching transfer to Chinese sovereignty has many ramifications. One less-desirable one is an

Cost-conscious ocean carriers and importers are increasingly shipping goods direct from China's inte

Rail shippers and carriers spurned by the Surface Transportation Board's blanket approval of the Uni

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending June 26, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

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The U.S. dollar declined against the Deutsche mark Wednesday as the Federal Reserve left interest ra

The Clinton administration this week denied knowledge of a reported intelligence list of 40 foreign

JAPANESE ECONOMYCONTINUES RECOVERYTOKYO - The Japanese economy continues to recover moderate