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CENTRAL BANK CHIEFRESIGNS IN CHILESANTIAGO, Chile - Roberto Zahler, Chilean Central Bank pre

One step forward, two steps back? That appears to be the rhythm that Brazil's sell-off of state asse

Railroad companies, electricity utilities and steelmakers moved into Europe's telephone market Monda

Chanel suits, cellphones and pagers, package tours to exotic Asian locales such as Phuket and Bali.<

KOREAN SHARE PRICESMOVE SHARPLY HIGHERSEOUL - Korean share prices soared phenomenally Monday

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

July 1, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

TWRA TO TRIM RATESON FRUIT TO 2 DESTINATIONSSAN FRANCISCO - Carriers in the outbound trans-P

The United States and Japan appear headed for a confrontation over civil aviation unless Washington

FMC TURNS DOWNSHIPPING AGENTS' PETITIONWASHINGTON - The Federal Maritime Commission at the w

HOUSE APPROVESTRANSPORT SPENDING BILLWASHINGTON - The House has acted to advance a $36.8 bil

July 1, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

The bank's project cycle involves four stages: Identification, Preparation, Analysis and Final Appro

Auto insurers in New York can't refuse insurance coverage to older vehicles under a bill signed last

Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission has established terms and conditions for the first private tra

Incompetent crews and an aging fleet are contributing to a noticeable increase in the number of clai

The U.S. dollar declined slightly Monday in cautious trading ahead of meetings of the Federal Open M

For more than a century, the road from the Mozambican coast to the South African heartland was a pat

SUMITOMO HIRES FIRMTO PROBE COPPER LOSSLONDON - Accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand was hired

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 248.67 off 0.70 wh

July 1, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

There is little prospect of a major expansion of private investment in tropical African countries, m

Wheat growers in up to nine states could get a chance to purchase a new type of insurance to protect

The House is moving forward this summer with a set of hearings on China that may lead to a proposal

Before long, drivers in Uzbekistan will be filling up with gas. Natural gas, that is.In what

The top two officials at one of the Philippines' largest copper mining firms officially stepped down

''This probe really underscores how deep fraud is in the insurance arena.''

The Czech Republic and Estonia are the two former Soviet bloc countries that have so far gone the fu

MERIDIAN REPORTS LOSSESFROM SPRING STORMSINDIANAPOLIS - Meridian Insurance Group Inc. said l

As of July 1, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Canadian health officials are not banning imports of U.S. strawberries and raspberries, but they are

Bulgarians, plagued by bank closures, bread shortages and a teetering currency, tightened their belt

The Caribbean Community has asked President Clinton to withdraw a U.S. complaint to the World Trade

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An unnoticed provision of a new anti-terrorism law could cut off most U.S. trade with Syria, imposin

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 7, '95 - July 1, '96 (a graph)* Ann

SHIPSNEDLLOYD LINESEXPANDING SERVICEATLANTA - Nedlloyd Lines (U.S.A.) Corp. is expan

What couldn't be done globally on maritime service trade perhaps can be done regionally, a Canadian

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Monday July 1, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing