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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 30, '95, - June 27, '96 (a graph)*

China must decide who owns its vibrant township and village enterprises if they are to remain centra

Roberta Dayer knows how difficult it can be to locate an overseas distributor for your products.

The two contenders in Sunday's presidential election in the Dominican Republic have promised to cont

Sometime this summer, checks worth $219 million will be mailed to the creditors of Kwelm. That will

Exxon Corp. attorneys argued Wednesday for more than six year's worth of interest on they payments i

With midnight fast approaching, the House Wednesday approved Superfund's 1997 budget and decisively

Major railroads and unions likely will resume contract negotiations less than two weeks before a pos

Recent surveys indicate 95 percent of the chief executives of major corporations believe logistics s

The U.S. shipyards that have been harsh critics of an international agreement banning shipbuilding s

Thursday, June 27, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

In an unusual display of intercultural solidarity, U.S. and Japanese women's groups demonstrated in

June 27, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

CARRIER CORP. BUYSFINNISH COMPANYFARMINGTON, Conn. - Carrier Corp. has purchased a Finnish c

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, Mexico's largest steamship line, Thursday announced the sale of it

The end of the month will mark the end of an era at the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, where Demo

PENA URGED TO KEEPLARGER RIGS OFF US ROADSWASHINGTON - A bipartisan quartet of lawmakers Wed

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

June 27, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Clinton administration officials have had a lot to say this year about how increased imports of Mexi

WORLD BANK OKS LOANFOR CHINA ENVIRONMENTHONG KONG - The World Bank has approved a S150 milli

Marine underwriters say they are finding the lists of substandard ships, now being issued on a regul

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GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

If you happen to land some tickets to next month's Olympic Games in Atlanta, don't celebrate just ye

Thursday June 27, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

FRENCH BAN ON FEEDTIED TO MAD-COW DISEASEPARIS - Prime Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday Fr

The terrorist bombing of a U.S. military compound in Saudi Arabia Tuesday has dashed European hopes

The House turned back critics of China's human rights record Thursday, voting by a 2-1 margin to uph

A study funded by the World Bank advises Latin America to look elsewhere than the North American Fre

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Since its brief rally to $420 this year, gold has fallen into a lethargy. Speakers at the Financial

The port industry is becoming more active in the debate over shipping deregulation legislation and h

Several compromises to make it less costly for Mexican truckers to meet U.S. safety standards have d

As of June 27, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto agreed late Thursday to work toward

Brazil has shot ahead of Argentina and Chile on protection for pharmaceuticals with a new law that g

Somebody has to ante up at least $1 trillion - that's one with 12 zeros behind it - if the planet's

Aftershocks from the terrorist blast in Saudi Arabia continued to roil energy markets Thursday, as b