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Changes in the global interest rate outlook have pinned the dollar down, but there is enough confusi

Friday, May 10, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

''We are clearly a big target.''

Despite the eroding effects of inflation, the Mexican peso is fine in its present trading range and

American insurance companies are in retreat internationally, and this ''means we are giving up the c

Thailand's opposition party says bribery played a role in the award of a concession at the Port of L

MITSUBISHI ANNOUNCESMALAYSIAN VENTURETOKYO - Mitsubishi Corp. announced it will set up a joi

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 260.30 off 0.21

ESCONDIDA MINE FINDSMORE COPPER IN ATACAMASANTIAGO, Chile - The Escondida mine has found mor

Friday May 10, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

CARGO VOLUME DIPSAT PORT OF HAMBURGHAMBURG - Cargo volume at the Port of Hamburg fell 1.4 pe

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 10, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is showcasing a newly designed railcar known as the AllRailer as

China's Shanghai Petrochemical plans to invest 4.7 billion yuan ($566 million) into 11 major technic

Antitrust immunity given to a marketing alliance between United Airlines and Germany's Lufthansa Air

Puget Sound pilots and carriers avoided their annual rumble over pilotage rates when both sides agre

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

China's new ''Silk Route'' to central Asia and Europe is bogged down in customs disputes, but has th

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Japan's trade ministry said this week that small and medium-sized Japanese companies continued on ba

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

CATHAY PACIFIC GETSITS FIRST BOEING 777SEATTLE - Boeing Co. delivered Cathay Pacific Airways

Troops of black-faced monkeys squabble in the road along the route to India's largest power plant, s

May 10, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Bu

HIGH PRICES NOT SEENENDING DRILLING IMPASSEANCHORAGE - The recent surge in gasoline prices a

Heavy-truck sales suffered a double-digit drop in April from the record levels of a year earlier as

The European Commission said it was turning to the Geneva-based World Trade Organization to force op

You no longer have to be a package to fly United Parcel Service.UPS, the largest freight tra

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

James Wolfensohn, World Bank president, said late last week the bank has earmarked $1.5 billion in c

BANK THREATENS TO BLOCKSINGAPORE FROM BIDDINGMANILA - Singapore may be blocked from bidding

Hong Kong, suffering an unusual and worrying blip in exports, visits its Southeast Asian neighbors s

The United States and Japan differ sharply on renewing a pathbreaking agreement that reserves a shar

The mood of action groups representing Lloyd's of London investors hardened quickly against acceptan

Two key legislators, one from the Senate and one from the House, are taking aim at the centerpiece o

MEXICO MODIFIESORIGIN REQUIREMENTSMEXICO CITY - Mexico has published modifications to certif

For the week ended May 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 156

The ports of Georgetown and Port Royal present distinct challenges for the South Carolina State Port

Banks selling insurance, a source of controversy in the United States, has been a way of life in the

The oldest public adjusting firm in the world has been charged with conspiring to inflate claims by