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Angry workers jeered Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Wednesday as thousands of others filled Mexic

May 1, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

1456 (May 1, 1996) Previous day - 1458The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

Belgium's banks staked out their claim to lead the world in the development of electronic cash this

Having failed to whip up any enthusiasm for more government handouts, the Asian Development Bank's m

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

KAZAKHSTAN APPEALSFOR NATURAL GASMOSCOW - A Kazakh government delegation arrived in Uzbekist

The International Group of P&I Clubs has thrown its weight behind the oil industry, lodging a motion

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Maritime industry leaders know they have created regulations capable of radically changing the state

Wednesday, May 1, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The supersonic aircraft era, led by Europe's Concorde, may have become a thing of the past even befo

A seemingly minor flap over a new tollbooth on the Massachusetts Turnpike could have consequences fo

The unveiling last week of a major expansion project by Federal Express Corp. at Paris' Charles de G

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 5, '95, - May 1, '96 (a graph)(2)DAI

''I was taught a long time ago not to ask questions when I know the answer is going to be no.''<

Despite fanfare over a renewed closeness between Russia and China, U.S. analysts see little in last

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 1, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

FREIGHT TRAFFIC GROWSAT BRITISH PORTSLONDON - Freight traffic through Britain's ports grew b

P&O Containers is charging into the stormy trans-Pacific trades with a swagger that is leaving some

The National Research Council said enough data is available for it to proceed with a congressionally

The Air Transport Association Wednesday told the Senate Aviation Subcommittee that if Los Angeles is

Manufacturers' new export orders rose more rapidly in April, offering further evidence that an unusu

AFRICAN EX-IM BANKPOSTS PROFIT IN 1ST YEARCAIRO - The African Export-Import Bank Wednesday r

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

TAIWAN, THAILAND SIGNINVESTMENT AGREEMENTTAIPEI - Taiwan and Thailand signed an investment g

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

House Republicans, trying to jump-start negotiations with Democrats, are willing to compromise on li

A third of the people in the world have never made a phone call.There are lots of dizzying s

SWISSAIR STANDS BYCUTS FROM GENEVAZURICH - Swissair offered quicker transit times and more E

A standoff over trucking labor turned the nation's busiest container complex into a ghost town Wedne

PACCAR CHIEF EXECUTIVETO RETIRE AT YEAR-ENDBELLEVUE, Wash. - Charles Pigott, chairman and ch

Mexican finance officials said Wednesday they hope the successful swap of Brady Bond debt for a new

May 1, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Congressional opponents of sugar and peanut subsidy programs said that they would try again to elimi

US PANEL OKS DUTIESON POLYVINYL ALCOHOLWASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commission

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 500,000 barrels during the week ended April 26 compared with the

Futures prices for crude oil and gasoline continued to decline Wednesday following President Clinton