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Russia dispersed two storm clouds over its economic relations with the West, lifting a ban on poultr

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 26, '96 (a graph)(2)

SPAIN POSTS SURPLUSIN CURRENT ACCOUNTMADRID - Spain posted a current account surplus

Deutsche Shell, German subsidiary of Royal/Dutch Shell group, Tuesday reported 1995 after-tax profit

U.S. cattle producers are hoping Britain's mad cow disease will lead European countries to relax res

Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos said last week his government would legalize hundreds of t

The American Trucking Associations Intermodal Conference has begun asking its members to tell the re

Placer Dome Inc. said Tuesday that milling operations have been suspended at its 39.9 percent-owned

The next two years should show an increase in the container capacity of the world boxship fleet of a

Tuesday Mar. 26, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

1428 (Mar. 26, 1996) Previous day - 1425The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted to file a declaration in a California cour

There is an old saying about short-line railroads: ''We're not as long as the big guys but we're jus

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 26, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Clinton administration will keep the U.S. market open to China despite trade, human rights and o

The chairman of Gazprom, a giant Russian energy company, came to the United States to get loans from

CHILEAN EX-ARMY COLONELSOUGHT IN CODELCO SCANDALSANTIAGO, Chile - When Judge Jose Benquis fi

A branch of Siemens Ltd. China this month opened in this capital of central Hubei province, joining

Mar. 26, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Australian government has agreed to extend $7.4 million in interest-free loans to improve China'

To reduce logistics costs, the first thing a company should do is figure out how much it's spending

Beef production neared a record in the first quarter of the year but was expected to end the January

From Singapore to Kunming, Bombay to Kabul, Rangoon to Ho Chi Minh City lines of parallel steel are

2 UTILITIES LOOK TO SELLEXCESS KENTUCKY POWERLOS ANGELES - PacifiCorp announced Tuesday an i

Citation Insurance Group saw a significant turnaround in its bottom line with 1995 net income of $93

At 47, Barry Williams has 24 years with P&O Containers and carries the undescriptive title of direct

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

MITSUI TO REORGANIZEOPERATIONS AT TWO PORTSTOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K Lines said it will reorganiz

China's beleaguered textile sector is rethinking its strategy as rising costs and tougher competitio

Days before the opening of the busy summer season, the United States and France on Tuesday resolved

PRESIDENT OF EL ALRESIGNS IN PROTESTJERUSALEM - The president of El Al Israel Airlines annou

Airborne Express is implementing postal code routing to 15 of its most-common destination countries.

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

Six weeks after a management buyout and a month after replacing its top executive, LEP Profit Intern

Under congressional pressure to improve rail safety regulation, the Federal Railroad Administration

''Farmers use it on their fields left, right and center. It needs a fair input of energy to make it

Belgium's diamond trade consolidated its position as the world's biggest with a 14 percent rise in r

Asian economies are pumping massive investments into port development in competition for rapidly gro