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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 244.43 up 0.52 w

As of Mar. 8, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 8, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Mar. 8, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 8, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Commerce officials in Mexico have wrapped up two unfair-trade investigations, clearing U.S. and Cana

The Japanese government is beginning to believe that Indonesia's program to develop a domestic autom

Japan's telecommunications ministry said that Japanese companies use of the Internet stands at 11.7

NIGERIA SEEKS TO ATTRACTFOREIGN INVESTMENTLAGOS, Nigeria - The Nigerian government is offeri

REGIONAL BLOCSOverview of the Brazilian Telecommunications Sector. March 18. New Yor

U.S. steelmakers are choosing to battle Mexican trade penalties through North American Free Trade Ag

Taiwan's defense minister said Friday that the island will fight back in the event of an attack viol

CANADA TO PROMOTEFOOD PRODUCTS IN JAPANTOKYO - Canada is to launch a three-year sale

A Russian military delegation held talks with Argentina's top military chiefs Friday on possible arm

Honduran police Friday seized more than 360 pounds of cocaine in a warehouse used by the U.S. compan

Despite heavy fighting in breakaway Chechnya, the head of an international consortium developing ric

Leading German shipping companies demanded in Hamburg Friday that the European Commission relax its

House members, lagging behind their Senate counterparts, accelerated their efforts last week to put

Environmental groups accused the Clinton administration of caving in to port authorities in proposin

Marsh & McLennan Inc., one of the major U.S. insurance brokers, has opened a representative office i

The board of directors of Zenith National Insurance Corp. said that it has authorized the repurchase

Stung by defections of some of its biggest customers, the U.S. Postal Service is changing classifica

Friday, March 8, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The government will buy Alaskan pink salmon for school lunches and other food aid in an effort to bo

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

Oil terminals in the Middle East are among some of the worst in the world for providing tankers with

Commerce trade investigators in Mexico have taken final action against Dutch starch exporters, leavi

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

The U.S. dollar will rise this week, and may hit a high for the year against the Deutsche mark, curr

The Bank of England cut interest rates by a quarter point Friday, indicating that Britain is less wo

Economic growth averaging more than 5 percent over the next 20 years in India is expected to spawn m

For the week ended March 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Heavy truck sales slipped and slid along with the economy in February as manufacturers had to rely o

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Twenty percent of all imports are not in compliance with Customs regulations, according to the first

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Efforts by Pacific conference lines to recapture market share from independents through early contra

An investigation into the alleged misuse of state subsidies by Germany's ailing shipbuilder, Bremer

With the blessing of Bob Dole, Florida vegetable growers are using Tuesday's presidential primary to