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The Port of Seattle is increasing its financial commitment to a contemporary museum opening on its w

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

The Federal Reserve this week will again ease monetary policy slightly,financial analysts sa

In search of a bipartisan compromise on U.S. farm subsidies, the House is scheduled to pass a modifi

A federal magistrate set March 19 for the trial of three disarmament activists accused of damaging a

AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE CO. (Princeton, N.J.) - Albert J. Beer has been elected president of the Casua

The issue of redlining is set to cause a lot of headaches this year in Ohio. A trial has bee

President Shankar Dayal Sharma late Sunday ordered the setting up of the country's first independent

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Monday Jan. 29, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Monday, Jan. 29, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 3, '95 - Jan. 29, '96 (a graph) (2)

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has promised to give serious thought to India's request for

California farmers will fight to the end to prevent the state and federal government from banning th

A Minnesota federal judge and a bankruptcy judge in California last week handed shippers two victori

An ambitious multibillion-dollar program to build high-speed rail tracks across Europe faces a major

World wheat trade is forecast to increase to 108 million tons between July 1999 and June 2000 and to

January 29, 1996 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and t

The debut of the so-called "Grand Alliance" consortium in May will bring the British carrier P&O Con

BLUE STAR (NORTH AMERICA) LTD. (New York) - Joseph Colantonio was named international equipment anal

A union-owned life insurance company is providing the key investment in a Delaware partnership seeki

European Union foreign ministers decided in Brussels Monday to set the level of EU aid for the Commo

Companies exporting to France beware! The country has begun cracking down on firms disobeying langua

"We're waiting for marching orders from the leaders."

The United States has intensified diplomatic efforts to ensure that pro- competition regulatory disc

When an American contractor needs materials, he can go to the lumberyard or the "big box" chain reta

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

Jan. 29, 1996 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

BILL BLACK AGENCY GROUP USA (Falmouth, Mass.) - Jesse Hatcher was promoted to manager of this agent'

Associations representing insurance companies that insure large U.S. trucks called Monday for strict

China's southern Guangdong province is pressing the central authorities for permission to open its i

The 329 Liverpool dockworkers fired in October at the Port of Liverpool will be balloted this week o

The price of shares in the parent companies of three top European carriers - Maersk Line, P&O Contai

The European Union hailed a U.S. city this month as a role model as it unveiled a campaign to promot

Jan. 29, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

European Union plans to launch a single currency faces a further setback today when the union's econ

The French state-owned Compagnie Generale Maritime teamed with the Belgian shipping company Compagni

"The proposal from Chiquita is like heaven, against the hell we are getting now."