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

ASEAN MEMBERS DIFFER ON ADDING AUSTRALIAKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian Prime Minister Ma

Clearly, 1996 is not starting out like a very good year. Perhaps I am being influenced by th

ASIA AIRFREIGHT TO BUILD SINGAPORE TERMINALSINGAPORE - Asia Airfreight Terminal Co.

A South Korean manufacturer is announcing plans to build a $1.3 billion memory chip factory in what

Jan. 16, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Europe's record industry has opened a special office in Milan to fight what it calls a potentially c

It's hard to start the year knowing you lack the cash to finish it, but that's exactly the situation

PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY CO. (Newark, N.J.) - Thomas W. Crawford was named president and chi

British insurers are turning to the Internet to market their products and transact sales. Th

Buyers of most commercial insurance coverages are going to be very happy in 1996. That's bec

Just when it seemed casualty insurance prices could drop no lower, they've fallen as much as 10 perc

FEDEX LOST $20 MILLION IN SALES DUE TO STORMSMEMPHIS - Federal Express Corp. said it

Natural disasters caused a record amount of loss last year, but the insurance industry got off light

1541 (Jan. 16, 1996) Previous day - 1543 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Friday Jan. 12, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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

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Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad has plans for major track repairs. The Brookings, S.D., company

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

Jan. 12, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Swiss companies invested a record 15.1 billion francs ($13 billion) abroad in 1994, according to fig

Harper Group, parent company of forwarder and logistics provider Circle International, said it compl

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union at the weekend began to win political supp

1550 (Jan. 12, 1996) Previous day - 1565 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The state insurance regulator is taking her fight with medical insurers to the Legislature, pushing

Germany, the self-styled paragon of European financial virtue, failed to meet the entry grade for Eu

U.S. textile mills are likely to import around 100,000 bales of cotton in 1995-96, with commitments

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

Freightliner Corp. finished 1995 as the leading maker of heavy trucks for the fourth consecutive yea

Friday, Jan. 12, 1996 (Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES<

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines outlined in a recent report its list of the shipping industry's most significant

The United Arab Emirates, a key OPEC member, earned nearly US$1 billion in extra oil revenue in 1995

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A California-based oil company has agreed to pay Arizona $250,000 for failing to clean up a Phoenix

Fore Way Express Inc., a Wausau, Wis., regional less-than-truckload carrier, ceased operations last

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision that a short-line railroad owner is not bound by previous lab

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 20, '95 - Jan. 12, '96 (a graph) (2