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The conference shipping lines in the North Atlantic trade are snapping at each other again - this ti

Hit by an economic slump and a rising Japanese yen, car dealers sold 548,000 vehicles in Taiwan last

Mexican government representatives will travel to Washington next week to voice complaints over what

JET CRASH IN ZAIRE KILLS MORE THAN 350KINSHASA, Zaire - Officials said Wednesday the

While many forecasters continue to predict modest economic growth for 1996, the latest rail traffic

On the day a major exhibit of Egyptian antiquities was to have opened in Florida, authorities here W

As of Jan. 10, 1996 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Proposals to lay a Baltic gas pipeline from Norway to Estonia, to ensure the latter's energy indepen

The seven-nation South Asian bloc agreed Tuesday to accelerate its drive to create a regional free-t

If you had been in Rio de Janeiro a decade ago, you might have come across a curious sight: an old m

INDONESIA LICENSES MERRILL LYNCH UNITJAKARTA, Indonesia - PT Merrill Lynch Indonesia

On page 28 in the Jan. 8 issue of The Journal of Commerce's Shipping Review & Outlook, the names of

Conoco Inc. said it joined two Canadian partners and made a ground-breaking proposal to the Mexican

Blue macaws flit through the air. Alligators loll on islands in the midday sun. A family of capybara

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

The nation's coal production fell slightly to 1.02 billion tons in 1995, according to preliminary fi

Just before Christmas, Amoco Corp. moved into spacious offices in Moscow. It was an optimistic gestu

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union added to its recent string of organizing s

Garment manufacturers in Bangladesh are pressing the government to devalue the currency to regain a

Donor nations on Tuesday pledged $865 million in economic aid to rebuild the Gaza Strip and West Ban

NORTH AMERICA Fashion Jewelry Mart. Jan. 12-14, March 9-16, June 5-8 and Sept. 28-Oct. 5. Rh

AXA, the Paris-based international insurance and financial services group, announced profits of 133

Egypt has frozen plans to fly an exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts to Florida that was to hav

A federal judge ruled that a Roman Catholic self-insurance pool won't have to pay claims or defend t

Jan. 9, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

As of Jan. 9, 1996 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Tuesday Jan. 9, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Ice and water are hampering efforts to determine how much oil leaked from a pipeline under a river i

FOLGERS TO CUT PRICE OF COFFEE AGAINNEW YORK - Folgers, a division of Procter & Gamb

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CHINA, IATA AGREE ON PROCESSING CENTERBEIJING - China said it signed an agreement wi

Wanted: One finance minister. Japan's ruling coalition seeks political heavyweight to fill challengi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 13, '95 - Jan. 9, '96 (a graph) (2)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is assuring growers of organic produce they still will be able to

The state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines said it will spin off several of its divisions i

NYCAN PRAISES PROMISE OF COMPENSATION REFORMMOUNT VERNON, N.Y. - The New York Worker

GROUP OF 7 MEETING CANCELED DUE TO SNOWBALTIMORE - A conference of G-7 economic mini

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 245.92 off 0.86 wh

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Jan. 9, 1996 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.