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Jan. 2, 1996 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The second-largest and fastest-growing container terminal operator in the Philippines begins the new

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"High-value" farm goods exports, already posting exceptional volume gains, will receive yet more gov

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '94 - Jan. 2, '96 (a graph) (2)

Spain ended its six-month stint as European Union president on Sunday, handing over to Italy after w

22 MISSING AFTER FERRY SINKS OFF INDONESIAJAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescue workers are st

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New auditing standards have come into force in China that bring them closer to international practic

MEXICO RAISES DUTIES ON STEEL FROM 4 NATIONSMexico has imposed final unfair trade penalties

You may only have just cleared away the pretty paper and picked up the other debris, but toy firms a

Viking Freight System Inc. became a national carrier Tuesday when it consolidated with three sister

Joanne Casey, newly named executive director of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, hopes

Texas Instruments and South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. have started the new year in court, fili

Jan. 2, 1996 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Monsanto Co. completed the sale of two of its engineering plastics businesses to Bayer AG. T

If you owe a shipping line money for container storage in Japan, you may be in for a surprise on Feb

Thursday, Jan. 2, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

A group of Brazilian investors, grain farmers and agribusiness companies are hoping to make a little

Algeria's Central Bank Tuesday said that a foreign exchange market will be opened here for the first

INDIA'S TRADE DEFICIT GREW IN 8-MONTH PERIODNEW DELHI - India's trade deficit widene

Cargo from Asia will arrive in Puerto Rico this week, for the first time under a new American Presid

Federal Express Corp. and the Air Line Pilots Association are going back to the negotiating table, a

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 2, 1996Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

U.S. economic growth will slow in 1996 and interest rate cuts will be needed to avert a recession, t

Profit-taking cut short a Tuesday morning rally in the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen after th

The French are fanatically fastidious about their language and the perceived threat that English wil

Indonesia plans to phase out restrictions on some food imports in what it says is a response to inte

"London to Scotland for the price of a pair of jeans," screams the downtown billboards for EasyJet,

Evergreen America Corp. started off the new year by naming a new chairman, Capt. S.Y. Kuo. A

WITH MERGER, MANULIFE NOW LARGEST IN CANADAManulife Financial and the former North American

Tuesday Jan. 2, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

For the would-be owner of a short line, now is the time to go shopping. A number of Class 1 railroad

Jan. 2, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

GLUT OF STEEL IN ASIA SPURS CALL FOR PRICE CUTTOKYO - Japanese steelmakers are under

As if overfishing and dam-building weren't enough to endanger their existence, Northwest salmon now

Opposition allegations of foul play and the introduction of a reserve price for licenses appear to h

The U.S. government stands to lose as much as $15 million for each day Congress fails to authorize c

So you've outgrown that model railroad in the basement, and you're thinking about upgrading. Maybe,

The World Bank estimates that the average human's share of the world's income was $4,600 in 1994, ab