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Ukraine, once the breadbasket of Europe, must introduce tough farm reforms to overcome bad harvests

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Dec. 27, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

It's official: Singapore becomes Southeast Asia's first "developed" economy Jan. 1, 1996. Th

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The Czech Republic is becoming the very model of how to turn a socialist regime into a market-orient

Yang Hainan, 35, is spending $10,000 sprucing up his new apartment, plans to travel to Europe and ha

The ongoing economic crisis in Mexico is affecting the insurance industry, but not the health insura

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CHO YANG LINE SHIP LIFTS HOLIDAY SPIRITSNORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. - The Hong Kong Senat

An Indiana company is trying to carve out a niche in the rail industry with a new freight shipping d

ICC FORMALLY ACCEPTS UP-SP APPLICATIONWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commissio

Dec. 27, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Plans for free trade in the Americas are top-heavy with seminars and long- winded reports, but low o

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '94 - Dec. 27, '95 (a graph) (2

The Hong Kong government beginning Friday will require money changers in the territory to display ex

Cuba's economy, slowly emerging from crisis, should grow by 5 percent in 1996, although that will de

WORKERS COMP RATES TO FALL IN MISSISSIPPIJACKSON, Miss. - Workers compensation rates

The delay in opening the U.S.-Mexican border to each country's truckers and equipment is forcing anx

Two U.S. companies are on the short list to take over state-owned British Rail's bulk freight operat

TTX Co., the largest supplier of intermodal freight car capacity, confirmed that it will reduce capi

TWO MORE SHIPS TO LEAVE US-FLAG FLEETTwo more ships will soon leave the U.S.-flag fleet, one

As of Dec. 27, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

SINGAPORE IMPOSES BAN ON OZONE-DEPLETING CFCSSingapore will ban an ozone-depleting chemical

Taiwan's trade may be steaming ahead nicely, but officials are pushing to correct what some see as a

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Cumulative foreign direct investment in Vietnam up to 1995 has exceeded the $18 billion mark, a Viet

Saskatchewan lawyers want the province to dump its year-old no-fault insurance system. But t

State-owned Shipping Corp. of India is to start a joint box service with Zim Israel Navigation Co. i

Aircraft maintenance workers at United Parcel Service rejected a new five-year labor contract in a v

FORMER JAPAN MINISTER INDICTED IN SCANDALTOKYO - Japanese prosecutors Wednesday indi

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Codelco, the world's biggest copper producer, is suing a British broker to recover some of the $170

CZECH FIRM TO SIGN PACT FOR RUSSIAN GASPRAGUE - The state-run gas company Transgas i

Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Pakistan's privatization drive is on track, despite a minor delay in partial sales of the state-owne

Covering Mother Nature: "People don't think the weather is insurable. They just haven't asked."<

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