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THAILAND'S OIL DEMAND ROSE 10.4 PERCENT IN 1995BANGKOK - Thailand's demand for petro

Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America is refusing to pay life insurance benefits to the widow of

South Korean carriers will spend about $2.5 billion next year to expand their fleets, nearly double

U.S. Customs officials here begin accepting applications today for motor carriers seeking special ex

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '94 - Dec. 29, '95 (a graph) (2

Sales of cars in the Chinese capital were reported to be showing unusual briskness in December after

A ruling by the Federal Aviation Administration on safety standards of some foreign civil aviation a

If getting hard information from China is difficult, getting details of its tariff plans gives new m

"Consumers who have come through the bubble prosperity and post-bubble economic recession have becom

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

The following companies are looking to export/sell or import/buy the following items. Interested par

Boosted by an upturn in iron ore production and solid gains in pig iron in major industrial nations,

1604 (Dec. 29, 1995) Previous day - 1610 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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

CALIFORNIA DISASTERS AGAIN TOP $1 BILLIONSACRAMENTO, Calif. - For the fifth year in a row, C

Government statistics show total contractual investment from Japan reached $5.13 billion through the

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 242.83 off 1.50

FOREIGN CAPITAL NEEDS FORECAST FOR CHINAThe State Information Center forecast the amount of

Low world grain supplies along with voracious demand have analysts convinced that U.S. corn and soyb

Eli Lilly and Co. - the state's biggest source of hazardous waste - is cutting its reliance on a tox

British Gas faces a showdown with some of the world's biggest oil companies next month as it seeks t

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Workers have brought under control an oil spill from an underwater pipeline in a river in Russia's s

European shippers are hoping more air cargo carriers follow the lead taken by American Airlines in p

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 28, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Thursday, Dec. 28, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Indonesia will earn $5.21 billion from tourism in 1995, up from $4.7 billion last year, Tourism Mini

A move by South Korea's central bank to relax accounting rules has eased commercial banks' fears tha

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The Internet's World Wide Web has been hyped into the stratosphere as the biggest development since

China said on Thursday it would slash the average level of import tariffs to 23 percent from April 1

Dec. 28, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

CHINA ACTS TO CURB HIGH-TECH PORNOGRAPHYChina's customs authorities have issued an emergency

The first orders for a vessel that could revolutionize container shipping may be placed within a few

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The story headlined "Aon Signs Agreement to Sell GE Capital Its LOV Subsidiary" which appeared on Pa

A comprehensive study of the United Kingdom's insurance industry has underlined the sector's importa

UP PUTS DOWN ROOTS ON WORLD WIDE WEBOMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad has establi