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Despite higher profit this year, agricultural production next year should stagnate near the 60.5 bil

Substantial declines by Federal Express Corp. and American Freightways Corp. helped drag The Journal

CURRENT TEXTILE AND APPAREL QUOTAS: Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full

Two human rights groups Monday cited the recent arrest of a South Korean labor leader to argue again

S. KOREAN EX-PRESIDENT ADMITS TAKING BRIBESSouth Korean ex-President Roh Tae Woo admitted ta

Early returns suggest that Russian voters have given the Communist Party and extreme nationalists a

Changes in fashions for little girls have contributed to the closure of a U.S.-owned apparel company

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

The European Commission is expected to adopt legislation Wednesday requiring national governments to

Political undercurrents in the attack on telecommunications liberalization are becoming obvious, wit

The head of the Life Insurance Association of Japan implied that growing competition among life insu

Monday Dec. 18, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The Port of Kingston is open again after more than 300 workers ended a strike and started clearing a

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

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Monday, Dec. 18, 1995 (Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RAT

Major shipping lines in the trans-Pacific market have agreed to halt their rate cutting and enact a

Edgar Meister, a member of the Bundesbank directorate, said Monday that efforts are still needed to

Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to stop mailing cancellation notices temporarily to condo associat

In a blow to rail labor, House-Senate conferees stripped from final legislation to close the Interst

TNT Contract Logistics Inc. has signed a three-year, $15 million contract to manage inbound and outb

TRAINS RESUME RUNNING AFTER NEW YORK ACCIDENTFONDA, N.Y. - Trains were running again

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 23, '94 - Dec. 18, '95 (a graph) (2

Senate Republican leader Bob Dole and U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor discussed trade negoti

Alaska Railroad Corp. has started moving containers and breakbulk cargoes, instead of railcars only,

For the week ended Dec. 9, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

Discussion of a European Union draft directive on chocolate quality has been postponed by the Europe

NATO planners working to move, feed and fuel the 60,000 troops bound for Bosnia to monitor the Balka

More than a thousand new insurance-related home pages will hit the World Wide Web Jan. 9, putting ag

Lary Scott, former chairman and chief executive of WorldWay Corp., is the new executive vice preside

Cars Cars Loaded LoadedChange Railroad Category 1995 1994MAJOR INCREASES

EGYPT'S CRUDES FORMULA FOR PRICING TO CHANGEThe prices of Egypt's crudes - Suez Blend, Ras a

As of Dec. 18, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Dec. 15, 1995.

Early indications from Haiti's presidential election show hot favorite Rene Preval well in the lead,

The European Union gave further impetus to economic and political reform in Eastern Europe by offeri

Spain's producer prices were down 0.2 percent in October from September but were up 5.9 percent from

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Pressing its bid to join the World Trade Organization, Taiwan is offering further cuts in tariffs on

SHELL NIGERIA ORDERS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDYLONDON - Shell Nigeria has commissioned an i