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Oct. 23, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 23, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

An unheralded United Nations agency aims to preserve its role as the U.N. point man on trade and dev

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 23, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Oct. 23, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

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

Monday, Oct. 23, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The United Nations, which by most accounts has come out of the Cold War with hardly any medals at al

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 28 '94 - Oct. 23, '95 (a graph) (2)

The credibility of Japan's mighty Finance Ministry, already dented by domestic and foreign criticism

The U.S. dollar fell victim once again Monday to political uncertainty in Europe, specifically Italy

Britain's gross domestic product rose by a real, seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent in the third quarte

Trade advocates are blasting a decision by Mexico's finance ministry to raise to U.S. levels its mon

The world's leading trade powers refused over the weekend to ease conditions for China's accession t

Defying militants' threats and government action, Kentucky Fried Chicken opened its second restauran

President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine Monday warned that his country may descend into social chaos if i

China produces most of the world's silk and silk garments, and a rapid increase in production is ala

"Reciprocity . . . equals bilateralism, bilateralism equals discrimination and trade relations base

US AGREEMENT TO MOVE INVESTMENT TALKS DENIEDThe United States remains determined to pursue a

Trade leads are supplied by: U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service<

China's central bank may soon authorize "one or two more" overseas companies to start full insurance

US NAVY SHIP SPILLS OIL IN ISRAELI PORTJERUSALEM - A U.S. Naval supply ship, the San

Global seaborne trade is forecast to increase by 3 percent in 1995, to reach nearly 4.6 billion tons

It's getting colder and wetter on picket lines at Boeing Co. plants. Strikers are scurrying

John Cosgrove knows first hand the destructive power of a hurricane. After hiding in a close

Proponents of the E-470 beltway being built around the eastern edge of the Denver area think the tol

WESTERN NATIONAL NET DOWN AS FIRM REALIZES LOSSES TO OFFSET PRIOR GAINSWestern Natio

S&P AFFIRMS RATING OF AXA COMPANIESNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's affirmed its third-h

Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG (DASA), Germany's largest aircraft maker, will cut more than 8,000 jobs an

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) - Roger C. Bird has been chosen to fill the Frank M. Engle Dis

Union Pacific and other railroads are taking a fresh look at passenger trains that were severed from

Daily train service between Chicago and Toronto, scheduled to be cut back Oct. 29, will continue thr

MK Rail Corp. reported that third-quarter net losses widened to $3.2 millionfrom $345,000las

Taiwan's President Group is proposing to expand its alliance with Britain's Eagle Star Insurance Co.

Despite the Mexican peso crisis and the ensuing recession, U.S. banks have noplans to scale

Talks resumed this week between the main air carriers of Hong Kong and Taiwan as the clock ticked aw

Small and mid-sized freight forwarders and customs brokers say they must become full-service provide

Mexico's currency collapse has created a rising tide of exports - as well as equipment imbalances, w