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Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

There has been a major breakthrough in two-year talks between Nigeria and the International Monetary

Western German wholesale prices fell 0.7 percent in July from June and were 1.7 percent higher than

The U.S. dollar remained firm Wednesday after Tuesday's sharp rally, with the U.S. currency rising t

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 17, '94 - Aug. 16, '95 (a graph) (2

The authorities auctioned government treasury bills this week for the first time, putting 3 billion

China has established a series of accreditation centers in its effort to improve the quality of good

It's crucial to get bipartisan support for legislation giving President Clinton so-called fast-track

An investment guarantee agency that provides insurance against the risk of war in developing countri

Presidents and prime ministers of 25 countries in the Caribbean Basin are meeting in this English-sp

Blocking port operators from collecting a shipowner's unpaid terminal chargesfrom the owner'

"Women in Russia who go into business are very serious about it and have a delicate and scrupulous p

National Conference of State Railway Officials. Aug. 20-23. AASHTO standing committee meeting. Portl

ASSOCIATED AIR FREIGHT INC. (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) - Tony McFarland was named director of credit and

Domestic Mexican vehicle sales through the first seven months of the year totaled 97,653 units, off

Trucking companies warn a hike in the state gas tax to improve Idaho's roads could eventually come f

JAPANESE MINISTRY TO ORDER FIGHTERSTOKYO - Japan's Defense Ministry plans to order p

Canada's three eastern region trucking associations Wednesday unveiled a joint proposal to harmonize

Auto and light truck manufacturers are required to begin a five-year phase-in of improved head prote

Talks between the National Automobile Transporters Labor Division and the International Brotherhood

Japan Airlines has been denied permission to do maintenance on U.S. planesbecause its facili

Fish caught in the waters surrounding Micronesia now have a new way of getting to Japan - by air.

The Mexican government has selected First Boston Corp., the international investment bank, to advise

Larry Brennan, president of Teamsters Local 337 in Detroit and a vocal critic of Ron Carey, the unio

Seko-Air Freight said it has opened a terminal in Honolulu. Seko officials said the new term

TWA PILOTS' LEADER WON'T SEEK NEW TERMWilliam Compton, chief of the Trans World Airlines pil

LOT Polish Airlines said its cargo volume in the first six months of this year rose 18 percent to mo

Swiss producer prices remained unchanged in July from June, but fell 0.1 percent on the year, wherea

BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. says recent drilling indicates the North Slope Badami oil field may not

U.S. inventories of crude oil rose by 1.7 million barrels during the week ended Aug. 11, compared wi

EXIM JAPAN TO LEND $122 MILLION TO MEXICOThe Export-Import Bank of Japan said it will extend

The planned reform of Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa sector has met with a mixed reception from European trad

Honeywell Inc. and China National Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) todayannounced a strategic alliance

The Archer Daniels Midland Co. ethanol plant here will shut down at the end of next week, leaving 58

Enron Corp.'s recently canceled, multibillion-dollar deal to build a giant power plant in India may

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

Wednesday Aug. 16, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

As of Aug. 16, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 234.28 off 0.43 w