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The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Aug. 21, 1995.

Two Washington-based international agencies - the World Bank and the Inter- American Development Ban

Monday, Aug. 21, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

At least two people were killed Monday in the crash of a twin-engine commuter plane outside this wes

Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said Monday he will propose cuts in corporate income t

Remember the tyranny of homework? You couldn't go out to play or do the things you really wa

A natural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Bulgaria finds itself squeezed by sanctions at

The Russian insurance industry could twitch into life following a decision to make insurance premium

The congestion of containers here has opened some new financial opportunities for port officials and

The U.S. dollar declined slightly Monday as traders took profits from its spectacular recent rally a

"Scouting and Networking for New Technologies in Life and Material Sciences." Aug. 28-29. Seminar sp

KOREA MARINE PLANS SERVICE WITH YANG MINGTOKYO - Korea Marine Transport Co.'s Japan

Forklifts clogging Hanoi's narrow streets and cranes towering over tree-lined avenues and lakes tell

American International Airways took delivery Monday of the first Lockheed L- 1011-200 TriStar aircra

GROUP SUES REGULATORS OVER STRIP-MINE RULESA citizens' group filed suit accusing federal str

Despite a softening in the general industrial market last week, the transportation sector remained f

U.S. industry, in a neat blend of altruism and self-interest, has thrown its full weight behind the

A report by the International Monetary Fund suggesting that Mexican - not foreign - investors were t

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

A major credit rating agency issued a harsh assessment of Japan's banking industry Monday, ranking t

Suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas are gearing up to meet a potential increase in winter demand in

Registered unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 445,000, or 6.9 percent of the work force in the

Hong Kong's provisional unemployment rate for May-July rose to 3.2 percentfrom a seasonally

Aug. 21, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Everybody wants a bigger piece of the global pie. The tax authorities in emerging markets see the cu

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

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

FIRMS SCRAMBLE TO MEET DEADLINE FOR POLISH BIDSNEW YORK - Western telecommunications

The beleaguered Port of Churchill in northern Manitoba is looking to strike pay dirt from a nickel r

The city of Tacoma, Wash., with financial help from the state and the Port of Tacoma, has purchased

U.S. agricultural exports are on track to set a record this fiscal year and the outlook is just as r

Aug. 18, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Ocean Common Carriers Coalition, a key lobbying group of U.S. and foreign ship lines, is founder

On Wednesday, an importer of, say, sewing machines or refrigerators will have to start worrying abou

Friday, Aug. 18, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

British power company National Power PLC has blocked New Zealand's initial attempts to set up compet

U.S. officials say they are continuing to press Russia privately about its pending nuclear reactor s

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

Shipments of garments from the Caribbean, Mexico and Asia were behind thebulk of the double-

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