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ARKWRIGHT MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Waltham, Mass.) - Joseph P. Roth joined the company as chief operati

Hong Kong and Australia pulled back from the brink of an airline war on Monday by agreeing to put th

The 1995 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award will be presented by United Seamen's Service to Sen. Trent L

Du Pont and China Worldbest Development Corp. on Monday broke ground for their joint venture to manu

US WORKING RIG COUNT ROSE BY 14 LAST WEEKHOUSTON - The number of oil and gas rigs op

A Houston-based bunker-fuel provider is eyeing Mexico's untapped potential for bunkering business an

GHANA BOOSTS PRICE PAID TO COCOA GROWERSLONDON - Ghana has increased the price paid

FIREMAN'S FUND TO BOOST ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVESNOVATO, Calif. - Fireman's Fund Insura

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS: Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utili

The Agricultural Bank of China said Monday it plans to open its first overseas branch in Singapore i

Watch out, Rush, Oprah and Geraldo. A new television star may be born today - American Trucking Asso

Seeking to grab a larger slice of the booming Asia-Pacific air express market, United Parcel Service

RUSSIA TO SIGN DEAL WITH EXXON, SODECOMOSCOW - Russia will sign a $20 billion agreem

Monday, June 26, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Mexico-U.S. border starts to open up to truck traffic this December, but don't expect a jam of c

A hijacked freighter with a $2 million cargo and 14 crew being taken toward Chinese waters had cover

Canada's flour-milling industry is slowly withering away as returns on capital investment are not gr

French industrial production appears to have slowed in recent months, a new survey of French busines

Monday June 26, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 237.92 up 0.64 whi

"If I say something you fully understand, I probably made a mistake."

Federal tax office investigators have 30 days to report their findings on alleged corruption tied to

"Sold out" signs have replaced the usual "gone fishing" notices in the computer industry, as leading

Hungary's seasonally adjusted industrial production in April was 4.7 percent down on the previous mo

Marine pilots in San Francisco Bay, saying their pay increases are not keeping pace with inflation,

June 26, 1995 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

The proposal to sell the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve near Bakersfield, Calif., has made it far

Three of the major players moving goods to one of the world's hottest markets are taking steps to un

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 28, '94 - June 26, '95 (a graph) (2

Trade between Mexico and its partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement is unlikely to grow

Since the Dec. 20 devaluation of the Mexican peso shattered the once highly touted Mexican economy a

The Customs Service is working with other federal agencies that have jurisdiction over southern bord

After a first year that saw two-way trade increase, many of the market opportunities created by the

In an effort to lower shipping costs, the Costa Rican government is trying to open its two principal

The House Banking Committee gets ready to finish work on a banking deregulation bill today as agents

Tourists weary of the same old Earth could soon start making vacation plans for space. Boein

JAPANESE ELECTRIC FIRM PLANS CHINESE VENTURETOKYO - Major Japanese electrical equipm

European Union annual inflation was a provisional 3.3 percent in May, unchanged from April and March

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

The Transportation Department has approved a partnership between Continental Airlines and Air Canada