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U.S. envoy Dennis Ross arrived in Jordan on Monday for talks on a key Middle East economic conferenc

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 11, '94 - April 10, '95 (a graph)

The time has arrived! There are only a few weeks left to put together that presentation for a forwar

Japan, forced by the 1993 GATT deal to open up its highly protected rice market, is unlikely to begi

Monday Apr. 10, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Insurers could be facing claims on a par with those resulting from asbestosis unless more research i

RLI CORP. (Peoria, Ill.) - Tim Krueger was promoted to company treasurer. Mr. Krueger will b

Lakeland Mutual Insurance Co. of Erie, Pa., has joined the Insurance Information Institute.

Foreign banks set a trend by raising prime lending rates a full point on Monday while state-run bank

NUCLEAR WASTE-BEARING SHIP NEARING HAWAIINEW YORK - The Pacific Pintail, the ship ca

A New York organization that works to give low-income women greater access to finance hopes a recent

Cash-flow pressures dominated the agenda as 3,000 bankers and government officials gathered Monday f

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 10, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A special task group is set to produce guidelines for a new draft law to liberalize Kazakhstan's gol

Apr. 10, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Czech shareholders are furious at a government plan to give up operating control of telephone monopo

Cuba will soon institute further reforms as its strives for economic recovery, two Havana-based econ

France's Economy Minister Edmond Alphandery said Monday he wants the Group of 7 meeting in Washingto

Monday, April 10, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 237.29 up 0.78 whi

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April 10, 1995 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

The most successful marine terminals are those that include truckers, rail carriers, shippers and lo

A group of leading maritime nations dangled the possibility of international talks to curb ship-oper

U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce Jeffrey Garten and Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Wu Yi argued publi

Major fires are hampering China's economic growth and negligence by local officials is frequently to

China will try to curb its urban unemployment rate in 1995 to 3 percent or 5.1 million people, numbe

The United States and South Korea remained locked in a standoff over South Korea's food inspection s

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The U.S. Customs Service will tighten controls on more than $4 billion of textile and apparel import

United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest freight carrier, is diversifying its equipment fleet

Friday, April 7, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Trucking stocks skidded into a ditch on Wall Street in the first quarter of the year, as concerns ab

U.S. investment in Russian defense conversion is being slowed by political confusion in the Russia m

Despite the railroad industry's desire to see rail merger authority remain in an independent regulat

EU TO PROBE CHARGES OF DISK DUMPINGBRUSSELS - The European Commission said Friday it

Confirming rumors that Mexico plans to construct an alternative to the Panama Canal, Transportation

El Al Israel Airlines said it will launch its third weekly flight between Chicago and Tel Aviv on Ju

REGIONAL BLOCS Africa - The Last Great Developing Market. April 23-28, Nairobi, Keny

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