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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

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Lac Minerals took out full-page newspaper advertisements Monday urging shareholders to reject hostil

Buyers Group, a cargo consolidating company affiliated with Sea-Land Service Inc., has opened a hub

Ten thousand U.S. shipyard and seagoing jobs would be lost if Congress repeals a 20-year ban on expo

Truckers driving to and from the busy uptown wharves of the Port of New Orleans face detours on seve

The cruise ship Regal Empress remained docked Monday in New York harbor while the city's fire marsha

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Foreign investment for the first seven months of 1994 is up sharply in Mexico, fueled by what govern

OTIS ELEVATOR FORMS 2ND VIETNAM VENTUREOtis Elevator Co., the world's largest maker of eleva

New Zealand still has 15 times as many sheep as humans but a decade of sharply falling stock numbers

MOODY'S REVIEWS RATINGS OF CONTINENTAL UNITSNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service has

HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS PASS MARK ON MISSOURIOMAHA, Neb. - The Missouri River's six mai

Monday, Aug. 22, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

KENETECH SETTLES DISPUTE WITH UTILITYNEW YORK - Kenetech Corp. and Pacific Gas and E

Bank Negara's recent dismantling of 8-month-old capital controls that soured investor sentiment in M

Russia and Germany have agreed on bilateral measures to prevent the illegal transportation of hazard

Proposals for liberalizing trade and investment have been made to members of a regional economic gro

Russia's central bank said Monday it was cutting its three-month refinancing rate, to 130 percent fr

The U.S. dollar moved lower again vs. major currencies, especially the deutsche mark, in a quiet sel

Strong global personal computer sales and prospects of surging demand for semiconductors have led Ja

"Bulgaria and Poland have had 50 percent of their debts written off. Why is this not being done in r

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

An unexpected battle for ownership rights to the sunken passenger ship Lusitania, which was torpedoe

The Communist Party has acknowledged that false reporting of economic statistics was widespread and,

Vietnamese government officials will have to speak at least one foreign language, preferably English

Japan and the United States are likely to settle a lengthy dispute over the opening of Japan's insur

THAI EXPORTS OF MAIZE PLUNGED 40 PERCENT IN JULYBANGKOK, Thailand - Thai maize expor

After a decade of growth, world coal exports in 1993 fell by 2 percent to 426 million metric tons, c

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +18.038/16 105.88/17 106.08/

Individuals are likely to dominate Thursday's auction for shares in Japan Telecom after the long-dis

Rainfall totaling 46 millimeters (1.84 inches) fell on the Ivorian cocoa belt over the weekend, acco

Ruling party candidate Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon was declared victor Monday in historic Mexican

A 40-day strike by the United Transportation Union against Soo Line Railroad Co. took a dramatic tur

Foreign-funded companies in China will be held solely responsible for fire safety under a directive

Garment exporters are backing overseas buyers in pressing the government toallow imports of

JAPAN TO VETO MEASURE OF MARKET OPENINGTOKYO - Japan will reject a U.S. request that

Tight water rationing due to the long dry spell has forced a major Japanese petrochemical maker to h

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Aug. 19, 1994.

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