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POSTAL SERVICE PREPARESFOR NEXT RATE INCREASEWASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service board of g

May 30, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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Hong Kong's China Light & Power Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of China Energy Investment Co., has s

Friday May 30, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

ELF AQUITAINE CHIEF ENDSCHEVRON MERGER TALKSPARIS - Elf Aquitaine chairman Philippe Jaffre t

Fresh from a takeover attack, Winnipeg-based United Grain Growers has found a strategic partner in g

Ronald Oberlander has a new Meccano set in the form of North America's largest newsprint company, Ab

A refrigeration company and three of its officials pleaded guilty Thursday to charges they smuggled

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The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

Sensing an insatiable shipper appetite for faster and more frequent shipments, Con-Way NOW has storm

The main impetus behind Preussag AG's efforts to determine if it could buy a majority share of Hapag

As part of its liberalization program, the Port of Singapore Authority is partly opening up tug serv

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 30, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The organization that represents most of the world's independent tanker owners has drawn up a vision

Trans World Airlines Inc. Chief Executive Officer Gerald L. Gitner is confident he can return the st

ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN FILELAWSUIT, JUDGE RULESLAKE CHARLES, La. - Louisiana Attorney General

The international war on cocaine-smuggling should refocus away from ships and look instead at shippe

You run a multinational company that has a major operation in Sao Paulo. Your chief executive there,

Charging that the United States is out of step with the world and is resorting to new ways to restri

After months of elaborate kabuki, serious negotiations on a U.S.-Japan aviation accord may finally b

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Thursday, May 29, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 31, 1996 - May 29, 1997 (a graph)* A

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on weak industrial production data from Japan, but gave back some of i

International efforts to fight business-related corruption may gain further momentum this week as th

Saudi Arabia's bid to join the World Trade Organization has picked up momentum, but trading partners

MERCOSUR MEMBERSHIPCLOSER FOR VENEZUELAMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Venezuela could be an associate

President Jiang Zemin regularly informs visiting foreign dignitaries that the widening wealth gap be

Asian nations long accustomed to programs assisting their exports to developed markets are strugglin

''Water will become an issue of national security for both countries.''

India believes the generalized system of preferences is beneficial to developing countries and is pr

CURRENT-ACCOUNT DEFICITFALLS IN SOUTH KOREASEOUL - South Korea's current-account deficit fel

Current textile quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

The world's largest tax-free shopping group is being frozen out of Hong Kong's new airport, where sh

After years of fighting and bloodshed, the Caucasus has become the scene of a virtual peace race thi

Peru has presented to its Andean Community partners a list of technical problems it wants resolved t

New Horizons Computer Learning Centers' name is fitting.As high-tech fever sweeps the globe,