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The International Monetary Fund is strengthening efforts to avert potentially explosive financial cr

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

Senators trying to revamp oversight of the maritime industry are ready to make good on their March p

The U.S. dollar was mixed Thursday in uneventful trading, as participants continued to look ahead to

European banks have displaced Japanese banks as the largest lenders in Asia, according to a report r

The United States and the European Union called on the South Korean government Thursday to publicly

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 26, 1996 - April 24, 1997 (a graph)

LABOR ABUSES FOUNDIN US TERRITORYWASHINGTON - Two weeks after President Clinton unveiled a b

A report by the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico about the foreign investment climate here has

Elvis appears again. Malaysia on Thursday will become the fourth overseas supplier of textiles and a

Flush with profit, the airline industry is facing increased labor costs on several fronts.Wh

At this month's Hannover trade fair, eastern Germany's Chemnitz - formerly Karl Marx City - sponsore

APL Ltd., less than two weeks after announcing its acquisition by Neptune Orient Lines, reported los

The U.S. Postal Service Thursday was on the verge of awarding Emery Worldwide Airlines a $1.7 billio

SHIPSEU EXPECTED TO APPROVEAID TO AILING SHIPYARDSLUXEMBOURG - European Unio

CSX Corp. expects that buying 42 percent of Conrail Inc. in a joint purchase with Norfolk Southern C

Thomas J. Donohue, president of the American Trucking Associations, Thursday renewed his call for a

Consumer and safety advocates are pressing Congress to maintain a freeze on current truck sizes and

''With Emery, I'd get up in the morning and go to Singapore. Now I go to Akron.''

Hong Kong's economic shift toward services is accelerating, although government officials say its ma

PAKISTAN TO SELL STAKESIN PUBLIC-SECTOR UNITSKARACHI, Pakistan - The state-owned Privatizati

There's life outside of Tokyo.While a huge number of corporate headquarters, government agen

OFFERS TO BUY* FLOAT GLASS. Require various quantities and qualities and grades. Quote price

FRENCH FISHERMEN REACHDEAL, END PORT BLOCKADESCALAIS/LONDON - French fishermen ended their b

TRANSPORT BOARD REJECTSCEMENT PLANT'S BIDWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board rejec

1281 (April 24, 1997) Previous day - 1292The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

1098 (April 24, 1997) Previous day - 1101The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thurs

Major plans to dredge New York and northern New Jersey waterways hit a snag Thursday when the U.S. A

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

April 24, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

NEW ENGLAND POWERAGREEMENT EXPECTEDHOUSTON - New England's environmental commissioners are o

An unprecedented spate of proposals aimed at boosting Canadian natural gas exports to the United Sta

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 24, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per

As of April 24, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 246.85 up 0.31

April 24, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 23, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

April 24, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

April 24, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f