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In a surprise move, the small union at the giant Chilean copper mine called Escondida has voted to c

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REPUBLICAN BILL WOULDREFORM MANAGED CAREWASHINGTON - Saying managed-care companies often val

Ukraine needs a $200 million loan for a planned oil pipeline to link the Black Sea Port of Odessa wi

Thursday April 24, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

A California legislative committee has advanced the second of two measures designed to reinstate con

U.S. investors in Lloyd's of London receive no protection under English law and are being cheated ou

BERMUDA'S ACE POSTSA RISE IN EARNINGSHAMILTON, Bermuda - Liability insurer ACE Ltd. reported

AMERICAN INTERNATIONALGROUPJoseph L. Boren was named president of the insurance company's Co

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.Minutes after Lufthansa Cargo named one of its Boe

One month late, the Treasury Department unveiled part of its financial modernization plan, to decide

With its financial crisis deepening, Amtrak wants the Senate to approve a plan that would dedicate p

YELLOW CORP., SUBSIDIARIESPOST GAINS FOR QUARTEROVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Yellow Corp., the larg

Brian McWilliams, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union president, will face Larry W

Ukraine and its Western partners seeking the safe closure of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant outli

Summer gasoline fundamentals are sending mixed signals to the market, with lower inventories, bullis

Iraq is close to signing a major oil production deal with Italy's state-owned oil company, the Iraqi

Creaky, rust-infested tankers are being consigned to the history books.Oil companies that ch

GATX Logistics Inc., moving its operations beyond North America for the first time, will do business

China's State Development Bank will extend $1.4 billion in loans to the nation's floundering rail se

SOLAR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCYThis ship agency, with offices in Jersey City, N.J., anno

OECD ETTING STANDARDSFOR TRANSPORT COMPETITIONLONDON - Member countries of the Organization

SHIPSTRUCK TRAFFIC CHOKEDBY FISHERMAN'S BLOCKADEDOVER, England - A French fi

U.S. tobacco companies are unlikely to face abroad the same pressure to negotiate multibillion-dolla

Congress pressed its attack on supercomputer export policy this week as a key committee urged Presid

Hong Kong hopes to see modest growth in its apparel exports this year after a weak 1996, but tougher

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Wednesday, April 23, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

More than 60 percent of Japanese manufacturers in Asia say rising wages outside Japan and inefficien

The U.S. dollar declined slightly Wednesday in sleepy trading as traders took a more relaxed attitud

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 26, 1996 - April 23, 1997 (a graph)

The world economy this year will post its highest growth rate in nearly a decade - 4.4 percent - and

INDONESIA TO PUTAUTO PROGRAM IN GEARJAKARTA, Indonesia - The government will provide ''whate

The European Commission painted a rosy view of the prospects for the European Union's single currenc

''These sanctions are going to do nothing to speed up change in Burma, but they are going to speed u

Three industrial waste treatment projects are close to receiving necessary approvals for the Mexican

Canada's three major cigarette-makers today will fight the will of Canada's Parliament to the last g

BOEING PURSUES $4 BILLIONPLANE DEAL WITH CHINAHONG KONG - Seeking to match an aircraft deal