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The Clinton administration announced huge penalties on imports of Japanese supercomputers, which it

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Monday, March 311 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The Journal of Commerce's Washington, D.C., bureau has moved to new offices in the National Press Bu

European mutual funds have done well recently, but the best fund performances this year are likely t

Despite its perilous political position, the Indian government unveiled Monday a new five-year trade

The U.S. dollar dropped in thin trading early Monday with losses driven by weakness in the U.S. stoc

SHIPSJAPANESE DOCKWORKERSBEGIN NIGHTTIME STRIKESTOKYO - Dockworkers across J

Three Japanese shipping lines have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals here to overturn a Federal Mariti

The on-again, off-again talks between railroads and motor carriers to allow greater use of the large

THOMSON CORP.DIVESTITURE OK'DWASHINGTON - The Justice Department and seven state attorneys g

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 4, 1996 - March 31, 1997 (a graph)

The Clinton administration Monday unveiled its yearly inventory of trade barriers faced by U.S. comp

What a difference a year makes.Last spring, container terminals in the Los Angeles-Long Beac

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

''I don't think there's any European carrier that believes it is going to be able to rely on a prote

Iwas wandering outside the other night when I looked up and saw the Hale-Bopp comet. ''What a wonder

Strong winds churned through the state, causing two deaths and several injuries before subsiding ear

Education and technology will be the main subjects at the annual meeting and exposition of the Natio

1513 (March 27, 1997) Previous day - 1518The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Three weeks ended Mar. 22, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars CarsLoaded Loaded

March 27, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

Sharp declines by the two railroads acquiring Conrail Inc. were among the forces that brought The Jo

Emergency officials in McDowell County were cleaning up the damage Monday caused by a train which de

One of the two private companies handling containers at the Port of Manila is expanding into a fast-

Russia has announced a delay in deliveries of Caspian Sea oil, prompting concern that major offshore

OFFERS TO BUY* NAPTHA SOLVENT. Solvent for a used-tire retreading plant. 15,000 liters/year.

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The battered Thai economy and the global trading system have their respective problems but both shou

A top Romanian official, citing his government's sweeping reform plans, invited U.S. firms to invest

NEW YORK OFFERSSPACE TO ECUADORIANSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The Port Authority of New York and N

One of five former employees of Skyway Airlines charged with falsifying maintenance records and maki

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 27, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

TURKMENISTAN CUTS OFFNATURAL GAS TO UKRAINEKIEV, Ukraine - Turkmenistan has stopped supplyin

In a bid to encourage foreign direct investment, the Turkish government has eased the rules of taxat

U.S. pork exporters are well positioned to sharply increase shipments to Japan this year following t

The governor of Guam is attacking a soon-to-be-released federal report on ocean shipping that he cha

Mexico's finance ministry granted conditional approval for a terminal operator on the Gulf of Mexico