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Friday March 7, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Rejecting widespread criticism of its plan to build the world's biggest dam, China insists there are

ARGENTINA'S YPF SEEKS20 PERCENT SHARE IN PIPELINEBUENOS AIRES - Argentine oil giant YPF is s

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Increased use of technology can help insurance companies ''run their back office for half of today's

After years of bitter debate, the ocean shipping industry is on the verge of deregulation.Bu

Under growing pressure to innovate or die, customs brokers are increasingly concerned about the futu

Don't expect oil prices to rebound this year after sharp drops following increased production and fl

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

Transportation payrolls shared in a big February surge in employment that surprised economists and r

Friday, March 7, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The dollar bulls feasted on a tale of two job markets last week, with the U.S. currency jumping to a

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 15, 1996 - March 7, 1997 (a graph)

As of Feb. 28, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

MEXICO HAS SURPLUSIN JANUARY TRADEMEXICO CITY_Mexico revised its January trade statistics to

U.S. footwear companies are learning there are still many ways for uncooperative governments to get

''He was basically bumped. They didn't want this guy who was Jewish to make the visit.''

The Big Three U.S. automakers don't know what's good for them, or for America, when it comes to doll

The European Union, charging that new U.S. rules of origin on textile products could damage the comm

US, JAPAN END TALKSON PAPER WITHOUT PACTTOKYO - Japan and the United States ended two days o

Plans to create a free-trade zone involving 15 European Union member states and 12 southern Mediterr

Latin American customs directors who met recently in this gateway city say they are pushing ahead wi

It's still the same old story for Northwest ports in the forest products game: Diversify or die.

A Canadian proposal for an international forestry agreement has drawn some surprising opposition.

OFFERS TO BUY* SEQUESTRENE FE 138 & TRIGARD 75 WP. Contact: Agrimag S.R.L. (Ciba Geigy). Tel

Worldwide trade in paper products - depressed for much of 1996 - is showing signs of bouncing back.<

Ports throughout the Southeast are investing millions of dollars in expanded facilities to handle fo

For years the Sisters of Providence, a Roman Catholic order headquartered in Indiana, owned timberla

MOST STATE FIRMS REPORTEDPROFITABLE IN VIETNAMHANOI - Almost four out of five of Vietnam's s

Malaysia Airlines intends to buy up to 15 of Boeing Co.'s latest addition to its family of high-tech

Asian leaders, under domestic political and social pressure, charged that new trade barriers arising

Shipping lines and their major corporate customers are dissatisfied with a pending Senate bill that

French automaker Renault's restructuring plans have sparked a multinational workers' protest that co

Plagued by Brazilian port strikes and lower production forecasts, coffee drinkers worldwide will hav

A story in The Journal of Commerce on Page 3B, March 7, headlined ''Mexico initiates changes before

A plan to make U.S. Department of Agriculture safety reports available to consumers on the Internet

FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILSWEST OF PHOENIXMONTEZUMA, Ariz. - Vandals apparently released the brake

The International Transport Workers' Federation, a global coalition of transportation unions, is sup

A state-owned Chinese bank contributed nearly half of a $120 million package that saved the troubled

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