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Mar. 3, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The epic struggle for control of the nation's Eastern rail system apparently will end with a divisio

Russia's premier jet fighter is going head to head with the McDonnell Douglas F-18 and the Lockheed

As a presidential task force prepares to issue guidelines on curbing sweatshops, business and human

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Monday, March 3, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar rose Monday as strong economic data reinforced Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greensp

Several senators have sharply criticized President Clinton's decision to recertify Mexico as an ally

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 1, 1996 - Feb. 28, 1997 (a graph)*

The Commerce Department, reacting to charges that it has politicized its trade missions program, unv

MEXICO TO CONTINUEITS DEREGULATIONMEXICO CITY - Mexico will continue deregulation and seek f

Manufacturers' new export orders and imports of materials continued their long upward march in Febru

President Boris Yeltsin met with European Union leaders Monday and won their praise over reforms at

The U.S. deficit with Japan isn't growing as fast as it used to, but that doesn't mean trade barrier

The global talks to remove all import duties on information technology products by the year 2000 app

The Philippines is backing reductions in duties on a wide range of items in the information technolo

The British government Monday confirmed that 16 people either had or were suspected of having the hu

New Hampshire spooked Wall Street when it became the first state to tell electric utilities they can

Russian government officials, with the help of influential and self-interested financial parties, ar

A trading company in western Japan is suspected of having made unauthorized sales to North Korea of

HAPAG-LLOYD SLATESINCREASE IN DIVIDENDLONDON - Hapag-Lloyd, the German shipping and tourism

Waterfront labor and management here last week issued a statement responding to charges that they ar

RESCAR INC.Frank G. Clark joined this railway supply company as director of materials manage

New and stricter U.S. maritime safety regulations could force the closure of Haiti's provincial port

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 26, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

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

''I'm a betting man and I'm betting my career it will happen.''

Import duty cuts announced in the latest Indian budget by Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram s

China is expected to announce Thursday a major policy shift - and some good news for foreign investo

Mexico may have squeaked by with an 11th-hour certification from President Clinton that it is an amp

The letter coming across the fax machine of a major U.S. trucker carried bad news. It wasn't the fir

PESO FALLS BELOW 8.0000ON GREENSPAN FEARSMEXICO CITY - The Mexican peso broke through key su

OFFERS TO BUY* GRADE 'A' BRAZILIAN SUGAR. 150,000 metric tons. Can open L/C immediately. Sen

Texas is spending millions of dollars on highway improvements to accommodate traffic between the Uni

The Mexican government is continuing efforts to decentralize and privatize port operations as part o

The North American Free Trade Agreement has been a winner for some air freight companies, but limite

GE CAPITAL TO MOVEOPERATIONS TO VIRGINIARICHMOND, Va. - GE Capital has decided to move its o

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush oversees the nation's largest insurance marketpl