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THE AMERICAN COLLEGEMichael Delaney has joined the faculty of the Bryn Mawr, Pa., college as

Cargo airlines are asking the Federal Aviation Administration for a 120-day reprieve before the agen

As of Feb. 19, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Deng Xiaoping, who led China through most of the last quarter-century and was instrumental in transf

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The United States posted a $114.2 billion international trade deficit in 1996, the highest in eight

The United States will give diplomacy at the highest level a chance to work before touching off a ma

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 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 above 1.69 Deutsche marks and 124 yen Wednesday despite a wider U.S. trade gap.

The United States on Tuesday will ask the dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization to

The long-running U.S.-European dispute over trade with Cuba will come to a head today in Geneva when

Rampant piracy of U.S. entertainment and intellectual products in Russia, Greece and Paraguay should

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 26, 1996, - Feb. 19, 1997, (a graph)

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney will travel to Japan in April to pressure the New Otani Hotel to stop

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)DECEMBER 1996 NOVEMBER 1996 CUMULATIVE

Democratic leaders say it is unlikely Congress will expand the North American Free Trade Agreement t

Foreign investment in the United States employs 4.9 million Americans, 5 percent of the U.S. work fo

''We have moved a mountain in the last 15 months. Now we have a molehill in front of us.''

INDONESIAN OIL COMPANYTO SELL GAS PROJECT STAKEJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's state-owned

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 239.31 off 0.20 w

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

Feb. 19, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Feb. 19, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Partners in one of the largest investments in the Caribbean, including U.S. companies, are planning

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 18, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Feb. 19, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

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Feb. 19, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 19, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

CHINA PROJECTS INCREASEIN BOHAI SEA CRUDE OILHONG KONG - Bohai Company, a subsidiary of the

February 17, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and t

Asian traders are skeptical about the Indonesian government's statement that rice won't be imported

Wednesday Feb. 19, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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(Census basis - in millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)Trade Balance Export

The state railroad that rings this metropolitan sprawl and links it to the rest of Mexico and the Un

Solidarity union leaders were looking for ways to keep the bankrupt Gdansk Shipyard afloat Wednesday

A newly formed shipper group is prescribing a heaping tablespoon of deregulation to cure their probl