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It seemed like a natural. With global trade booming and manufacturers aggressively seeking ways to r

Friday, Feb. 14, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 26, 1996, - Feb. 14, 1997, (a graph)

The U.S. trade deficit for December, to be released Wednesday, could show a substantial widening tha

The following are the U.S. Labor Department's price indexes for selected transportation services in

U.S. and other business leaders will get a bigger role this year in shaping the trade, investment an

Rates for many transportation services rose in January despite a surprise drop in producer prices ge

BUSINESS GROUPS PRESSCLINTON ON ENCRYPTIONWASHINGTON - Leaders of 16 business associations h

CSX MUST PAY WORKERFOR JOB-LINKED DISEASEKANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Portsmouth, Va., circuit court

Canada has the old grain loading blues once again.Nearly 50 grain ships are stacked up on th

U.S. and European officials are unlikely in the next week to settle their bitter dispute over invest

Trading partners of the United States are hopeful President Clinton will not allow Canada's obstinat

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Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 19, 1996, - Feb. 13, 1997, (a graph)

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

If death and taxes are life's two certainties, millions of Canadians believe in a third - death by t

The dollar was little changed Thursday as the market turned cautious about potential intervention by

The European Commission said Thursday that the main risk to monetary union would be the possible eme

KOREAN PRIME MINISTER'SRESIGNATION OFFER REFUSEDSEOUL - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Soo-

Southeast Asian nations on Thursday prepared to sign up for a significant broadening of economic tie

SUN LIFE TO SET UP FUNDTO COMPENSATE INVESTORSAUGUSTA, Maine - Sun Life of Canada has agreed

China has made an unequivocal commitment to abandon a controversial plan to force all foreign financ

''It is our hope that this does not dampen the Valentine's Day spirit.''

House Republican leaders, including Speaker Newt Gingrich, introduced legislation Thursday designed

A series of flip-flops by the Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft over the past week has sparked con

AIR INDUSTRY COUNCILELECTS LEADERS FOR '97WASHINGTON - John W. ''Jack'' Snyder, vice preside

The Israel Export Institute said it would participate in three trade exhibitions in Oman in March an

When Mexico repaid early $5 billion of international emergency loans last month, rumors began circul

MEXICO OKS BELL ATLANTICTAKEOVER OF IUSACELLMEXICO CITY - THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED

Five years after building a plant in Russia, the American ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's Homemade I

President Clinton knows nothing about a report that representatives of China might have sought to di

Gordon Brown, the British opposition Labour Party's spokesman on Treasury matters, hinted Thursday t

The International Monetary Fund has approved an additional credit of nearly $52 million to support J

American General Corp. plans to buy rival insurer USLife Corp. for $1.8 billion in stock as the indu

WESTERN NATIONAL CORP.Michael J. Akers was named executive vice president and chief actuary

The largest auto insurer in the United States may consider rate surcharges on drivers who use cellul

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday the Fed should remain an ''umbrella regulator'