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Thursday Jan. 30, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

64 DOMINICANS RESCUEDFROM SINKING SAILBOATSAN JUAN - The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 64 Dominic

The Port of Felixstowe recorded another record year, with container traffic up 7 percent in 1996. Br

Colombia's Empresa Colombiana De Vias Ferreos, or Ferrovias, this month began accepting bids for its

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ANACOSTIA & PACIFIC CO.George Stern, former president of the Chicago & Illinois Midland Rail

Cargo at the Port of Richmond, Va., rose 12.5 percent in 1996, stretching the port's streak of annua

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

APL Ltd., the second-largest U.S.-ship line, reported fourth-quarter and full-year 1996 earnings thi

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Louis Parise, president of the National Maritime Union, has resigned from office and severed all con

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

U.S. exporters are now covering the Japanese market - or at least many of the people in it. Driven b

The U.S. dollar was mixed in choppy trading Wednesday, but surged to another near-4-year high above

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 2, '96 - Jan. 29, '97 (a graph)* An

INDONESIA 'NATIONAL CAR'SOON WILL BE MADE THEREJAKARTA, Indonesia - After blowing previous d

The United States and the 15-nation European Union hope this week to conclude agreements that could

Citing statements by both Western and Iranian oil officials, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato claimed success fo

The Asian Development Bank has become the first international financial organization to hold interes

China and the United States are making progress in talks to extend a bilateral textile accord and re

Liberalization of India's telecommunication market took a hit this week when the Department of Telec

''The trade community should judge the relative efficiency of any port, not an academician.''

Ministers and senior officials from 14 countries, including the United States, agreed Wednesday to l

Vietnam's government is making clear to officials they could face a firing squad if found guilty of

CANADA'S CHAN URGESMORE TRADE LIBERALIZATIONOTTAWA - Canada's Secretary of State for Asia-Pa

South Korean authorities Wednesday opened a special probe into main creditor banks of the debt-stric

A Columbia and Snake river coalition of commercial interests applauded a U.S. government decision to

The man preparing to lead Hong Kong into the next century says his government will revive the falter

What happens after 1997 ''is 1998,'' the current quip has it. By most accounts, that's exactly what

The world's attention this July 1 will focus on the handover of sovereignty in this flamboyantly cap

It will be the middle of the night, and only an executive-type jet, but Hong Kong's new airport will

Hong Kong's Governor Chris Patten and its future chief executive went head to head recently over pro

Growth surged in southern China's ports along the Pearl River in 1996, while neighboring Hong Kong s

After more than 150 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong will revert to Beijing's control in fi

AIG, AETNA TO ENTERMEXICAN PENSION MARKETNEW YORK - American International Group and a unit

Too much success can be bad for business, especially for reinsurers operating in Latin America.<

Insurance companies have a ''sinister desire'' for the state to create a permanent hurricane fund to

DOOMED PLANE CARRIEDNO MISSILES, EL AL SAYSJERUSALEM - Israel's El Al airlines denied a news

The long-awaited aviation policy unveiled late last week was dismissed by analysts as lacking in vis

Alaska Air Group, parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, posted its second-best year in 1996 wit