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The U.S. dollar declined Monday after Japanese Ministry of Finance official Tadashi Ogawa said an ex

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

Monday, Jan. 6, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Republicans will decide today if Rep. Newt Gingrich deserves another term as speaker of the House, b

A World Trade Organization dispute panel ruled that U.S. import restraints on Indian wool garments c

Fueled by continuing growth in Asia-Pacific trade, California's exports continued to surge last year

AIRBUS CLOSES YEARWITH 301 FIRM ORDERSPARIS - Airbus Industrie received 326 firm orders for

Labor strikes flared again in South Korea with renewed militancy on Monday after prosecutors summone

JAPAN SHIFTING AID FOCUSFROM ASIA TO AFRICATOKYO - The Japanese government has decided to sh

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

Northwest apple growers and processors are scrambling to get back up to speed after enduring a 10-da

The Philippines is likely to accept a U.S. government offer to increase Manila's quota for garment e

''A number of people called my mission a mission impossible. Many now say the mission is successful.

Families of Mexican workers spend 11 percent less on food now than they did 10 years ago because of

Seven years after General Motors Corp. bought a 50 percent stake in Saab Automobile AB to give the w

UK FIRMS DON'T FEARHONG KONG BACKLASHHONG KONG-British companies don't fear a backlash again

Senate Republicans appear to have dropped their quiet opposition to President Clinton's attempt to s

ORION CAPITAL CORP.W. Marston Becker was appointed chairman and chief executive of the speci

HCC IN PACT TO BUYAVIATION & MARINEHOUSTON - HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. has agreed in princ

Gov. George E. Pataki named Gregory V. Serio as the acting superintendent of the New York Insurance

A ''bunch'' of bills aimed at cracking down on Colorado's insurance industry is expected this legisl

CHARTWELL RE REPORTSRECORD AFTER-TAX INCOMEChartwell Re Corp. posted record after-tax operat

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will raise its overall rates an average of 2.8 percent in

Another year, another Congress, another attempt at federal regulation of banks selling insurance.

CSX SELLS SOMECONRAIL SHARESPHILADELPHIA - CSX Corp. said Friday it sold 85,000 shares of Co

Jan. 3, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

SHIPSCOMPUTER GLITCH DELAYSKELANG'S CARGO CLEARINGKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A compute

A controversial ergonomics standard that the trucking industry says could cost millions of dollars t

The world's largest private operator of port terminals ''wouldn't touch the Philippines after this;

As exporters and transportation providers in the Northwest began sifting through the damage wrought

Trucking companies that haul intermodal containers at West Coast ports are grappling with the most d

The story headlined ''UPS slaps hikes on a range of shipments'' that appeared Friday on Page 1B shou

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1511 (Jan. 3, 1996) Previous day - 1513The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

The U.S. Postal Service reduced the bill for ballots it delivered in the election for president of t

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

LOMAK TO PURCHASEOIL ASSETS FROM COMETRAFORT WORTH - Lomak Petroleum Inc. said last week it

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,400-$1,550 per ton lo

As of Jan. 3, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 240.56 up 0.95 w