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The arrest of a top Mexican tourism official this week on graft charges has cast a shadow on debate

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 5, '95 - Jan. 2, '97 (a graph)* Ann

South Korea's two union umbrella groups said Thursday they would restart strikes as early as today t

Hong Kong will publish today proposals intended to lure more in-house insurance operations by easing

U.S. manufacturers of gaming equipment, along with casino operators from Las Vegas to Atlantic City,

BEIJING OPENS WHOLESALESOFTWARE MARKETBEIJING - China has opened its first wholesale market

''Like any other successful transnational enterprise, it effectively exploits the global trade and f

Kentucky's insurance commissioner says he doesn't expect to undo an insurance company merger approve

A new federal law makes it easier for people with a terminal or chronic illness to use life insuranc

Vietnam's Communist Party leaders have stepped up their war of words against the scourge of corrupti

MEXICO PRIVATIZATION TOGET BRITISH ASSISTANCE MEXICO CITY - British finance officials are

More than 1,000 Cambodian garment workers demonstrated Thursday against a pay cut by their Chinese-M

China's troubled relations with the United States should improve in 1997, but disputes over Taiwan,

Think Arkansas.Bill and Hillary Clinton, Whitewater, scandal. All of that sounds familiar. B

The government is preparing to arrest and deport illegal immigrants who failed to take advantage of

MAQUILADORA NUMBERSINCREASE IN OCTOBERMONTERREY, Mexico - The number of export assembly plan

Brazil's financial sector will witness a major consolidation through the year 2000 with important ad

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a bruising battle with parliament to cut this year's budget, b

Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera vowed in his traditional end-of-the-year message to continue tou

The market for American Depositary Receipts continued its decade-long climb as trading volumes reach

The European Commission said Thursday it was opening a routine probe into the planned $20 billion me

Four private passenger auto insurers tied for the honor of having the fewest number of complaints up

Thursday, Jan. 2, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

SHIPSPORT BLAZE DEVASTATESINDIAN DRY-BULK SITENEW DELHI - It will take six months fo

Six months after the abrupt departure of founder and President Raphael Che, a humbled Genstar Contai

The Port of Tacoma is expected to name Don Meyer interim port director today while it conducts a nat

Federal Express Corp. seems to be making progress in its effort to open another Asian hub in Taiwan,

The Surface Transportation Board announced new rules for handling rail abandonments and discontinued

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Federal officials will be looking closely to make sure the new corporate structure of Lykes Bros. St

Dec. 30, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1516 (Dec. 31, 1996) Previous day - 1516The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

RUSSIA'S LUKOIL TO BOOSTOUTPUT BY AROUND 1 PERCENTMOSCOW - Russia's largest oil company, Luk

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

As of Dec. 31, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 238.20 off 1.86 wh

Dec. 31, 1996Inncluded are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 31, 1996 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 31, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Dec. 31, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34