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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 13, '95 - Oct. 10, '96 (a graph)* A

ITALY CONSIDERS TRADINGRUSSIAN DEBT FOR SHARESMOSCOW - Italian Foreign Trade Minister August

''All the ice cream, all the videos, all the steak in the world will never make this lifestyle norma

Only table.

Current and former U.S. officials are gleeful over the diplomatic disgrace of Turkish Prime Minister

FRENCH PARLIAMENTSEEKS 'BIG MAC' TAXPARIS - French lawmakers have proposed a higher tax on f

The U.S. State Department Wednesday denied that China had violated a promise to the United States by

WORLD COTTON PRODUCTIONFORECAST TO FALL IN 1997TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - The International Cott

It's said that a rising tide lifts all boats. That's certainly true for U.S. produce exports, as ris

The Bay Area World Trade Center is sponsoring a unique weekly forum where exporters can pose questio

Exporters of fresh fruits and vegetables are profiting from sliding ocean freight rates, but many st

The European Union on Thursday urged Russia to suspend planned import quotas on vodka and ethyl alco

Consuming copious amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables is more American now than eating two slices

Letters from Lloyd's debt collectors demanding money take no account of amounts due back to investor

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued final advisory guidelines Tuesday, giving state

Despite global overcapacity and falling freight rates, Taiwan's largest shipping companies continue

Taiwan's economy faces a critical challenge in the coming year as it seeks to become more competitiv

Prospects for a recovery in Taiwan's trade engine rest on efforts to improve overall industrial comp

FORMER GM WORKERSPROTEST IN MEXICOMEXICO CITY - Former workers of a closed General Motors pl

The new head of Argentina's customs service, appointed as part of a corruption crackdown, described

California Republican government officials, unhappy with administration trade policy, used a visit h

Plans to create a free-trade area involving the European Union and mainly Arab southern Mediterranea

A new maritime career is being created.The job is appearing on ships carrying their own gant

California's agriculture sector probably will be divided on an administration decision to delay fina

OLIVETTI WORKERS STRIKEAGAINST INTERNAL CHANGESROME - Italian unions representing workers at

Oct. 9, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

U.S. stocks of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose by 1.3 million barrel

The chief mate is a moderate smoker, one cigar at a time.And he puffs only one cigar per voy

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

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Wednesday, as the market continued its consolidation phase with n

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

European business is trailing the United States on earth and in space.That was the gloomy me

Samsung Aerospace Industries is close to reviving Fokker, the bankrupt Dutch aircraft manufacturer,

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 13, '95 - Oct. 9, '96 (a graph)* An

Tuesday Oct. 9, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

U.S. companies that sell stocks abroad would have to report those sales under a proposal made Wednes

A monthly industry announcement comparing orders of semiconductors to sales suggests that the chip m

China has made a new sale of nuclear weapons-related equipment to Pakistan in a move which could inc

India and the United States restated their positions on a host of ticklish trade issues this week bu

U.S. fruit tree growers, long used to sending their blemished and off-grade apples and pears to juic