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Monday Aug. 5, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

NUMBER OF OPERATINGOIL AND GAS RIGS RISESHOUSTON - The number of oil and gas rigs operating

ALGERIAN OIL COMPANYGETS EX-IM BANK LOANWASHINGTON - The U.S. Export-Import Bank is making a

Regional energy cooperation is vital to promoting investment in order to turn the Americas into a wo

JOHNNY KUO NAMEDUNIGLORY PRESIDENTLONDON - Kuo Chun-hsiung, known as Johnny Kuo, was appoint

GE CAPITAL TO PURCHASEVIRGINIA'S FIRST COLONYSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Electric Capital Corp

ZURICH RE REPORTSDROP IN QUARTERLY NETNEW YORK - Quarterly net income dropped at Zurich Rein

An overwhelming majority of respondents to a survey, representing two-thirds of the members of the W

The insurance industry is urging Massachusetts Gov. William Weld to veto legislation it claims would

The number of passengers and crew who died in the TWA and ValuJet air disasters may have aroused wor

MERCEDES-BENZ, IBMIN CAR ELECTRONICS DEALFRANKFURT - German carmaker Mercedes-Benz and U.S.

Long in gestation, the cashless society may be nearing birth in one of Asia's most cash-crazy places

Marcia E. Miller was sworn in Monday as International Trade Commission chairwoman, succeeding David

Thailand's central bank, spurred by rumors of devaluation, just made unprecedented offshore foreign

IMF APPROVES EXTENSIONOF MEXICAN CREDIT PACTMEXICO CITY - The International Monetary Fund ha

This fall, a World Trade Organization dispute-resolution panel will be asked to decide whether the J

KENYAN LEADERS ORDERCUTOFF OF BURUNDINAIROBI - The Kenyan government Monday cut off immediat

The new Israeli government is pushing ahead with plans for privatization and regional economic integ

Concern is growing over a food poisoning epidemic in Japan that has affected sales of fresh fish and

Malaysian government and business officials scrambled Monday to assess damage from and try to preven

''This isn't Russia; the controls are ridiculous.''

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

Monday, Aug. 5, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Monday, as the German currency was sold heavily again

President Clinton Monday signed into law a bill to punish foreign companies that invest in oil and g

The United States fully achieved its goals in last week's U.S.-Japanese semi-conductor trade accord,

Consumers have played a decisive role in making Fuji Film Co. the top seller of film in Japan, but t

Hector Rodriguez was an experienced truck driver in a safe neighborhood in the middle of the afterno

U.S. wastepaper exporters are crying foul over a decision by shipping lines in the westbound trans-P

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 11, '95 - Aug. 5, '96 (a graph)* An

Thailand and Myanmar opened the third meeting of a joint commission Monday to discuss bilateral coop

Shipping lines that call at the Port of Los Angeles won an important victory at the weekend in their

SHIPSTAIWAN'S MAIN PORTSREOPEN AFTER TYPHOONTAIPEI - Taiwan's main ports of Kaohsiun

With a nickname like the ''Bridge to Nowhere,'' it's no surprise that the Colombia Solidarity Intern

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A new semiconductor trade accord between the United States and Japan brings to an end the relationsh

When Chile first moved to privatize its state-owned industries in the 1970s, it did everything wrong

Having successfully fended off attacks from the United States and other trading partners, Canada is