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SAFECO DONATES $50,000TO UNIVERSITY PROGRAMSEATTLE - Safeco Insurance Cos. donated $50,000 t

Wednesday May 15, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

WINTER STORMS CHILLSELECTIVE GROUP'S NETNet income at the Selective Insurance Group, Branchv

Republicans on the Senate and House Budget committees set aside proposed increases in funding for Su

COFFEE GROWERS EXPECTEDTO UNVEIL CONTROLSLONDON - Coffee producers meeting in London this we

As Brazil moves to privatize everything from banks and airports to sanitation and cemeteries, indepe

The United States is to give Russia financial aid worth $25 million to build a special facility for

Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster vetoed a controversial insurance bill that would have imposed a mandatory

NORFOLK SOUTHERN WINSSAFETY AWARD AGAINWASHINGTON - For the seventh consecutive time, Norfol

Japan and the United States failed Wednesday to bridge large differences over Tokyo's deregulation o

State Commissioner Elton Bomer has released a proposal to clarify a part of the rate calculation pro

ValuJet Airlines said it was fully insured for the DC-9 that crashed Saturday in the Florida Evergla

The last of the remaining big franchises at Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok airport have been granted,

India, one of the largest countries in the world with a population approaching 1 billion and a fast-

P&O Containers is stepping up efforts to improve the speed and reliability of its box-handling opera

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SENATORS VOW ACTIONON FAA FUNDING BILLWASHINGTON - With the nation's attention turned to avi

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

SHIPSFLOOD MAY BE IN OFFINGON MISSISSIPPICHICAGO - The river season has just started

Steamship interests apparently have enough support in the state capital to kill a bill that would fo

The Clinton administration is prepared today to identify $3 billion in possible sanctions against Ch

As Iran makes major gains in its campaign for regional influence and power, U.S.-based Chevron Corp.

Tougher oil spill prevention measures will be put in place, but tanker owners will have more financi

This is the story of an American company that made its biggest assets Russian in order to beat the c

Crowley American Transport is trying to elbow its way into the trade between Brazil and Argentina, h

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Tuesday, May 14, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday as a tame inflation report sparked a rally in the bond market.U

A joint venture by Lufthansa AG intends to buy five Boeing 727 aircraft for expanded cargo operation

The Chinese government expanded the coverage of Expeditors International of Washington Inc.'s Class

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 19, '95, - May 13, '96 (a graph)(2)D

The cargo ship that was finally allowed to disembark some 3,000 Liberian war refugees in Ghana after

William L. Ralph has been named to replace retiring Ed Dear as president of the Port Import/Export R

Independent Russian airline Transaero said Tuesday it plans to spend $1.2 billion expanding its flee

Tax reform advocates are sharply divided on a critical issue for foreign traders - how exports and i

Venezuela's weak banking sector is a major problem for the stabilization effort of the bolivar. Fo

The planned introduction of large or ''super'' jumbo aircraft could reduce airport capacity and sadd

EX-IM BANK GUARANTEESCHINA TRANSPORT LOANSWASHINGTON - The Export-Import Bank formally issue

Freightliner Corp. made hay while the sun wasn't shining in the heavy-truck industry last month, boo

''I think people in Hong Kong are as interested in politics as they are anywhere else, which is to s