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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 24 '95, - Mar. 19, '96 (a graph)(2)

Tuesday, March 19, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A U.S.-Brazil spat threatens to spread bad blood and slow free-trade efforts on the eve of a meeting

The U.S. dollar rose early Tuesday, but gave back most of its gains to end little changed in quiet t

Italy's producer price index rose 0.2 percent in January from December and climbed at an annual rate

The volume of Irish industrial production rose an unadjusted 22.1 percent in November from November

Tuesday Mar. 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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Another small crack appears to be opening in China's heavily protected banking sector.In an

A poll released here in advance of Thursday's trade minister meeting for the Free Trade Agreement of

Sonnet Financial Inc., San Mateo, Calif., announced the nationwide introduction of its automated ''d

BOUTROS-GHALI: PROBLEMSSTILL EXIST IN IRAQI DEALGENEVA - U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Bout

''Khaki is not a replacement for jeans but another way of expressing a casual lifestyle.''

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Hong Kong transport and trading conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd. saw earnings jump 16 percent last ye

The government has cut the reserve price required for privately operated basic telephone services, i

Imports of fruit juices into four of Asia's most robust economies, spearheaded by Japan, shot up fro

When Vietnamese dissident Ha Si Phu was arrested recently, the local media was silent and the intern

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

China has agreed to accept Washington's assurances that more than 2 million tons of U.S. wheat it ha

India's commodity price index rose provisionally 4.63 percent for the week ended March 2 from a year

Portugal's industrial production index for December was down 2.6 percent from November and was up 7.

VIETNAM'S TRADE DEFICITGREW IN 1ST 2 MONTHS '96HANOI - Vietnam recorded a trade defi

Iraqi Kurds set aside deep grievances against Baghdad and let the government repair a war-damaged pi

March 18, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

SOUTHERN LOOKS TO SELLSHARE IN BRITISH UTILITYLONDON - Just six months after snappin

Moscow could help Tehran build more nuclear power stations when it completes an atomic power plant a

Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission will take comments and objections over the next two months for

KIDNAPPERS RELEASERELATIVES OF EX-BANKERMEXICO CITY - Kidnappers released unharmed e

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 18, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 18, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Mar. 18, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

CHINA DELAYS LAUNCHOF HONG KONG AIRLINEHONG KONG - State-run China National Aviation

A former scientist for Philip Morris Cos. said in a statement released Monday that the tobacco compa

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A group of energy and utility companies, including Houston's Tenneco Energy, is seeking approval to

Mar. 18, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

As of Mar. 18, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su