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Russia's gross domestic product fell 16 percent in January from December 1995, totaling 166 trillion

The U.S. dollar extended losses to almost a full pfennig as the Deutsche mark strengthened across th

German gross domestic product is expected to fall around 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 1996 fr

As agriculture department scientists move toward agreeing to lift an 81-year- old ban on Mexican avo

"Your Sen. Helms, he's our hero."

Top Russian officials scrambled Wednesday to distance themselves from the interior minister's plan t

MEXICO STOCK EXCHANGE INVESTMENT RISES 16 PERCENTMEXICO CITY - Foreign investment in

Wednesday Feb. 14, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Grenade blasts Wednesday damaged the local headquarters of the Royal Dutch/ Shell Group and a U.S. b

Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon expects to sit down with seven Central American head

Opening trade in the Pacific Rim depends on the active, full-time participation of the private secto

The European Parliament set itself on a collision course with Hollywood and European Union governmen

Trade leads are supplied by: U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service<

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

The crisis at Bremer Vulkan, Germany's biggest shipbuilder, deepened Tuesday as the European Commiss

Federal Marine Terminals, one of the largest facilities at Chicago's port, may soon set sail for riv

A Malaysian shipping company and its Hong Kong partner are adding vessels at a rapid rate to broaden

Trucking executives in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor area were shocked Monday to receive notices

Northwest floodwaters continued to recede this week, but damage from the worst flooding in about thr

VAN OMMEREN SELLS 51 PERCENT OF DRY BULK UNITAMSTERDAM - Van Ommeren, the Dutch ship

Federal Express Corp., which has won many a race using a hare's speed, is turning to the tortoise's

TEAMSTERS AT PRESTON AGREE TO WAGE FREEZEPRESTON, Md. - Teamsters at Preston Truckin

Samsung, the South Korean industrial conglomerate, is examining the books of Fokker NV, the troubled

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 247.50 off 0.52

Feb. 13, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum Exchange Feb. 13, 1996Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 13, 1996 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

The British are belatedly serving Hong Kong's best interests by cooperating with China on the handov

The long-awaited agreement between Britain and China to go ahead with Hong Kong's Container Terminal

The ultra-modern skyscrapers in Hong Kong's financial district will stand unscathed after the commun

Despite a structural shift in which service industries have gained increasing economic prominence, t

Trade with Asia is bounding ahead while that with the traditionally vital U.S. and European markets

Environmental groups in Wisconsin are moving forward in their attempt to impose new restrictions on

The Port of Calcutta wants to revise its rate system in an effort to increase both revenue and traff

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The dollar remained in narrow ranges late Tuesday but has drifted back to the higher edge of the tra

The Clinton administration this week is expected to clear the way for hundreds of millions of dollar

Bids to privatize a general cargo terminal at the port of Subic Bay north of here will be called as