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Colombian Labor Minister Orlando Obregon was to hold an emergency meeting with banana workers and pr

India's inflation rate as measured by wholesale prices has fallen to 5.6 percent, the lowest level s

The U.S. dollar weakened against the German mark as speculators and funds took profits from the doll

Western countries will eventually be forced to allow free movement of labor across borders in line w

"Logs are past their prime at this port, but we haven't given up on them. We will compete for logs a

India is drawing up a strategy aimed at quadrupling textile exports in the next decade. Text

S. KOREA TO EASE MORE SHELF-LIFE RESTRICTIONSTwo weeks after announcing a new emphasis on tr

As of Jan. 22, 1996 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Jan. 22, 1996 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 240.63 up 0.04 whi

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

China's fast-growing Port of Ningbo handled 68.5 million metric tons of goods last year, an increase

Jan. 22, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 22, 1996Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 22, 1996 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

MARINE SAFETY BUREAU OPENS IN SHENZHEN ZONESHENZHEN, China - A marine safety supervi

Jan. 22, 1996 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

JAPAN ENERGY TO REVISE PRICES FOR OIL PRODUCTSJapan Energy Corp. said Monday it will revise

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African countries which rely on imports to feed their growing populations face a tough year ahead be

Jan. 22, 1996 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Monday Jan. 22, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Corp. has finished paying the cash component of a $100 million sett

The barge accident that spilled more than 800,000 gallons of heating oil into Block Island Sound Fri

With a vote late last week, directors of the Border Environment CooperationCommission certif

Seeking to reassure jittery foreign investors, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on Monday said Rus

Maritime industry leaders fear the Rhode Island barge spill could end up having a long-term impact f

Zimbabwe's overall balance of payments surplus fell to just $52 million in 1995, down from $260 mill

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Higher grain prices are boosting the cost of raising hogs, but retail pork prices are likely to drop

1538 (Jan. 19, 1996) Previous day - 1541 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Japan is ready to shoulder more of the cost of fuel oil to be provided to Pyongyang under a deal wit

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 27, '95 - Jan. 19, '96 (a graph) (2

With the first public sale of memberships on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's growth and emerging m

Canada's imports rose 3.7 percent, to 18.931 billion Canadian dollars (US13.933 billion) in November

The pell-mell rush by China to improve its woeful telecommunications sector seems set for a pause, w

"Chubais is an icon to the West of Russian economic reform. It will make people a bit nervous."<

Intellectual property rights will be better protected in South Korea as the government plans to impl

CLINTON SIGNS BILL TO PROTECT TRADEMARKSPresident Clinton has signed a bill to protect famou