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The story headlined "Brazil's Engine Cools a Little, But Investors Still Attentive," which appeared

Western railroads handle relatively little export coal, so the wave of industry mergers is not likel

U.S. computer systems manufacturers could suffer as much as $60 billion annually in lost sales by th

Direct foreign investment in Venezuela totaled $245.1 million during 1995, down 61.4 percent from th

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

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A top labor official had good news for Vietnamese workers Wednesday - they can have their annual Lun

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

The U.S. dollar was mixed against the Japanese yen and major European currencies Wednesday following

FORCENERGY GAS BUYS 2 SITES FROM EXXONNEW YORK - Forcenergy Gas Exploration Inc. sai

Canada's composite leading economic indicator rose 0.4 percent in Decemberfrom November to 1

Corn and soybean output has plunged and grain stockpiles will shrink for months to come, the governm

Jan. 17, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Foreign companies view as a victory an Indian Supreme Court ruling tuesday that it will not investig

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 17, 1996 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 17, 1996Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

In a victory for farmers and international trade interests, the California Assembly this week passed

"I'm always on the record."

As of Jan. 17, 1996 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The narrow, twisting Bosporus that links the Black Sea to the eastern Mediterranean is an easy targe

INTEGRATING INFORMATION SYSTEMS for Seamless Logistics. Jan. 22-24. Sponsored by the Institute for I

Republican presidential hopeful Phil Gramm made a bid Wednesday to distinguish himself from his riva

A coalition of area businessmen is urging Washington Dulles International Airport officials to haste

All that is needed to inaugurate an $18.5 million expansion at the ExpressRail Transfer Terminal at

Illinois Central Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad today are expected toannounce broad ter

M.S. Carriers Inc., in a further sign of the difficult truckload market, reported a 44 percent dive

In the midst of the biggest government purge in Russia's recent history, President Boris Yeltsin app

Anacostia & Pacific Co. has taken over an operations center at the Port of Long Beach as an interim

DELTA PILOTS RAISE SPECTER OF STRIKEATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc.'s 8,600 unionized

George E. Powell III, president and chief executive of Yellow Corp., announced Wednesday he will res

The U.S. international trade deficit declined again in October, and economic analysts foresee furthe

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 20, '95 - Jan. 17, '96 (a graph) (2

Beijing's new curb on economic information is a retreat from the openness that the business world ne

Russian and Ukrainian ships and ports are on high alert with increased patrols by border guards and

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 238.98 off 0.97 w

Member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will meet next week to

ASIA AIRFREIGHT TO BUILD SINGAPORE TERMINALSINGAPORE - Asia Airfreight Terminal Co.

A South Korean manufacturer is announcing plans to build a $1.3 billion memory chip factory in what

The Clinton administration said it will lobby against any effort to attach conditions to granting mo

The dollar slid back slightly Tuesday afternoon after a strong rally fizzled amid profit-taking and