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

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '94 - Sept. 20, '95 (a graph)

U.S. and Canadian trade negotiators made some progress this week on staving off a resurgence of a lo

The House today is expected to pass a bill aimed at dampening foreign investment in Cuba and stiffen

The U.S. dollar fell against the deutsche mark and the yen Wednesday on a combination of factors, bu

The gross value of China's industrial output is forecast to increase around 14.3 percent in Septembe

House Republican leaders and the Clinton administration Wednesday failed to reach agreement on a bil

Canadian Stevedoring Co. (Casco) and Vancouver Port Corp. in British Columbia are teaming up to impr

The U.S. Customs Service is planning to increase the size of the Port of Seattle by extending the ge

The good news in 1994 was that fewer ships were lost on the world's often merciless seas. The bad ne

The European Commission has given Greece a detailed questionnaire on its plan to rescue the state-ow

The House voted 313-112 Wednesday to repeal a national 55-mph speed limit for cars and trucks.

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PORTLAND OKS TAX CUT FOR SHIPYARD DEBTPORTLAND, Ore. - The Port of Portland Commissi

Attempts to restructure Thailand's state-owned shipping line are again in turmoil after the governme

As of Sept. 20, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 243.40 off 1.31 w

Sept. 20, 1995 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 20, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Insurers trying to reduce ship cargo claims losses and improve profitability in a softer market shou

A final package of farm program cuts put together by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Robert

Sept. 20, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pr

Sept. 20, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

REPORT: PETROGAL SEEKS DEAL WITH PDVSAMADRID, Spain - Portuguese oil company Petroga

Sept. 20, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

New York Mercantile Exchange Chairman Daniel Rappaport said the exchange has not had discussions wit

Parked in front of his office at this port city's recently privatized container terminal, Geoffrey P

U.S. inventories of crude oil fell by 1.3 million barrels during the week ended Sept. 15, compared w

Wednesday Sept. 20, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represe

Russia's first test of U.S.-style offshore private petroleum production looms off the coast of Sakha

Negotiations to end a weeklong strike at Nippon Yusen Kaisha's container terminal at the Port of Los

James I. Newsome Jr., 74, a shipping executive for more than 40 years, died Sept. 7 after a brief il

Econocaribe Consolidators Inc. is opening new terminals in Charlotte, N.C., and Memphis. The

The U.S. international trade deficit expanded again in July to $11.5 billion, the highest level in e

REWARD OFFERED IN SHIP HIJACKINGA $100,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of

Representatives of the world's top container-shipping lines and some of Europe's biggest exporters t

This is a story that started in Pensacola, Fla., has been stuck in Algeria and, some of those involv

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