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The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 10, '94 - Aug. 10, '95 (a graph) (2

Disposable diapers, surgical gloves and margarine from the United States will be finding their way t

Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Japan's Finance Ministry has asked six big banks with close business ties to troubled credit union C

Following an upturn in Japan and Europe, the dollar continued to forge ahead in New York Thursday as

Municipal statistics show exports of 14 main varieties of machinery and electronic products generate

China's vital textile sector, already struggling with higher costs and shortages of cotton, is facin

In the continuing push against piracy in its vast interior, China raided 22 shops in southwestern Si

Czech monthly inflation was zero in July, bringing the annual inflation rate down to 9.7 percent fro

"Trying to value Gazprom is an investment banker's nightmare. If you value it on a cash flow multipl

Brazil's former minister of finance, Rubens Ricupero, is slated to be appointed the next secretary g

CHINESE TO TIGHTEN COMMODITY INSPECTIONSThe State Administration for the Inspection of Impor

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For quotes on National, Midwestern or other markets, call the CBT trading floor during trading hours

Aon Corp. in Chicago became the latest insurance organization to receive permission to open a repres

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EQUITABLE POSTS BIGGEST PROFIT SINCE GOING PUBLIC IN 1992NEW YORK - Equitable Cos. r

ERIN PROPERTY DAMAGE PEGGED AT $375 MILLIONRAHWAY, N.J. - Hurricane Erin is expected to cost

Insurance markets in reforming Eastern European nations posted a 15 percent increase in premium volu

The state Insurance Department erred in accepting nearly 150 pieces of computer equipment from four

LLOYD'S OF LONDON (London) - Val Powell was appointed to serve as the first full-time director-gener

European online computer services being launched commercially later this year expect enormous growth

The White House said there has been an increase in the theft of U.S. trade secrets, including espion

Strength in forest sector profitability is likely to stand out among New Zealand company results, as

Norway's consumer price index fell 0.1 percent in July from a month earlier, the Central Bureau of S

The Japan External Trade Organization and the Japan Automobile Importers' Association are co-sponsor

As of Aug. 10, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Aug. 10, 1995 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Aug. 10, 1995 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Aug. 10, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

An effort by Pacific container carriers that set prices together to add India and neighboring countr

The only way to get goods into Armenia these days is via three single-lane, rutted roads and an elec

Amsterdam's future as the world's top cocoa port is being decided in corridors and back rooms in Bru

Europe's telecommunications industry has begun the countdown to freedom as state monopolies are dism

Fifteen months ago, there wasn't a single commercial product tanker on order at a U.S. shipyard and

The last time Newport News Shipbuilding went big into commercial shipbuilding, they built a fence in