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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 13, '94 - July 7, '95 (a graph) (2)

Full U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations will lead to a surge in U.S.-Vietnamese business, but not rig

Friday, July 7, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The Federal Reserve caught the foreign exchange market by surprise Friday, buying dollars in coordin

Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim unveiled a package of measures aimed at launching tiny Labuan Is

China's retail sales of consumer goods reached 939.7 billion yuan ($113.2 billion) in the first half

Switzerland's unemployment rate in June measured 4.0 percent, compared with 4.2 percent in May and 4

The Russian government's plan to back the ruble with $10 billion in reserves won praise from the Int

Mario Monti, the European commissioner responsible for the European Union's single market, will shor

In a 5-2 decision, the Kentucky Supreme Court last week said a woman could collect on her ex-husband

Friday July 7, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

European manufacturers show no confidence in the new world trade order, believing governments, inclu

The women who lobby in Washington on behalf of U.S. insurance trade associations are linked by more

Swiss Re set up a subsidiary in Bermuda to handle the $500 million raised via a five-year convertibl

Leading Polish insurers, banks and listed companies are expected to create a reinsurance company to

In a unanimous decision, California's highest court said all a chemical company's insurers were liab

Booming economies are all very well, bringing prosperity and opportunity to many, but building moder

The U.S. jobs report for June suggests the current economic slowdown is ''likely to be temporary," J

China has set rules for foreign investment in its aviation sector, saying firms can invest in airpor

As the summer heats up, the long-running dispute between the United States and Canada over the prope

Indonesia will build tanker, logistics and naval ports in the Natuna Islands to support the liquefie

Business is picking up at the Port of Savannah after recent improvements including harbor dredging l

For the week ended July 1, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 16

S&P UPGRADES OUTLOOK ON SEA CONTAINERSNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's Corp. said it rev

Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. is spending $7.6 million this summer on improvements to its track and

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC. (Seattle) - Bob McElroy was promoted to regional vice pr

When it comes to electric cars, America's Big Three automakers may approach the future differently,

Norway gave the Shell UK oil company permission Friday to park its disused Brent Spar storage platfo

A transportation executive who attempted to act as a ship's agent is angry about how she was treated

Indonesia will cut the number of coffee exporters to improve export efficiency, Bisnis Indonesia rep

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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

Construction work on one of the world's largest gold-mining complexes began Friday at the Kumtor gol

Italian oil company Agip announced it will begin commercial production drilling by the end of the ye

Recent flooding has not affected deliveries of zinc and lead concentrates to China's Zhuzhou smelter

NUCLEAR REPROCESSING DELAYED IN JAPANAOMORI, Japan - The opening of Japan's first nu

Conoco Inc. and its two partners Friday obtained the Czech government's go- ahead to take 49 percent

Guns and grenades may have replaced the cutlasses of yore, but pirates on the high seas are still a

Construction has started on a 488-kilometer (305-mile) natural gas pipeline linking a northern Shaan