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The presidents of 11 U.S. unions have asked President Clinton to ''vigorously defend'' before the Wo

CANADA PULLS PREFERENTIALTARIFFS FOR MYANMAROTTAWA - Canada has withdrawn general preferenti

Brooklyn Union Gas Co. shareholders approved the $4 billion proposed merger of BUG and Long Island L

As car manufacturers flock to emerging markets, their transportation providers are enjoying a surge

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is spending $1.7 billion to buy a 20 percent stake in Pioneer Hi-Bred

Aug. 8, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Aug. 8: 1280

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

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

NORTH KOREA HITSUS ON SANCTION MOVETOKYO - North Korea on Friday accused the United States o

Russia's huge natural gas company, RAO Gazprom, will return to international markets in September wi

CIGNA CORP.Thomas E. Hobin Jr. was named national sales director for defined benefit plans a

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Deeply indebted Thai-based Alphatec Electronics PLC received a stay of one month by bondholders at a

As of Aug. 8, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines said it is seeking to re-establish routes within Russia and

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Standing in a near-empty parking lot in New Jersey late Sunday night, it was tough to tell a pitched

Officials from United Parcel Service and the Teamsters union finished up last week talking with one

''The aircraft industry is entirely foot- and pound-based because it's been so dependent on U.S. tec

AlphaStar, a direct-to-home satellite TV service into American and Canadian homes, winked out and di

Thai authorities threatened late last week to punish people spreading rumors that the prime minister

A number was incorrectly reported in a brief in the Aug. 6th edition under the headline ''Poll ranks

Atlanta-based Magellan Health Services has struck a $422 million deal to buy Aetna's Human Affairs I

1280 (Aug. 8, 1997) Previous day - 1284The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

PORT OF QINGDAO SAYSHARBOR TRAFFIC UP . . .QINGDAO, China - Harbors in the Port of Qingdao i

Cuba's much-vaunted bid to allow limited private enterprise in the form of restaurants and some serv

The European Commission, facing a trans-Atlantic trade dispute, is studying whether to exempt the Un

In response to the need by both foreign and domestic firms, three leading Japanese companies have es

CUSTOMS OFFICIALS TO VISITHONG KONG FACTORIESWASHINGTON - U.S. Customs Service officials wil

AIG SELLS ENERGY UNITTO CALIFORNIA GROUPLOS ANGELES - Enova Corp. and Pacific Enterprises sa

USF&G Corp. has agreed to acquire Titan Holdings Inc. for $234 million, bolstering its position in t

International Petroleum Exchange*Aug. 8, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The president of Chile, Eduardo Frei, and Argentina, Carlos Menem, opened a $325 million pipeline th

Squeezing the maximum number of cars into a limited space is something of a science, whether it's th

ARGENTINA'S YPF EXPECTSWIDER PETROBRAS TIESBUENOS AIRES - Argentina's YPF SA last week forec

The crane lifts 1,800-pound bags of ground-up ore containing nickel sulfides from what the dockworke

Friday Aug. 8, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Ocean carriers are picking up increasing volumes of high-value computers and computer parts in the r