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LABELING DEMAND SEENHURTING GRAIN EXPORTSNEW YORK - Several of Europe's largest food retaile

International Petroleum ExchangeJune 2, 1997 BRENT CRUDE OIL - (DOLLARS PER BARREL)

The California Assembly Appropriations Committee last week approved legislation that would allow a t

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A Swedish multinational said Monday it will sell a U.S. subsidiary that sparked an international lab

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Intermodal marketing companies continued to post double-digit volume growth during the first quarter

The Journal of Commerce's stock index showed a modest 0.4 percent gain, overcoming weakness among mo

The Surface Transportation Board is stepping into the long-running battle over a new lease for North

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 250.96 off 3.00 wh

June 2, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Monday June 2, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A San Francisco judge last week, in an abrupt turnabout, approved Liberty Mutual as the new owner of

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 30, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

WILLIS CORROON CORP.Richard Chappell was named president of Willis Corroon Construction, a d

Low freight rates plaguing the trans-Pacific shipping market have claimed another casualty.T

MEXICO PUBLISHESNORM-TARIFF LISTMexican commerce officials have published an important refer

CATHAY COUNTS COSTOF PLANES' GROUNDINGHONG KONG - The grounding of Cathay Pacific's 11 Airbu

As of June 2, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Long-term supply contract negotiations between Ukraine's Mykolayiv alumina plant and Russian aluminu

Investment returns are falling in Canada for general insurance companies after several good years, r

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

COURT UPHOLDS DAMAGESIN BN OVERCHARGE CASEWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board said

I'm about to bust a myth. No, not one of those old myths concerning Greek gods and such, but a new o

JAPAN REFINERS MIGHT BUYALASKA OIL IF PRICE RIGHTTOKYO - Japanese refiner sources said Monda

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending May 28,1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel dep

State community-property laws do not allow children from a first marriage to inherit pension benefit

Ports in the northwestern United States have long coveted the prospect of luring Canadian bulk cargo

Lumber from Canada is flooding into the United States as never before, smashing through the dikes of

Despite calls in some quarters of Brazil to restrict foreign investment, a new law of telecommunicat

Railroad mergers in the 1990s take a far faster regulatory track than they did under the old Interst

On the floor of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, 200 or so traders sit in desks arranged in a big square

Leasing is an increasingly important financing mechanism for both buyers and manufacturers of bulk t

Zurich Insurance Co. of Switzerland is said to be near a deal to purchase money management firm Scud

A refrigeration company and three of its officials pleaded guilty Thursday to charges they smuggled

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

South African synthetic fuels and oil exploration company Sasol has signed a memorandum of understan

Leaders on both sides of the Hong Kong-China divide these days quickly fall back on the well-worn ''

Fourteen companies are the first winners in Hong Kong's liberalization of telecommunications, fulfil

John Tichenor is proudly low-tech.Looking like a rumpled Santa Claus, Mr. Tichenor, senior s