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USX Corp. said its USX-Marathon Group subsidiary will form a joint venture with Ashland Inc. that co

UTILITY WINS ROUNDIN TAR-BASED FUEL FIGHTTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Power & Light Co. may y

A blistering discussion paper circulating among top airline executives accuses U.S. aviation officia

Just when the Clinton administration needs some sign that its open-door China policy is working, tal

May 16, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

With all of last week devoted to semantic karate over whether trade negotiators ''will'' or ''should

Bre-X Minerals, the Canadian company at the center of a gold-mining scandal, said it will end operat

Along for the ride during the last three sessions of hemispheric trade talks, business executives fr

Somewhere in Alberta, where thousands of natural gas wells already dot the landscape, the province's

Friday May 16, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

EQUAL-ACCESS PIPELINEAIMS TO WEAKEN GAZPROMMOSCOW - The Russian government is to prepare a d

After five years of disputes, a coalition of oil companies and governments has agreed to build a $2

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Friday, May 16, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

NISSAN OPENS SECONDPLANT IN TENNESSEEDECHERD, Tenn. - Nissan has opened a second facility in

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 24, 1996 - May 16, 1997 (a graph)* A

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

Only Alan Greenspan's barber knows for sure, but the leading Fed watchers are not looking for a rate

A Jamaican bank with subsidiaries in the United States and Guyana has been taken over by a governmen

Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles has pressed the flesh in this working class Brazilian city and chatted up

A fugitive Swiss property developer, wanted on fraud charges in his homeland, has been extradited by

''It's a much bigger game - it's thrilling. It's risky.''

MAZDA TO CONSOLIDATENORTH AMERICAN UNITSIRVINE, Calif. - Mazda Motor Corp. said it plans to

Inside the Palacio das Artes here, trade negotiators from 34 countries meet behind closed doors to t

An ocean carrier plan to revamp Customs' controversial export automation program is gathering moment

OFFERS TO BUY* SEAMLESS PIPE A335 P9 & FLANGES A182 F9. All prices c.i.f Alexandria, Egypt.

Last month's decision by U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky to further press Japan to ope

Three weeks ended May 10, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

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

STRIKE BALLOTS MAILEDAS BA DISPUTE UNFOLDSLONDON - The union representing most cabin crew at

CONSOLIDATEDFREIGHTWAYS CORP.This Menlo Park, Calif., trucking company that spun off as a se

With strict environmental restrictions in North America, U.S. forest products companies are increasi

Transportation of forest products will come under review as leading paper and pulp executives conven

Continued demand for new houses and relatively high lumber prices are turning 1997 into another good

Forests in North America today are generating enough wood to supply both sawmills and paper manufact

After a disappointing performance last year, the near term looks good for Canada's newsprint industr

Forest products are among the nation's top exports, according to U.S. Census data. Exports of paper,

Recycling makes good economic sense at Marcal Paper Mills, a family-owned company whose slogan is ''

What's roughly the size of West Virginia, covered almost entirely by forests, has a stable and conve

CHINA GRANTS INSURANCELICENSE TO FRENCH FIRMBEIJING - French President Jacques Chirac and Ch