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TALKS HAVE 'SLOWED'FOR AVMIN, ZAMBIAN FIRMSouth African mining house Avmin Thursday confirme

Two rival Nigerian ethnic groups, the Ijaws and the Itsekiris, have agreed in army-mediated talks to

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and Arkwright Insurance Co. are forming an unusual joint venture in pro

The U.S. Department of Commerce this week issued a preliminary report that recommends an end to the

CONTROL DATAKathrine Huelster will manage the company's new insurance marketing program offi

The U.S. Export-Import Bank won the first round Thursday against congressional critics seeking to re

A Senate subcommittee chairman has urged President Clinton to ensure a fair shake from the European

Four men, including one Kuwaiti, were charged Thursday with fraud involving the sale of used aircraf

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

BAA PLC, the British airports operator, is expected to bid for a stake in Germany's Dusseldorf Airpo

May 8, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 8, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Thursday May 8, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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

Canadian grain cars are backlogged at the ports of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Thunder Bay, Ont

Phillips Petroleum and several smaller oil firms signed a deal with South Africa and its national oi

JAPAN TRADE SURPLUSSEEN TRIPLE FOR APRILTOKYO - Japan's trade surplus is expected to have st

KN Energy Inc. of the United States won the natural gas distribution concession in the northern stat

Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin is winning praise from unusual quarters this week for proposing 2

In the wake of President Clinton's historic meeting with opposition party leaders here, Mexico's

Troubled Canadian Airlines Corp. continues to bleed red ink, reporting another huge quarterly loss a

Maersk Line is upgrading its service to the eastern side of Africa, where commerce has expanded stea

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MSAS Cargo International Ltd. has moved its Manila operations into a new office next to Ninoy Aquino

After some hard foreign policy lessons from his first term, President Clinton faced down domestic pr

The Department of Agriculture and a major hauler of U.S. food aid - often locked in controversy - fi

AMERICAN COMMERCIALBARGE LINES Brooke Bickerton was named manager of environmental affairs a

May 7, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/ 1 percent 1 percent 0.5 percentBuckley 27.

The North American steel industry joined hands Monday to form The Steel Alliance, with more than 70

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 246.04 off 0.30 w

U.S. officials are touting an independent power plant to be built near the Yucatan city of Merida as

While most railroads and their customers ponder the domestic implications of the $10.2 billion plan

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CHINA FLEET EXPANSIONSEEN EXPLOITATION MOVEAUCKLAND, New Zealand - China is building a fishi

Increasing the pressure in a case that has brought protests from the United States, a software compa

PORT OF ST. BERNARDREPORTS CARGO GROWTHCHALMETTE, La. - The Port of St. Bernard in Chalmette

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is handling containers full of controversy after a low intermodal

HARTFORD STEAM BOILERMichael A. Petruzzello has been elected second vice president, special

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose by 2.7 million b

Italy is likely to add more coal to its energy mix under an agreement signed with the United States