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New York Mercantile Exchange - April 23, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 246.85 up 0.31

April 24, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

The International Monetary Fund is strengthening efforts to avert potentially explosive financial cr

Senators trying to revamp oversight of the maritime industry are ready to make good on their March p

Consumer and safety advocates are pressing Congress to maintain a freeze on current truck sizes and

Hong Kong's economic shift toward services is accelerating, although government officials say its ma

There's life outside of Tokyo.While a huge number of corporate headquarters, government agen

An unprecedented spate of proposals aimed at boosting Canadian natural gas exports to the United Sta

AMERICAN INTERNATIONALGROUPJoseph L. Boren was named president of the insurance company's Co

China's State Development Bank will extend $1.4 billion in loans to the nation's floundering rail se

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 26, 1996 - April 24, 1997 (a graph)

Elvis appears again. Malaysia on Thursday will become the fourth overseas supplier of textiles and a

At this month's Hannover trade fair, eastern Germany's Chemnitz - formerly Karl Marx City - sponsore

APL Ltd., less than two weeks after announcing its acquisition by Neptune Orient Lines, reported los

A California legislative committee has advanced the second of two measures designed to reinstate con

TRANSPORT BOARD REJECTSCEMENT PLANT'S BIDWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board rejec

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per

REPUBLICAN BILL WOULDREFORM MANAGED CAREWASHINGTON - Saying managed-care companies often val

Iraq is close to signing a major oil production deal with Italy's state-owned oil company, the Iraqi

Thursday, April 24, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

LABOR ABUSES FOUNDIN US TERRITORYWASHINGTON - Two weeks after President Clinton unveiled a b

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

As of April 24, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

U.S. investors in Lloyd's of London receive no protection under English law and are being cheated ou

One month late, the Treasury Department unveiled part of its financial modernization plan, to decide

Summer gasoline fundamentals are sending mixed signals to the market, with lower inventories, bullis

OECD ETTING STANDARDSFOR TRANSPORT COMPETITIONLONDON - Member countries of the Organization

The U.S. dollar was mixed Thursday in uneventful trading, as participants continued to look ahead to

A report by the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico about the foreign investment climate here has

PAKISTAN TO SELL STAKESIN PUBLIC-SECTOR UNITSKARACHI, Pakistan - The state-owned Privatizati

OFFERS TO BUY* FLOAT GLASS. Require various quantities and qualities and grades. Quote price

April 24, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

BERMUDA'S ACE POSTSA RISE IN EARNINGSHAMILTON, Bermuda - Liability insurer ACE Ltd. reported

European banks have displaced Japanese banks as the largest lenders in Asia, according to a report r

CSX Corp. expects that buying 42 percent of Conrail Inc. in a joint purchase with Norfolk Southern C

''With Emery, I'd get up in the morning and go to Singapore. Now I go to Akron.''

FRENCH FISHERMEN REACHDEAL, END PORT BLOCKADESCALAIS/LONDON - French fishermen ended their b

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