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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 243.31 off 1.35 w

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

Mostly positive reactions came Wednesday to an insurer's announcement that it would offer life insur

A group of 440 U.S. companies and business associations launched a new coalition Wednesday to oppose

As of April 16, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Illinois Central Corp. said its rail unit boosted net income by 3 percent, to $33.9 million, or 55 c

SHIPSOCEAN FREIGHT RATESFOR GRAIN SHIPMENTS UPWASHINGTON - Ocean freight rat

China's largest maker of maritime containers expects sales to rise 10 percent this year, with refrig

PACIFIC MARITIME ASSOCIATIONTimothy Parker, vice president and general manager of Metropolit

Some major corporations are getting fed up with Federal Express Corp.The carrier, concerned

At a time when U.S. trade policy toward China is coming under closer scrutiny, the Clinton administr

Wednesday, April 16, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

SOUTH AFRICA SIGNSMFN TREATY WITH CUBAHAVANA - South African Trade and Industry Minister Ale

AMERICAN EAGLEORDERS 12 ATRsPARIS - Aero International said Wednesday that the U.S. airline

Asia's developing countries will benefit from the World Trade Organization's new rules for global tr

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 19, 1996 - April 16, 1997 (a graph)

The prospect of making money off the Internet is paying off for Federal Express Corp., while others

CANADIAN AIR CARGO RATESRISE; FUEL SURCHARGE ENDSCALGARY - Canadian Air Cargo has announced

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

As Northeast Utilities continued to struggle with a cash flow crisis, its customers were bracing for

As the European Union's 15 member governments agreed Wednesday to officially approve an accord with

FLORIDA OKS INCREASEFOR CATASTROPHE FUNDTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida homeowners insurance pre

Argentine legislators and the government of President Carlos Saul Menem are protesting this week's d

''Although there is little evidence of inflation right now, you would have to believe that inflation

Neptune Orient Lines operates a widely diversified group; among its principal members are the follow

A.P. Moller Group, the giant Danish shipping and energy group, is forecasting further growth in prof

A new war of words has broken out after a noted consumer activist insisted that California's auto in

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 19, 1996 - April 15, 1997 (a graph)

General Motors Corp.'s Saturn division, which introduced the company's first right-hand drive model

CHINESE COURT SENTENCESSEVEN PIRATES TO PRISONBEIJING - A Chinese court has sentenced seven

OFFERS TO BUYG-7 currency, gold bullionRef No.: 046273 Filed: 04-03-97Food productio

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Federal Express has won a preliminary round in a court fight with the U.S. Postal Service over adver

A year ago it was hailed as an industry savior, a mechanism that would shape the liner industry for

M.S. CARRIERS HAS GOODFIRST-QUARTER RESULTSMEMPHIS - M.S. Carriers Inc. said better weather

Planned expansion by American Airlines that could add 65 flights a day and allow Dallas-Fort Worth I

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

April 15, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

How things change.Just four years ago, Northeast Utilities Chief Executive Bernard Fox boast

Containership operators often complain about being misunderstood and underappreciated.After