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April 10, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

EXXON, HONG KONG FIRMPLAN CHINA POWER PLANTHONG KONG - Exxon Corp. and Hong Kong's China Lig

China's economic reforms threaten the jobs of nearly 100 million rural workers who have little prosp

Only one insurance company executive out of seven considers the Internet a major part of his future,

Trans-Pacific shipping lines, buoyed by stronger-than-anticipated imports from Asia in early 1997, a

Allianz, the German insurance group, has taken steps to pay any reasonable outstanding insurance cla

Thursday, April 10, 1997Percentages Per YearINTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 12, 1996 - April 10, 1997 (a graph)

In a move designed to tap into public anxiety about the local effects of globalization, the AFL-CIO

OFFERS TO BUY* CURRENCIES. Send information on: quantity, minimum with rolls and extension,

Plans to create the world's largest fleet of refrigerated cargo ships have been delayed a few weeks

U.S. negotiators left Rome this week with a promise from Italian officials to meet in Washington thi

Norway's shipping industry, which accounts for a hefty chunk of the country's economy, is benefiting

1442 (April 9, 1997) Previous day - 1450The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A Senate committee, responding to an outpouring of public alarm following last year's midair explosi

A congressional hearing next week into sales of supercomputers to a Russian nuclear agency may breat

ONGOINGStar USA Inc. Sessions in April on export procedures and documentation, transportatio

A presidential commission seeking to curb the use of sweatshop labor has reached an agreement in pri

April 9, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Officials acknowledged Wednesday that workers were told to keep silent about a false report involvin

Developing Asian economies, once content to play a quiet but profitable role in world trade, are beg

Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy will push for the implementation of a free-trade agreement betwe

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 239.98 off 0.48 w

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 9, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

April 9, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

Despite pleas from state officials and an apparent absence of Karnal bunt fungus, a 3,200-acre wheat

State Farm, the largest U.S. property/casualty insurer, recently began firing 53 of its sales repres

Russia belives a steel deal reached this week between itself and the European Union - which offers a

HONG KONG FERRY,SMALLER VESSEL COLLIDEHONG KONG - A high-speed ferry bound for the south Chi

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The agreement by Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp. to carve up Conrail Inc. includes the disposit

The Journal of Commerce industrial price index declined to 105.1 Wednesday from 105.2 on Tuesday, se

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday to multiyear highs against the Japanese yen and the Deutsche mark.

GEPHARDT RAISES CONCERNABOUT US-JAPAN DEFICITWASHINGTON - The United States is returning to

CHINA URGED TO RELEASESHIP HELD FOR 20 MONTHSSHANGHAI - China was urged Tuesday to release a

EMERY WORLDWIDEKent Scott was named vice president and chief operating officer of Emery Worl

House Republicans, trying to get some form of product liability reform signed by President Clinton t

European Union officials are mulling over a proposal U.S. trade officials have put on the negotiatin

The Pentagon believes that China will stress economic growth over rapid military development, but a

Few mixed marriages pose more problems than the attempt to join long-haul and regional truck freight