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Despite Japan's history of reacting strongly to food health and safety scares, the latest case of fo

In another sign of dissatisfaction with U.S. trade policy, the Los Angeles City Council went on reco

Continental Airlines and its pilots union began contract talks Wednesday, with both sides expressing

CP Ships, the ship operating division of Canadian Pacific Ltd. that hopes to buy bankrupt Lykes Line

Daylight Air, a small second-day express company, has stopped operating, leaving as much as160,000 p

A Supreme Court-appointed officer proposes a way to settle a dispute between New York and New Jersey

A unit of Crowley Maritime Corp. plans to build six advanced tugs to expand its harbor services busi

Maersk Line is poised to build its own container terminal at the Port of Rotterdam in a move that wi

MEXICO SEEKS MORE BIDSFOR BONDED WAREHOUSESThe Mexican Finance Ministry has published three

A Japanese maritime official came here for three days of port dispute talks only to be greeted Wedne

Finance ministers from the 18-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will seek to stabilize

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it would increase by $50 million the allocation of credit gu

Haiti's government has fought off an attempt by legislators to force the prime minister to resign an

South Korea today will announce plans to eliminate its tariffs on semiconductors in phases by 1999,

If global manufacturers and distributors want to succeed at logistics in the next millennium, they b

A 1,700-deadweight-ton Canadian vessel bearing iron ore from Sept Isles, Quebec, to the steel mills

April 2, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

MONSANTO TO PURCHASEREMAINDER OF CALGENEST. LOUIS - Monsanto Co. said Tuesday it has a defin

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

As of April 2, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 245.83 up 0.66 wh

World commodity markets reeled Tuesday after the Agriculture Department admitted that for the first

April 2, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 2, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The export shipping conference on the Pacific is changing its rules to reflect new regulations on ov

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 1, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

April 2, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 28

April 2, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Wednesday April 2, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Dow Chemical Co. has filed a lawsuit charging General Electric Co. with pirating trade secrets from

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, declined by 2.6 milli

The company that insured the 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult against abduction by aliens stoppe

LLOYD'S OF LONDONRECORDS ANOTHER PROFITLONDON - Lloyd's of London said Wednesday that it ear

A national authority on health-care systems warned the government to avoid meddling with managed-hea

After lengthy debate and testimony from an uninsured driver who claimed legislators ''want to hunt u

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush recently entered a bitter appellate court fray,

AGENCY FIGHTS ORDERTO RELEASE ADM TAPESPEORIA, Ill. - The Justice Department hopes to appeal

While coffee consumers are not thinking of scaling back on their drinking habit, United States manuf

The Mexican government has awarded the permit to distribute natural gas in the northern region of Pi

The United Nations body that governs nuclear commerce says that existing rules for ocean shipping of