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OFFERS TO BUY* CALCIUM CARBIDE. 4,000 metric tons, due date: 3/30/97. Quote price f.o.b. Sto

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 24, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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LEACH LEANS TOWARDBANKING, COMMERCE MIXPHOENIX - U.S. House Banking Committee Chairman Jim L

The level of Malaysian insurance premiums held within the country is rising after years of decline,

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The world is coming to an end in less than three years. At least that's what many Year 2000 doom and

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Monday told U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky the United St

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German Finance Minister Theo Waigel came under fire from opponents and allies alike on Monday when h

OMAN OIL PRODUCTIONTO STAY AT CURRENT RATEABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Persian Gulf

This week may be among the most important in the short, post-Soviet history of Russia's labor union

''It sounds to me like the cost of NATO expansion just rose by $4 billion.''

China may be a hotbed for illegal production of intellectual property, but its efforts to crack down

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 21, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will soon establish a new team led by a high-level negot

SHIPSCONFERENCE RAISING RATESFROM N. EUROPE TO ASIALONDON - The Far Eastern

Third-party logistics companies, once viewed with suspicion by motor carriers, are getting to be as

The president of a leading non-vessel-operating common carrier, who complained Congress would not li

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Thailand's national carrier received Cabinet approval to expand its fleet by 21 aircraft worth $2.65

The U.S. dollar was little changed in calm trading Monday with all eyes on today's Federal Open Mark

The European Commission will send a team of negotiators to Washington within the next couple of days

A Canadian mining company embroiled in an acrimonious dispute over pollution is shedding its stake i

CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.CNF Transportation, the holding company that owns Con-Way Transportat

The United States, already heavily engaged in the oil-rich Arabian peninsula, is moving to forge eve

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

More than 50 countries are expected to agree here Wednesday on a global accord to eliminate duties o

By all appearances, Boeing Co. looks like the undisputed champion of aircraft manufacturing. Vice Pr

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

EU ASKS JAPAN TO LIFTREMAINING TRADE BARRIERSBRUSSELS - The European Commission asked Japan

VETO LIFTED ON ENTRYOF S. AFRICA TO LOMEBRUSSELS - Spain Monday lifted its veto on South Afr

Vietnam said on Monday it wanted immediate and unconditional talks with China over an oil exploratio

THE EQUITABLE COS. INC.James M. Benson, president and chief executive of the New York compan

Senate Republicans are probing for terms of a compromise as they prepare a bill deregulating U.S. in

Trying to find out whether a planned project violates U.S. ''secondary boycott'' sanctionsagainst Ir

''Airborne, Seattle in air tower struggle,'' which appeared March 19 on Page 3B, should have attribu

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EU STRIPS TRADE RIGHTSOF MYANMAR IN PROTESTBRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers Monda

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