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New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 23, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Indian government will open power transmission to private investment, a long-pending demand of p

Canada will soon ban the practice of feeding cows ground-up bits of other cows, sheep or other mamma

Jamaica's exporters welcomed a move by the government here to pump $6 million into the island's appa

Import prices generally remained subdued in December, reflecting a strong U.S. dollar that may trim

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In an unusual step, the world's major industrial nations sharply criticized South Korea on Thursday

Merger rivals CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. may meet as early as next week to explore ways to

Jan. 23, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Intractable world problems such as peace in Bosnia and the Middle East are moving closer to solution

Joseph P. DeMuccio, a retired New York Police Department detective who drew upon his childhood love

Union Pacific Corp. will decide within a month whether to bid for the second Mexican rail operation

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 23, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

EUROPEAN INSPECTORSDETAIN SHIPS FOR SAFETYLONDON - Ships flying the flags of Cyprus, Turkey

CAPITAL RE CORP. REPORTSYEAR-END INCOME INCREASENEW YORK - Capital Re Corp. said 1996 net in

Counterfeiters have for the first time succeeded in forging the new improved US$100 bills, Russian p

Japanese officials and corporate executives who less than two years ago yelped with pain as the yen

TRAVELERS TO BUY BACK$1 BILLION IN STOCKNEW YORK - Travelers Group Inc., the insurance and f

Thursday Jan. 23, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Cargo volume continues to grow so rapidly at the neighboring ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles tha

Jan. 23, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

A U.S. company has started negotiating to sell American grain to North Korea, the communist country'

PACCAR INC.Richard P. Fox will join the Bellevue, Wash., truck manufacturer as senior vice p

An entire generation of insurance executives doesn't know what it's like to operate a property/casua

The Cuban American National Foundation, the conservative exile group that played a key role in the t

Sony Corp. announced a massive reorganization on Thursday to increase its focus on the lucrative U.S

The Russian government is to introduce a new plan for prepayment of taxes and excise dutieson import

Five hours of talks between Taiwan and China on restoring direct maritime links produced an upbeat s

China, sharply criticized by Washington and Brussels for intellectual property rights violations, ha

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, fell 2.9 million barr

As of Jan. 23, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Jan. 23, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 33

Dairy farmers suffering from a steep decline in prices hope their one-day milk-dumping protest shows

''There will be Florida fruit and vegetables available. Maybe not in the volume we had last week, bu

The government here has convinced the World Trade Organization to delay the deadline by which India

Thursday, Jan. 23, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The U.S. dollar continued its ascent against the Japanese yen Thursday as it approached the 120-yen

Boeing Co.'s year end and fourth quarter numbers reflect what analysts and industry types already kn

Officials at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport are worried that air freight now movin

Since the newly formed shipping giant P&O Nedlloyd sees its greatest growth opportunities in the tra