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MOBIL AGREES TO VENTUREWITH VENEZUELAN FIRMCARACAS, Venezuela - Mobil Chemical Co. Thursday

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 241.71 off 0.46

Jan. 10, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Jan. 10, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 10, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

XTRA INTERNATIONALGAINS ISO CERTIFICATIONSAN FRANCISCO - XTRA International, the marine cont

1507 (Jan. 10, 1997) Previous day - 1505The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Jan. 10, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

If last month's dockside disaster in New Orleans had occurred a few weeks earlier, shipowners might

A state judge dismissed all shareholder rights lawsuits brought in California courts against Fritz C

CATALINA CLIPPERTO BUY FERRY SERVICESAN FRANCISCO - Ending a long and difficult effort to se

It's not every day that U.S. carmakers and top Japanese economic officials agree that the yen is too

The country's seven major airlines have asked the federal government to help get documents from Sout

American Eagle has opened one of the world's largest maintenance centers devoted to regional airplan

The Northern Plains Resource Council, representing a coalition of ranchers, unions and American Indi

When the ball dropped on 1996, so did heavy truck sales, as the fourth-biggest year in industry hist

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In an earlier day, when importers needed advice to navigate the labyrinth of U.S. customs regulation

National banks may have won the battle over selling insurance, but the insurance industry is bent on

Friday, Jan. 10, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

Don't cry for the air cargo market, Latin America! Valentine's Day is around the corner. And Cupid'

In another sign of recovery for the global chip industry, billings in the Americas market rose for t

The Bank of Japan is likely to intervene in the foreign exchange markets this week to prop up the ye

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 19, '96 - Jan. 10, '97 (a graph)* A

CANADA BACKS INDIA'SBID TO JOIN APECCALCUTTA - Canada, set to chair a summit of the Asia-Pac

A group of retired U.S. lawmakers said Friday the United States needs to rethink its controversial p

The old Cold War spies may have come in from the cold now that the Berlin Wall is gone, but industri

South Korea will remain under intense international scrutiny this week as it prepares for another th

''Japan has been saying 'Come on in. We welcome you,' while it has actually been closing the door. I

It was something like the Russian version of ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' when the billionaire p

China late last week reported a trade surplus of $12.24 billion in '96, lower than recent official p

BEIJING STATE COMPANIESBEGIN BANKRUPTCY ACTIONSBEIJING - China's capital Beijing has begun i

Malaysia's technology-minded Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad today will kick off a sales pitch in Si

A court Friday fined a garment manufacturer for affixing ''Made in Hong Kong'' labels to Chinese-mad

U.S. wool importers are breathing a sigh of relief: a second referendum to create a national checkof

CANADA HOPES TELECOMWILL BOOST INDIA TRADECALCUTTA - Canada hopes to boost trade with India

When Mayor Hans-Juergen Haase shows visitors the town's crumbling medieval towers, he also points ou

SAFECO: $35 MILLIONIN WINTER CLAIMS LIKELYSEATTLE - Safeco Corp. said it expects approximate