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Jordanian and Iraqi officials began talks here this week aimed at renewing an agreement on supplying

Dec. 31, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 31, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

MEXICO'S PEMEX SAYSCRUDE OIL EXPORTS UPMEXICO CITY - Mexico's state monopoly Petroleos Mexic

Cargill Inc. officials say they are ''hopeful'' they will hear soon from the U.S. Treasury about the

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Tuesday Dec. 31, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Cambodia wellsshow poor yieldPHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The most extensive oil and gas explorati

Fears over Britain's mad cow disease have sent Chinese beef exports soaring as Hong Kong and Southea

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, the country's most expensive, received favorable marks in its first major r

Metal traders are still singing the blues over slow copper demand and weaker prices.Haunted

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has fined Entergy Operations Inc. $50,000 because a pressure monit

A federal judge has dismissed South Carolina's third lawsuit challenging a plan to ship foreign nucl

CANADA MARITIME BOXSHIPTAKES ON PASSENGERSLONDON - Canada Maritime is taking passengers on o

A&B HAWAIIW. Allen Doane was named chief executive.A&B Hawaii, along with Matson Navigation,

ONGOINGAirports Council International - North America. Various events throughout year. Conta

''Forward freight agreements,'' ''options'' and ''arbitrage'' are replacing ''period timecharters,''

NORTHWEST STORM DAMAGEPUT AT UP TO $250 MILLIONOLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington State Insurance C

Lawyers for Prudential Insurance Co. of America have challenged Florida's effort to sanction the com

Insurance companies doing business in Eastern Europe will post solid growth over the next five years

Natural catastrophes worldwide caused $60 billion in damages in 1996, but cost the insurance industr

INSURANCE INSTITUTEFOR HIGHWAY SAFETYJerry D. Choate was named chairman of the board for thi

A federal judge has delayed until Feb. 24 a fairness hearing on a proposed billion-dollar settlement

Federal regulators handed railroad customers a sharp setback Tuesday in a closely watched, high-stak

It's bigger than big, rivaling the world trade in crude oil. It's created one of the largest pools o

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Imagine relaxing in your luxury Panamanian hotel room overlooking a scenic lake in the lush tropics

Ocean carriers, rather than importers and exporters, are bearing the brunt of the cost from dockwork

Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

The U.S. dollar declined in thin trading Tuesday as participants evened their positions ahead of the

China announced Tuesday a preferential tax rate of 15 percent for foreign banks doing business in it

In an attempt to woo foreign investment, the Indian government has decided to give automatic approva

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and NBC television reporter Andrea Mitchell plan to mar

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 5, '95 - Dec. 31, '96 (a graph)* An

Iran and Tajikistan signed 10 documents on trade and economic cooperation, Iranian TV reported in a

Swiss President Jean-Pascal Delamuraz on Tuesday dismissed as ''blackmail'' calls for Switzerland to

CANADIAN LAW TO COUNTERHELMS-BURTON ACTOTTAWA - Legislation to protect Canadian businesses f

''Next year's toys'' (Dec. 27, Page 3A) should have said that Fisher-Price Toys Ltd. is a subsidiary