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A review of The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index in 1996 shows that inflationary pressures

Ray Miles is confident he has hit on a winning formula for rescuing sickly shipping lines.Af

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

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The chief of the International Labor Organization warned Wednesday entire sectors and countries coul

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, midway through a three-nation swing of Asia, vowed this week

US SEEKS INFORMATIONON JAILED BUSINESSMANSHANGHAI - The U.S. Consulate in Shanghai said Wedn

As the Clinton administration readies plans to negotiate the terms of China's admission to the World

The man who sent a package bomb that injured a young New York girl on Christmas Eve later killed him

An Indian freighter gave up its search Wednesday for lone Canadian yachtsman Gerry Roufs, missing fo

Officials who manage locks and dams for barge traffic on the Illinois River say heavy ice and hundre

1506 (Jan. 15, 1997) Previous day - 1511The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 242.31 up 0.91 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 15, 1997 BRENT CRUDE OIL - (DOLLARS PER BARREL)

In the latest move against Russian emigres involved in securities markets, New York's attorney gener

The European Commission said Wednesday it won't fine KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and possibly its U.S.

Virginia Port Authority officials expect general cargo to increase 4 percent in 1997 as the port blo

The U.S. dollar was mixed Wednesday after briefly touching 1.60 Deutsche marks and hitting a 46-mont

11 STOWAWAYS WASH UPOFF SOUTH AFRICA COASTCAPE TOWN, South Africa - Eleven Nigerian stowaway

U.S. exports of chemicals and related products hit an all-time high of $61 billion in 1996, extendin

SHIPSPORT OF SACRAMENTOCHANNEL REOPENEDSAN FRANCISCO - With flood waters rec

Four major U.S. tanker operators are urging the Maritime Administration to deny a Florida company a

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 15, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

LIBERTY CORP.James A. Sharkey joined the insurance holding company as market research direct

ILWU LOCALS TO LIMITWORK STOPPAGE TO 1 SHIFTLOS ANGELES - International Longshoremen's and W

Robert Baack, executive vice president of Columbus Line USA Inc., was promoted to president.

Jan. 15, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A day after South Korean President Kim Young-sam lashed out at France over a snub to Daewoo Electron

INS TARGETS RESOURCESFOR MEXICAN BORDERWASHINGTON - The Immigration and Naturalization Servi

Two state trucking associations are bucking their national association and are opposing a move to al

DERAILED PENDOLINO NOTFAULTY, RAIL CHIEF SAYSROME - Italy's state railway said there appeare

CANADIAN COMPANY BUYSURANIUM PRODUCERCASPER, Wyo. - A Canadian company has completed its pur

Two Russian ships were en route to Japan to help clean up nearly 1 million gallons of oil, spilled i

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Jan. 15, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

They complain all year that the market is so soft that it has no bottom. However, the property/casua

Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo announced Wednesday that his government is repaying, three years a

The United States has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization alleging new Brazilian aut

NEVADA DOCTORS GET BREAKIN THEIR MALPRACTICE RATESCARSON CITY, Nev. - About 800 Nevada docto

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