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The Surface Transportation Board announced new rules for handling rail abandonments and discontinued

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

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

The manufacture of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines all require large amounts of ''precursor'' c

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

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

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

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

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

Engines that stall. Turn signals that don't work.It's been a rocky start for the Toyota Cava

''This business (insurance) is so boring. We have a bit of fun.''

A stroll through the new headquarters of Glaxo Wellcome China Ltd. is a matter of long, barren corri

SAUDIS INCREASE SECURITYAROUND US CENTERSDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia has incr

Dec. 30, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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

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

SHIPSPORT BLAZE DEVASTATESINDIAN DRY-BULK SITENEW DELHI - It will take six months fo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin said Tuesday the government's main economic achievement in 1996 w

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

Federal officials will be looking closely to make sure the new corporate structure of Lykes Bros. St

1516 (Dec. 31, 1996) Previous day - 1516The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

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

The Russian Finance Ministry has postponed the announcement of the 1997 program of Eurobonds until n

Kenya's economic growth rate for 1996 was 4 percent rather than the projected 6 percent, according t

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 238.20 off 1.86 wh

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