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KOREAN PRESIDENT NAMESNEW TRADE MINISTERSEOUL - South Korean President Kim Young Sam Friday

In the mid 1980s, ADAC Laboratories was a small player in the nuclear medicine market grappling with

The European Union agreed on Friday after grueling all-night negotiations to soften proposed cuts in

Customers of Conrail Inc. and CSX Corp. can look forward to a special holiday greeting - a sales vis

Five hundred jobs may go at the Kvaerner Govan shipyard in Glasgow unless new work is secured soon,

TURKEY BOOSTS IMPORTSOF RUSSIAN GAS FIVEFOLDMOSCOW - Russia and Turkey have agreed in princi

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thurday at 246.21 up 0.61 wh

BOLIVIAN GOLD MINECLASH CLAIMS 3 MINERSLA PAZ, Bolivia - Hundreds of police and army troops

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in an unprecedented move, Thursday ordered the Chicago Boa

Shipowners carrying bagged rice from India to West Africa are being told to keep a careful check on

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,400-$1,550 per ton lo

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 20, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 20, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34

LIFE INSURANCE INDUSTRYDISSATISFIED WITH ACCORDTOKYO - Japan's life insurance industry weigh

After two years of negotiating with the Class 1 railroads that serve the Los Angeles-Long Beach harb

CARNIVAL AIRRaymond Vecci, the 35-year aviation industry veteran who revamped Alaska Airline

The United States and Japan have reached an agreement to monitor prices for computer memory chips, a

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 19, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Dutch government said Thursday that all food products made from genetically modified soybeans mu

A new study of the employment impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement drastically understa

Something went terribly wrong.But it may be days, or even weeks, before the marine safety bo

President Clinton is expected to nominate Federal Highway Administrator Rodney Slater today to be th

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4 SENIOR DOE OFFICIALSTARGETED FOR DEPARTUREHOUSTON - Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary urged A

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 29, '95 - Dec. 19, '96 (a graph)* A

Record exports helped shave the U.S. goods and services trade deficit 30 percentin October from Sept

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 19, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

One waged war, one was an ambassador, one said Lloyd's of London stinks.Some old adversaries

At first glance, Dublin's financial sector seems to be in dire straits.The stock exchange ha

INDONESIA, MONGOLIATO RECEIVE ADB LOANSMANILA - The Asian Development Bank approved loans Th

Britain opened its doors to 44 new international telephone operators Thursday, saying it would creat

JUDGE: ENCRYPTIONLIMITS UNCONSTITUTIONALSAN FRANCISCO - In a ruling that chips away at Cold

Boeing Co.'s $13 billion takeover of McDonnell Douglas took the edge off a banner year for its arch

1523 (Dec. 19, 1996) Previous day - 1518The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Wallenius Lines, one of the carriers specializing in the transportation of vehicles, will make many

Dec. 19, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopted new guidelines for reviewing electric utility merge

Georgia is ready to amend its laws to make it easier for banks to sell insurance. But in Massachuset

Royal Insurance Co. wants to depart the New Jersey auto insurance market, but Metropolitan P&C wants