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Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

Electric power plants will have to reduce emissions of acid-rain producing nitrogen oxide by nearly

While there has been a growing number of negligence and other claims against corporate directors and

Monday, Dec. 16, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

China is expected to announce early next month which foreign banks will be able to conduct business

Japan on Monday unveiled a road map for structural reforms to its economy to help make the nation's

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday the company plans to increase overseas production by 7 percent, to 1.

UK TO PROCEEDWITH CATTLE SLAUGHTERLONDON - The British government finally announced Monday t

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 29, '95 - Dec. 16, '96 (a graph)* A

As the dust settled Monday from the bruising battle for leadership of the Teamsters union, one thing

The cargo ship involved in Saturday's accident in New Orleans was pronounced shipshape by the Coast

The rate-setting conference of ocean carriers that moves imports from Asia confirmed it will roll ou

USDA PROPOSES TO HALTCALIF. CO-OP PURCHASESWASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department widened i

Dec. 16, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Freightliner Corp. lost ground in sales of heavy trucks but not in market share last month as the co

After 14 months of on-again, off-again negotiations, Japan and the U.S. reached an agreement on Sund

''The glacier has moved three feet.''

U.S. customs agents will carry out a second round of visits to garment factories in Hong Kong early

Taiwan said Monday it would suspend air links with South Africa from Feb. 15 in retaliation for Pret

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.78 up 2.03 whi

Breaching the dams on the lower Snake River is a permanent solution for salmon recovery, according t

For the week ended December 7, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equale

President Clinton said Monday he will not invoke economic sanctions against the European Union under

A government advisory panel says it plans to submit a set of proposals for full deregulation of fore

1507 (Dec. 16, 1996) Previous day - 1501The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

As of Dec. 16, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Conseco Inc. and Pioneer Financial Services Inc. Monday announced a merger agreement under which Car

Greek workers joined demonstrating farmers on Monday, beginning a week of strikes and marches to pro

WATKINS MOTOR LINES INC.Todd Tanger was named terminal manager at this Lakeland, Fla.-based

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Dec. 11, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Dec. 16, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Dec. 16, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

ELF, TOTAL SIGNIRAQI OIL DEALSPARIS - French energy groups Elf Aquitaine and Total said toda

Hundreds of people led by political leaders cheered at shore as a tanker loaded with Iraqi crude set

Western Resources Inc. said Monday it had agreed to buy Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s monitored secu

MERCHANT SEAMEN STRIKEIDLES GREEK-FLAG FLEETATHENS - Greece's 1,953 merchant vessels remaine

Hong Kong is readying its push to challenge Singapore as the Asian site of choice for corporate-owne

The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday as market participants said the Federal Reserve likely will keep in

Europe's filmmakers on Monday urged the European Union to stop delaying a fund to help them compete,

CANTON DESTROYS 600,000ILLEGAL CDS AND TAPESBEIJING_ A bulldozer crushed 600,000 illegally c