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Monday Dec. 30, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Some win and some lose if Canadian Pacific adds Lykes to its stable. For example:* Lykes emp

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 27, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

This is the era of companies concentrating on their core business, shedding or farming out periphera

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

When Archer Daniels Midland Co. learned top executive Mark Whitacre had made secret tapes for an FBI

As of Dec. 27, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

ABX Air, the airline subsidiary of Airborne Express, is in for a major expansion.During the

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America's love of fido and snuggles is spreading to Japan, and U.S. exporters find themselves purrin

Japanese authorities will consider extraditing an executive wanted on U.S. price-fixing charges if a

PILOT AIR FREIGHTDan Bednar and Angi Smith were named corporate field operations managers, w

A surge in containerized traffic in recent months is expected to help the Port of Hamburg overcome t

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U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, fell 1.9 million barr

Airborne Express, the air express and transportation logistics company, has invested $2 million in A

The world's largest hydroelectric project seems likely to create six years of navigational havoc alo

World carriers on Wednesday will begin removing limits set more than 50 years ago on the compensatio

The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean grew an average of 3.5 percent in 1996, thanks larg

G-7 BACKS PERU'S EFFORTTO END HOSTAGE CRISISPARIS - The Group of 7 industrial nations and Ru

''We're not trying to be a rogue state. We're really not.''

China and Russia plan to boost their annual two-way trade to $8 billion to $10 billion next year, Ch

JAPAN'S RAW COTTON BUYSSLIPPED IN NOVEMBERTOKYO - Japan's customs-cleared raw cotton imports

Belarus, which suffered heavily from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, now plans to build its own nucl

Officials of unions representing unlicensed sailors on vessels owned by American President Lines Ltd

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,400-$1,550per

Dec. 27, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 5, '95 - Dec. 27, '96 (a graph)* An

The international air express industry is growing fast, and as it does, it is acquiring muscle that

Double-digit cargo growth for one Canadian air carrier again this year. Major cargo challenges ahead

Labor unions that advise the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are calling for a

Friday, Dec. 27, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Friday Dec. 27, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 27, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Mexican pork producers are blaming increasing imports from the United States for eroding their incom

Dec. 27, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Dec. 27, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

THE IDEA that the Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas could fashion a $13.3 billion deal is not as surp

Airline development of logistics service capabilities and future carrier, forwarder and shipper rela