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China vowed on Tuesday to intensify a crackdown on economic disorder in 1997, citing tax evasion, fi

Tuesday Dec. 24, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

NATIONWIDE INSURANCEFILES DEBT OFFERINGNEW YORK - Nationwide Insurance Enterprise has filed

Dec. 24, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Cars CarsLoaded Loaded Change Railroad Category 1

The Surface Transportation Board wants to overhaul its methods for filing tariffs that apply to ship

Shoreline Mutual (Bermuda) Ltd., the leading provider of certificates of financial responsibility fo

Shipping lines that carry U.S. exports to Asia have decided not to implement a freight rate increase

They knew it would happen sooner or later.When it did finally occur it was the result of whi

As of Dec. 24, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

INDIA TO FOCUS ATTENTIONON AGRICULTURE SECTORBOMBAY - Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda said Tu

The Jordanian Parliament will shortly discuss a new stock market law that envisages separating the s

Four months after the historic merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, the compa

NIKKO SECURITIES TO HELPAFFILIATES WITH BAD LOANSTOKYO-Japan's Nikko Securities said Tuesday

In a mad rush to make good on a balanced budget deal with Republicans, the Clinton administration wi

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BELARUS SEEKS BILLIONSFOR FIRST NUCLEAR PLANTMINSK, Belarus - Belarus, the country most affe

LIRMA, UNION MERGEUS LEGISLATION PANELSLONDON - The London Insurance and Reinsurance Market

U.S. companies and their allies in Congress are gearing up for a confrontation with organized labor

The oil was overdue.Angolan and Nigerian crude was stuck onboard this very-large crude carri

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Cuban legislative committees have approved an ''antidote'' to the U.S. law that seeks to punish fore

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 23, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

December 16, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and t

Denmark's market for medical equipment in 1995 was $440.3 million and is expected to increase only s

ASIA-PACIFICCHINAThe country's rail system is plagued by competition from road, air

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 5, '95 - Dec. 23, '96 (a graph)* An

The local stock market took a predictable nose dive Monday on news that President Fidel Ramos was un

ITALY'S STET, IBMANNOUNCE GLOBAL DEALROME - Italian telecommunications holding company STET

The European Commission plans to clamp down on state aid to railways next year in a bid to inject co

Dec. 23, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 23, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 23, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34

Chevron Corp. said Sunday it will spend $5.9 billion in 1997, the largest capital spending program i

A rebound in the stock market halted a two-week slide on the Journal of Commerce's index of transpor

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th