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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

Faced with a budget crisis next year and growing volumes of trade to inspect, U.S. Customs is consid

''If you travel today to any one of those border crossings you will find a system that will boggle y

World merchandise trade will accelerate next year and rise even faster in 1998, the Organization for

OCTOBER 1996 SEPTEMBER 1996 CUMULATIVE 1996EXPORTS* IMPORTS** EXPORTS* IMPORTS*

Despite a call from some trade groups to open the U.S.-Mexico border to trucking, truck insurers and

Following on their recent decision to drop assessments on local general cargo, labor and management

The widow of a CSX Transportation employee killed in a February train crash in suburban Washington i

In another major consolidation in the world container-line industry, South Korea's Hanjin Shipping C

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