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Ukraine, known more as an oil and gas transit point than as a producer, says its crude oil reserves

MAGAZINE: 2 EASY TESTSCAN DISCOVER E COLILONDON - Scientists have developed two simple tests

INSURANCE GROUP RAISESCATASTROPHE THRESHOLDNEW YORK - Property Claim Services, the insurance

GULFSTREAM GETS NODFOR NEW BUSINESS JETSAVANNAH, Ga. - A jet that can fly from New York to T

The mystery of the missing Hoffa ballots in the court-supervised Teamsters election has been solved.

TRUCKSCALIBER SYSTEM TO CUT1,500 JOBS AT VIKINGAKRON, Ohio - Caliber System Inc. sai

APL Ltd., in an action that averts a strike but heightens tensions with its officer unions, said it

Drug testing for crews on U.S. ships in foreign waters will be required under a regulation the Coast

PETER BLUTE TO HEADMASSACHUSETTS AGENCYWASHINGTON - Defeated Rep. Peter Blute, R-Mass., will

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 245.60 up 1.06

The U.S. dollar advanced in thin trading Thursday on a strong October trade reading, which pointed t

Thursday Dec. 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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The Christmas rush in the package delivery business hit its peak this week as shippers and customers

Dec. 19, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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Next year's crucial federal legislative elections that could break a decades-long grip on power by M

Lawyers acting for a Pennsylvania-based investor in Lloyd's of London claim they have achieved the f

WINTERTHUR REINSURANCECORP. OF AMERICAThe reinsurance company said its president and chief e

Thursday, Dec. 19, 1996 Percentages Per YearINTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES Canada

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

An article on Page 1A in the Wednesday, Dec. 18, Journal of Commerce, ''Unions warn APL: Enroll in s

Christmas will be cheery for industrial manufacturer T&N PLC this year, thanks to some special servi

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ITC CLEARS US TO PROBEILLEGAL STEEL DUMPINGWASHINGTON - The International Trade Commission c

A study by the Pacific Maritime Association concludes that West Coast ports, which are heavily depen

Dec. 18, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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The audio-visual sector has been carved out of a pending global treaty to extend copyright protectio

Talks with the French oil company Elf Aquitaine on tapping a key Iranian gas field have reached a ''

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

Germany will not meet the fiscal criteria of the Maastricht Treaty next year, and the government's c

''It ain't gonna be pretty . . . It's going to put a deep hurt on a lot of people.''

SWISS TAKE QUICK ACTIONON MAD COW DISEASEZURICH - The Swiss government today ordered the imm

Environmental groups in Europe reacted angrily to the European Union's decision to clear an applicat

With this week's definition of natural gas zones in the state of Mexico, the Energy Regulatory Commi

The Lloyd's of London insurance market has announced its underwriting capacity for 1997 would be UK1