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Dec. 13, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Friday Dec. 13, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

When Friday night sales at his fast-food outlets in St. Vincent and the Grenadines take a nosedive,

The hard-fought agreement to scrap tariffs on information technology by the end of the century will

The stumble that Bill Daley took after being appointed President Clinton's next secretary of commerc

Inclusion of labor standards in the final declaration of the World Trade Organization was ''a real v

SEABROOK UNIT RUNNINGAFTER PUMP IS REPAIREDNEW YORK - North Atlantic Energy Corp.'s 1,160-me

While the focus on West Coast longshore disruptions has largely been on Southern California and the

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The story headlined ''Hyundai, NYK come together in space-charter agreement,'' appearing in the Dec.

Quill Corp. will open a regional distribution center this fall, with about 40 employees.The

Federal restrictions to stop the spread of Karnal bunt, a wheat fungus, have idled some wheat shipme

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

Europe's beef trade may never fully recover from the BSE crisis that created consumer panic around t

The European Union will open an official inquiry Wednesday into France's plans to inject cash into s

In many ways, Asia is the ideal electronic marketplace.It has hundreds of millions of potent

Walt Disney Co. and a video distributor were ordered Friday to make a down-payment of 100,000 francs

Price-sensitive farmers and sluggish export demand are putting a hammerlock on rail grain traffic th

1501 (Dec. 13, 1996) Previous day - 1490The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 241.75 up 1.26 w

ENRON PLANS AD CAMPAIGNTO BOOST ELECTRIC POWERHOUSTON - Enron Corp. plans to unveil a nation

The U.S. government should continue to let states decide how to ensure retail customers benefit full

REGULATORS HALT DREDGINGIN PART OF KANSAS RIVERKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Federal officials denied a

It's the stuff of nightmares for traffic managers in agricultural exporting firms: A refrigerated co

Merger mania among Eastern U.S. railroads is reaching a fever pitch one week before Conrail sharehol

Guatemala's president vows his administration is cracking down on corruption, but steamship lines co

One of the biggest fallacies in port development is the old line that if you build it, they will com

William Daley, a Chicago lawyer who helped Bill Clinton reach the White House in 1992, was expected

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 240.46 off 0.41

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The U.S. dollar fell slightly against most major foreign currencies following weakness in world equi

The Mexican government responded Thursday to U.S. safeguards protecting domestic corn brooms by impo

Countries of the hemisphere must agree early next year on negotiating terms for a regional free trad

Digitalized products, such as personal computers and mobile phones, proved big hits on the Japanese

1490 (Dec. 12, 1996) Previous day - 1477The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The country's major airlines have gained the upper hand in the debate over aviation funding - and th

Vietnam said on Thursday that a stack of foreign joint-venture projects would be approved in the com

Dec. 12, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

VARIOUS EXECS PROMOTEDAT PHILLIPS PETROLEUMBARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Phillips Petroleum Co. name