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Bre-X Minerals has denied reports the Indonesian government canceled initial approval for permits to

China denied Thursday pressuring Walt Disney Co. to stop production of a film on Tibet's exiled spir

The insurance industry will have a chance to put a bit of a shine on its tarnished reputation thanks

This week provided some of the best of times for Newark International Airport's cargo business. But

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 12, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Negotiators sealed this week's high-tech free-trade deal with a little booze.Actually, quite

PACCAR INC. PROPOSESONE-FOR-ONE STOCK SPLITBELLEVUE, Wash. - Heavy-duty truck maker Paccar I

The National Transportation Safety Board laid the blame for February's runaway train derailment in t

U.S. companies expressed strong enthusiasm Thursday for the deal reached in Singapore paving the way

The real story of the new information technology trade pact forged this week in Singapore began in 1

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 12, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A SLUMP? OR DID THECOMPUTER GET IT WRONG?HONG KONG - The Hong Kong stock market's opening sl

Four thousand boiler workers rallied just blocks away from the national Legislature Thursday to prot

NS EXTENDS CASH OFFERFOR CONRAIL STOCKNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. extended its $11

Further growth in the volume of seaborne coal trade this year will help offset modest declines in th

As of Dec. 12, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

ARGENTINA, BRITAIN SEEOIL TENDER IN 1997BUENOS AIRES - A joint Anglo-Argentine committee on

Exel Logistics North America was awarded a contract to manage the logistics business for Printing an

Julissa Rosen has imagination.This sales agent for a Miami trading company sees an opportuni

Tanker owners are telling their protection and indemnity clubs to take a much tougher stance when bu

The French government plans to put state-owned defense electronics group Thomson SA back up for sale

SHIPSCANADA'S VANCOUVERPOSTS STRONG 3RD QUARTERVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The por

Tired of long delays and queuing for one of the fleet of three ferries carrying most of the road tra

The third day of counting in the fiercely contested election for leadership of the Teamsters union s

Environmental and fishery conservation groups want to overturn a federal salmon recovery plan for th

Thursday Dec. 12, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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

''They want to know who sneezed in your office and when.''

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said Thursday it reached a deal with its banks to extend its current agree

SALVAGE CREW REFLOATSGROUNDED BARGEYAKUTAT, Alaska - A barge that grounded for several days

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The development of third-party logistics is being constrained by different obstacles on either side

With the crucial help of World Trade Organization head Renato Ruggiero, the United States pulled tog

Dec. 12, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Dec. 12, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

RUSSIAN MINERS AGREETO RETURN TO WORKMOSCOW - Russian coal miners agreed to end an eight-day

Rescue workers waded through water in near-freezing temperatures on Thursday searching for 11 miners

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP.The board of directors selected David Rebholz as senior vice president

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 22, '95 - Dec. 12, '96 (a graph)* A

After lagging behind gains seen in other parts of the stock market, long-neglected energy stocks are