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Seven nations of a South Asian regional group announced Sunday plans to slash tariffs on about 1,300

The Swiss government on Monday dismissed a member of Parliament's request to abolish banking secrecy

Dec. 2, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 2, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf was quoted as saying Monday that Iraq had started striking

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Inside a red barn in this tiny town, three top executives of the Cannondale Corp. dismiss talk about

Port of Houston commissioners, in an effort to boost shoreside revenue, approved sharp fee increases

Monday Dec. 2, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.36 off 1.29 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 2, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Japan External Trade Organization said it will help organize a mission to the United States this

Thailand will prioritize infrastructure development in order to improve the nation's economy, newly

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Dec. 2, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

MARATHON OIL TO USENEW TECH IN OLD GAS FIELDKENAI, Alaska - Marathon Oil is hoping it will b

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Chinese Premier Li Peng has called for development of nuclear power to convert military technology t

MINE REOPENINGUNLIKELY TODAYTORONTO - A spokesman for Noranda Inc. said Monday it was ''unli

A French company has begun construction of the onshore section of a natural gas pipeline between Mya

Judges on Monday cleared the way for resumption of a U.S. company's power project that had become th

Insurance costs for U.S. businesses declined in 1995 for the third straight year partly due to lower

For a legendarily free-market economy, Hong Kong is encountering an unusual amount of flak as it tri

Tanker operators are gaining support from other shipowners in their long-running campaign to raise s

The flag of surrender isn't out yet, but Illinois employers who for two years have sought an overhau

U.S. and other foreign exporters of environmental technologies are pressing Mexico to lift tariffs o

China's effort to regulate shipping rates and control ship brokerage is causing cracks in the mariti

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Malaysia's main air carrier, in the midst of ambitious expansion plans and planning another acquisit

Dec. 2, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

WORLD BANK TO ENTERCHINA'S BANKING SECTORHONG KONG - The World Bank is studying the possibil

DE LURY TO HEADMANAGEMENT GROUPNEW YORK - Bernard De Lury, a former director of the Federal

1427 (Dec. 2, 1996) Previous day - 1423The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Transport stocks outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average last week as air express and railroad

The government said it cannot save the bankrupt Gdansk Shipyard, birthplace of the Solidarity trade

''Mexico, with every reform, is becoming less of a paradise for companies that don't want to comply

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Nov. 27, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

ARCO ALASKA MAY GETSTATE ROYALTY BREAKANCHORAGE - Arco Alaska Inc. will likely benefit from

Canada is on the verge of a big decision: whether to continue granting a monopoly over export grain