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TEXACO SAYS BOYCOTTNOT HURTING COMPANYWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A boycott organized by black lead

OFFICIAL EXPECTS TEXACOTO BUY IRAQI OIL SOONHARRISON, N.Y. - Texaco Inc. anticipates buying

The Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant, the nation's second-oldest reactor, will never reopen.

Faulty design and poor communication contributed to an accident that scalded seven workers at the Oc

Mark VII Inc. won ISO 9001 certification for its Mark VII Logistics Services unit.The ISO 90

AT&T Jens Corp. said Thursday the company has started an Internet access service in Japan - the firs

The head of the World Trade Organization is confident the group's first trade ministers' summit in S

Japan will dispatch Kosuke Hori, state secretary for agriculture, to the World Trade Organization me

India's biggest shipping line, state-owned Shipping Corp. of India, plans to continue developing joi

Passenger service resumed Wednesday through the ''Chunnel'' between Britain and France, 16 days afte

BONSCOKSY SERVICESCraig Casey was appointed director of operations at this Lake in the Hills

The rate-setting group for ocean carriers moving goods from Asia to the United States may give up ve

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose by 1.9 million b

The Colombian government announced Wednesday it has seized imports from 51 companies whose merchandi

A major global charity group is urging ministers attending the World Trade Organization ministerial

Clinton J. Stack, a widely recognized authority on U.S. and global textile trade issues, died Nov. 2

The collaboration between Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. to develop and build a new generati

Westinghouse Electric Corp., one of the nation's largest exporters, said the government's cargo set-

Kazakstan plans to start exploration and production on its Caspian shelf in 1997, Kazak Minister of

The office that oversees failed insurance companies has stepped up its efforts to collect money owed

As of Dec. 4, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Patience will be rewarded, one of Hong Kong's most experienced shipowners believes, because the dry

That Italian silk scarf sitting under the Christmas tree this holiday won't carry quite the same cac

SAGA PETROLEUM BUYSSANTA FE EXPLORATIONOSLO - Saga Petroleum A/S, a Norwegian oil producer,

Banc One Insurance Group is laying the foundation for a major expansion of its insurance sales activ

With rumors flying and the media in full pursuit of details about a possible merger of Delta Air Lin

Liner business between the United States and eastern Mediterranean ports appears poised for realignm

1440 (Dec. 4, 1996) Previous day - 1434The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 15, '95 - Dec. 4, '96 (a graph)* An

REPORT SAYS GM SEEKSSPY DAMAGES FROM VWFRANKFURT - General Motors Corp. will demand at least

KOREAN LABOR UNIONSVOTE ON STRIKE ISSUESEOUL - Angered by proposed law revisions aimed at en

INDIAN ALLIANCE OPPOSESOPENING INSURANCE SECTORBOMBAY - Lawmakers from the ruling United Fro

MATTERN HEADSAIR FREIGHT GROUPCLEVELAND - The Cleveland Air Freight Association announced ne

Dec. 4, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The U.S. dollar rose gradually against the Deutsche mark and fell slightly against the yen Wednesday

REBELS BLAST COLOMBIA'SMAIN PIPELINEBOGOTA, Colombia - Leftist rebels dynamited two sections