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With the United States and Europe on the verge of a breakthrough in long-delayed talks to liberalize

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CHEVRON AGREES TO SETTLEBIAS SUIT FOR $8.5 MILLIONSAN FRANCISCO - Chevron Corp. has agreed t

Friday, Nov. 8, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin will continue to speak out in favor of a strong dollar, despite

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

The European Union will seek major changes to its 40-year-old state aid rules this week in a bid to

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 17, '95 - Nov. 8, '96 (a graph)* An

As of Nov. 8, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

KODAK ALLEGES WORKERSSTOLE TRADE SECRETSROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. accused two long

SHIPSBALTIC FREIGHTINDEX SOARSLONDON - Freight rates for drybulk cargoes continued t

It might seem that the future of the Port of Astoria, Ore., is as gloomy as the winter storms alread

A seven-year, $4.75 million study into driver fatigue is due to finally be released this month, abou

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

The main aviation maintenance company in Hong Kong will expand facilities to continue its role at th

Greenpeace environmentalists stepped up their protest against genetically altered soybeans Thursday

Trade experts are looking to forthcoming Asian and global trade meetings in coming weeks for signs t

Ship Sale Report appears biweekly. The information, compiled by Shipping Intelligence Inc., a New Yo

The world is getting larger for manufacturers of construction, agricultural and mining equipment in

International trade union groups voiced alarm Thursday over what they said was mounting labor tensio

Could George Mitchell, who led Senate efforts to sever trade relations with China, carry out Preside

With draft legislation nearly ready to create a full insurance regulatory authority, more Indian com

AON OPENS OFFICEIN BEIJINGBEIJING - Aon Corp. of Chicago, a holding company for internationa

California will restrict ''pain and suffering'' awards sought by injured drunk and uninsured drivers

NORTH SEA INSURANCE CO.Richard J. D'Amato was named president and chief operating officer of

Families of most of the British victims of the Pan Am flight that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland,

Lloyd's of London needs to become more open in its business practices, said New York Insurance Super

This jobs-hungry community is setting its sights on a new nuclear promise: a $20 billion, 100-foot-t

TEXACO CHIEF APOLOGIZESFOR EXECS' RACIST REMARKSNEW YORK - The chairman of Texaco publicly a

Thursday Nov. 7, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Greenpeace Thursday declared its blockade of Greece's largest oil refinery a success for creating a

The days of mule carts driven by sleepy workers in sombreros are long gone in the Latin American con

In the latest of several downstream mergers, Chevron Corp. of San Francisco on Thursday announced pl

Six companies earlier this week formally registered their intent to bid for a natural gas distributi

U.S. utilities will control over 40 percent of Britain's electricity supplies if the two latest tran

Executives at Lexmark International are looking to make a big imprint. Their company, a manufacturer

LIBERIA, MARSHALL ISLANDSISSUE SAFETY REQUIREMENTSRESTON, Va. - Liberia and the Marshall Isl

Pacific conference lines, which appeared in September on the verge of allowing importers to sign ind