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Just weeks after a campaigning Vice President Al Gore pledged support for the Energy Department plan

Nov. 22, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Indonesian Mines Minister Ida Bagus Sudjana has trimmed the powers of his director-general of mining

Agronomists and environmental groups said Friday that extensive use of genetically engineered seeds

South Korea has told the United States it remains committed to a landmark nuclear agreement with Nor

President Clinton is on the road this week trying to line up support from Asia and Europe for a free

Roadway Express Inc., the traditional pricing leader for its sector of the trucking industry, said F

Nov. 22, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The United States Friday said China continues to trade with Iran as it promised to investigate new c

The price of Canadian lumber has plunged in the last week, deflating a U.S. home builders' campaign

BANK OF JAPAN REPORTSHOWS MILD RECOVERYTOKYO - The Bank of Japan said Friday in its monthly

The nation's wheat growers are seriously concerned over the slowdown in wheat exports and have calle

Werner Stumpfe, head of Germany's metals employers association, said it would not be possible for th

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 22, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Striking Italian engineering and metal workers staged a mass demonstration in Rome Friday to press t

Union Pacific Railroad Thursday shook up its operating department, creating four regions and naming

Alcoholic spirits producers from Europe, the United States and Canada condemned Japan on Friday for

SHIPSTANKER HIJACKEDNEAR SINGAPORELONDON - Port authorities, customs and oil traders

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1447 (Nov. 22, 1996) Previous day - 1460The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Under pressure from the Port of Tacoma Commission, the port's executive director for the past eight

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As of Nov. 22, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 22, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Japanese yen is expected to rise against the U.S. dollar this week as the Bank of Japan issues i

Federal regulators proposed new rules last week for car air bags to allow them to inflate with less

FEDS TO SCRUTINIZEMONON PENSION FUNDLAFAYETTE, Ind. - After being forced by its creditors to

Friday, Nov. 22, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The latest attempt by European interests to improve industry cooperation came at the beginning of No

Edwin L. Harper announced his resignation from the Association of American Railroads, the industry's

The railroad and trucking industries are close to a truce in their longstanding battle over regulati

The Japanese government has asked for formal consultations with the Clinton administration on the Fe

ENRON, FIRST GAS SIGNPOWER PLANT PACTHOUSTON - Energy giant Enron and First Gas Power Corp.

Marine underwriters should stop whining and get on with making money.That was the jarring me

The state Supreme Court is being asked to reverse a lower court opinion that if allowed to stand cou

Having announced a tentative accord with the United States on textiles, the Philippine government no

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOROFFERS COMP PROPOSALFRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Paul Patton's plan for lowering

CSX Corp. now has a clear head start on rival Norfolk Southern Corp. in the struggle for control of

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 20, '95 - Nov. 21, '96 (a graph)* A