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Nov. 7, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

KOREA ZINC AUSTRALIAGETS OK FOR SMELTERCANBERRA, Australia - A zinc smelter project hailed a

Privatizing U.S. airports could be a boon to local governments but could also cost airlines and pass

Only table.

TRUCKS'OPERATION SNAIL' SNARLSTRAFFIC AROUND PARISPARIS - More than 700 trucks slowe

He braces low on all fours, silently surveying Blount Island, the gemstone in Jacksonville's port. L

The cost of hauling goods between Alaska and the rest of the nation is set to rise later this month

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

TEAMSTERS, 'GREEN' GROUPPUSH ANTI-TRUCK CAMPAIGNSAN DIEGO - The Teamsters union and the Frie

SonicAir has added a 40,000-square-foot warehouse in Sunnyvale, Calif., to boost its spare parts man

A national survey of retailers and consumers indicates the holiday shopping season that begins later

It's similar to the kinds of deals that emerge while playing the old Parker Bros. game Monopoly. Th

It's a family owned container line in a sea full of global giants - a quiet north-south trader at a

1433 (Nov. 7, 1996) Previous day - 1393The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Nov. 7, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

CSX Corp. and two European railroads are going to make this port city an intermodal beachhead. CSX h

BALLOTS SENT OUTTO TEAMSTER MEMBERSWASHINGTON - Ballots were sent Thursday to 1.4 million me

An electronic malfunction that activated an engine thrust reverser caused last week's downing of a F

As of Nov. 6, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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

''After 23 years of this, Japan will invent reasons to drag its feet. It gets a little old.''

US SALMON SEEN THREATBY AUSTRALIAN GROWERSCANBERRA, Australia - Australia's salmon industry

The debate currently under way in Turkey - over whether to follow the Islam-oriented policies advoca

A nationwide coalition of labor unions Wednesday accused the 18-nation Asia Pacific Economic Coopera

Wente Vineyards, one of California's biggest wine exporters, is being targeted by human rights group

Nov. 6, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Japan and China agreed Wednesday on steps to check soaring Chinese cotton textile exports to Japan,

When the ship Ideal Progress arrived in Hamburg harbor late Tuesday carrying a shipment of U.S. soyb

A pending huge order from USAir Group for about 120 small passenger jets made by Airbus Industrie co

UNION, FORD CANADAREACH TENTATIVE PACTTORONTO - Ford Canada and the Canadian Auto Workers re

Russian Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov said Wednesday he is personally supervising the investigat

This country's economic success over the 30 years since independence is something of a puzzle.

Volkswagen warned rival carmakers Wednesday not to use a new company history disclosing its former N

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 236.13 off 0.39 w

Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

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The U.S. dollar fell slightly on profit-taking Wednesday despite a strong stock market, but traders

The chief of the International Labor Organization said he hopes the first trade ministers summit in

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 9, '95 - Nov. 6, '96 (a graph)* Ann