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PORT GROUP GETS AWARD7TH YEAR IN A ROWFREEPORT, Texas - For the seventh year in a row, the B

Recent U.S. gains in international competitiveness are threatened by some basic socioeconomic proble

After edging downward most of the summer, import prices rose 0.8 percent in September, largely becau

The risk of criminal charges against seafarers involved in an accident that causes pollution in U.S.

CSX Corp. Tuesday announced the agreement with four banks for $4.8 billion in financing for use in i

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 27, '95 - Oct. 22, '96 (a graph)* A

CABLE & WIRELESS PLANSTO MERGE PHONE BUSINESSLONDON - Cable & Wireless PLC plans to combine

Oct. 22, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Oct. 22, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

After days of marathon bargaining, the Canadian Auto Workers and General Motors reached a tentative

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

Last October, John Sweeney was elected president of the AFL-CIO with a mandate to be more confrontat

''The result means that we have not regained the full confidence of the people.''

UK DENIES ARMS-FOR-OILDEAL WITH ARGENTINALONDON - The British government Monday firmly denie

Germany has been going to great lengths in the past week to deny reports that it will help build a p

The United States has proposed to permit more foreign companies to bid for lucrative federal contrac

Monday Oct. 21, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Taiwan's Economics Ministry has simplified inward foreign investment application procedures, which w

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation has set aside two days at the end of this month for com

Colombia has formally filed an anti-dumping suit against certain types of textile imports from Taiwa

Even in a nation like Brazil, where minimum wage, maximum hour and reasonable worker safety standard

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 243.83 up 0.48 whi

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

Oct. 22, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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

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

Tuesday Oct. 22, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Asian trade officials in Moscow confirm that anti-dumping measures against Russian steel sales are s

For companies looking for a piece of the global construction and infrastructure market, Asia remains

Transforming cities and improving infrastructure in rapidly developing countries is all very well, p

In the 1970s, South Korea was one of the more aggressive players in international construction marke

Winter airline schedules between the United States and France are scheduled to take effect Oct. 27,

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Despite the thousands of miles between Buenos Aires and Houston, business ties with Argentina are gr

The ship demolition market is heading for trouble as activity shrinks in some of the top scrapping c

Aiming to make life easier for maquiladoras and the companies that supply them, Weber Distribution o

The U.S. dollar declined slightly against the Deutsche mark and was unchanged against the Japanese y