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President Clinton has made U.S. trade policy more responsive than ever to environmental concerns, so

A push by Japanese business and the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party to lift a ban on holding compani

The U.S. dollar fell slightly Thursday as the Bundesbank declined to lower its interest rates.

The European Parliament, angered by Turkey's human rights record, voted Thursday to block hundreds o

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 24, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

A month before 18 of the world's primary economic powers meet to move into the next century, an unre

The Port of Olympia, Wash., Commission awarded IT Corp. a contract worth almost $1.2 million for the

David A. O'Neil was elected president of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

The Clinton administration Thursday warned of an ''amazing implosion of the railroad industry'' from

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 27, '95 - Oct. 24, '96 (a graph)* A

Thursday Oct. 24, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Conditions for foreign investment in China's power industries may be improving, thanks to a growing

Mexico must do a better job of publicizing its economic successes or risk having them overshadowed b

Jim Dartez understands the difficulties in selling U.S. manufactures to companies with a ''Buy Germa

ILLINOIS INSURANCE EXCHANGEJames E. Tait has been elected by the Illinois Insurance Exchange

FEDEX PILOTS' VOTESFOR UNION TO BE TALLIEDWASHINGTON - Some 3,000 Federal Express pilots' vo

Two former members of a U.S. marine engineers union have pleaded guilty in connection with one of th

Ecuador is on the verge of a major effort to privatize its state-owned enterprises.As the fi

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A 52-member business panel representing the United States and 17 other countries has recommended ini

Oct. 24, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

COASTAL CORP. SELLSWESTERN US COAL UNITNEW YORK - Coastal Corp. Thursday said it has sold it

State Farm Insurance Co. agreed to pay some of its Texas policyholders about $22 million after it wa

In a parallel with anti-sweatshop pressure in the United States, it will likely be influential consu

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

Oct. 24, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Oct. 24, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

After making it through the 1980s without the vicious public takeover fights that tore through other

German insurers, particularly midsized companies, will have to become specialists to survive in that

In Germany, environmentally minded clothing shops sell plant-dyed knitwear, pants featuring nickel-f

AIG 3RD-QUARTER NET RISESAS P/C BUSINESS GROWSNEW YORK - Third-quarter net income at America

Oct. 24, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

As of Oct. 24, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

As part of its retreat from full privatization of the secondary petrochemical industry, Mexico expec

HONDA MULLS MOVINGWAGON OUTPUT TO JAPANTOKYO - Honda Motor Co. said it might shift productio

Matthew Harding, chairman of Benfield Group, the British reinsurance broking company, and vice chair

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 24, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

South Korea will complete a long transition from developing to industrialized nation today when it b