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The Nigerian unit of oil giant Shell Corp., attacked by environmentalists over its operations in Nig

While Proposition 211's potential impact on California's business community is open to wildly differ

The controversy over Mexico's sudden reversal of plans to privatize 61 secondary petrochemical plant

With Japan's Liberal Democratic Party more firmly in power after Sunday's general elections, prospec

Norasia Lines is transforming the traditional relationship between shipping line and agent by giving

Maritime unions have given huge sums to political candidates in this election season, contributing f

Massachusetts automobile insurers are examining their discounted auto insurance programs as the stat

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 21, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

As of Oct. 21, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Oct. 21, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

PRIVATE INVESTMENT RISEEXPECTED AMONG JAPANESETOKYO - Japanese private capital investment is

After two months of study, the Clinton administration has denied a request for information on sales

Daniel G. Cleary, 54, former vice president of operations and general manager for freight for the Lo

MEXICO, BUS GROUPSSIGN ANTI-CRIME PACTMEXICO CITY - Mexico's federal prosecutor and the coun

The architect of Chile's renowned pension fund reforms, visiting this capital city, warned that Mexi

MCDONALD'S OPENSFIRST OUTLET IN PERUOAK BROOK, Ill. - McDonald's Corp. said it opened its fi

The shape of things to come in the U.S. power industry was brought into sharper focus at a meeting h

1176 (Oct. 21, 1996) Previous day - 1145The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Imagine being able to retrieve and edit shipping manifests stored on a mainframe computer using Wind

Japan's NEC Corp. said Monday that a slide in computer memory chip prices had come to a halt, but to

The days of longshoremen balancing on a ladder while they check the controls of refrigerated contain

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.Richard A. Strait was promoted to vice president in th

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 21, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

COMPANY PERFORMANCEPercentYear Closing ChangeHigh/ Price

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 27, '95 - Oct. 21, '96 (a graph)* A

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

After some embarrassing and expensive flops, China said Monday it has successfully put a locally mad

In April of this year, a group of major U.S. satellite communications companies, doubtful about the

RUSSIAN WORKERS STRIKEAT 2 NUCLEAR PLANTSMOSCOW - Workers at two nuclear plants in western R

With some reservations, Asian members of a regional trade group agreed to pursue an American idea fo

CONSORCIO TRIX/SEF/GELBRAZILAmount of contract: $7,286,528.Contract description: Ext

China is moving another small, significant step toward opening its vast retail market to overseas pa

The U.S. dollar fell against the Deutsche mark Monday and rose against the Japanese yen.The

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

EASTMAN CHEMICAL MAYJOIN CHINA PLANT VENTUREKINGSPORT, Tenn. - Eastman Chemical Co. said Fri

After months of debate and study, France is finally going to sell off its national ship line.

Labor Secretary Robert Reich revived the issue of child labor in the garment industry Monday with a

SALES THROUGH BANKSPOWER WESTERN NATIONALHOUSTON - Western National Corp. saw its third-quar

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Oct. 21, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.