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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 248.61 off 0.53

The final act has been played in a major compressed gas conspiracy with the levying of a $35,000 fin

With a new package of U.S.-flag ship subsidies signed into law this week, the focus now shifts to wh

The United States and Mexico are working toward a trade deal that would be good for tomato producers

Thursday, Oct. 10, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The European Union on Thursday urged Russia to suspend planned import quotas on vodka and ethyl alco

RUSSIANS TO BARTER GRAINFOR UZBEK COTTON FIBERMOSCOW - The Russian government has given its

The government plans to work to explore and extract natural gas from potential rich deposits in nort

Insurance company mergers, acquisitions and public equity offerings continued their active 1995 pace

Oct. 10, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

Airline maintenance companies, fighting to repair a scarred image in the wake of May's ValuJet calam

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

''All the ice cream, all the videos, all the steak in the world will never make this lifestyle norma

Current and former U.S. officials are gleeful over the diplomatic disgrace of Turkish Prime Minister

It's said that a rising tide lifts all boats. That's certainly true for U.S. produce exports, as ris

Oct. 10, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Railroad intermodal traffic volume is on track to make 1996 another record year. If the 3.2 percent

Business leaders here are welcoming a decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation that allows

Israel has informed Enron Corp. that it no longer has an exclusive agreement to negotiate with Qatar

In a move by banks to compete with life insurance agents in the sale of annuities, the Texas Bankers

Evergreen Packaging Equipment is packing up and heading overseas.The advent of refrigeration

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 10, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

William Imig, a veteran insurance industry lobbyist in Colorado, has had his share of wins and losse

ITALY CONSIDERS TRADINGRUSSIAN DEBT FOR SHARESMOSCOW - Italian Foreign Trade Minister August

Exporters of fresh fruits and vegetables are profiting from sliding ocean freight rates, but many st

Just as sands shift with the tides, so do national standards that ports must meet in handling contam

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

Ocean carriers received a setback this week in their long-running fight with Europe's antitrust regu

SYDNEY REINSURANCE CORP.Siu K. Li was promoted to vice president and actuary of the company'

Barely three months into his position as president of one of the nation's largest trade associations

Oct. 10, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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FRENCH PARLIAMENTSEEKS 'BIG MAC' TAXPARIS - French lawmakers have proposed a higher tax on f

Consuming copious amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables is more American now than eating two slices

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

If you measure a law's effectiveness by the ease of enforcing it, compulsory auto insurance laws hav

Philip J. Brown Jr., former chairman of Marsh & McLennan Europe, and a pioneer in the globalization

For the record, hurricanes and tropical storms of the 1996 Atlantic season have been minor. The name

The Clinton administration expects its proposal for free trade in information technology products to

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed again Thursday, as traders kept a low profile ahead of today's re