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The world, it would seem, is losing its appetite for U.S. farm exports. But a projected drop in agri

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 25, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

U.S. grain exporters will be getting a smaller slice of the global pie this year as a result of incr

Sept. 25, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The marriage of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific railroads has been consummated. Each comp

AID CLEARED TO KEEPCREDIT LYONNAIS AFLOATBRUSSELS - The European Commission on Wednesday cle

Cuba's government-run exchange office has revalued the peso against the dollar in the fourth such ad

U.S. crude oil inventories fell 800,000 barrels during the week ended Sept. 20, compared with the pr

After clocking up robust economic expansion of 7 percent in fiscal 1996, growth in the current year

The rest of the decade should see a steadily improving global economy with growth averaging over 4 p

''(The Korean economy is) a combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger's upper body and Woody Allen's legs

France told the United States Wednesday to stop trying to regulate world trade despite allied protes

Wednesday Sept. 25, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

U.S. oil firms Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Halliburton Co. Tuesday signed a $177 million accord wit

The nation's biggest petroleum pipeline is hazardous, and its owners have been ordered to test the e

EXXON JUDGMENT ENTERED,SETTING STAGE FOR APPEALSANCHORAGE - The Exxon Valdez oil spill case

SHIP MANAGERS CALLFOR UNIFORMITYLONDON - Ship managers gathered in Cyprus for the annual mee

When half-year trade statistics for Texas exports came out earlier this month, one of the only secto

UNIVERSITY OF DENVERFormer Federal Railroad Administrator Gil Carmichael was named chairman

A proposal to simplify the highly complex matrix of freight rates that comprises the tariff of the F

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority will create a company aimed at attracting more transshipment cargo fro

A federal report on the financial impact of the railroads' injury compensation system leaves managem

Ocean shipping now is much different from the way it was 50 years ago.So is war.Little wonde

MGIC ASSUMES RISKON MORE POLICIESMILWAUKEE - MGIC Investment Corp. will assume the risk and

China's attempt to educate exporters about the benefits of taking out insurance cover got a boost We

With the political wrangling over, shipping companies are scrambling to be among the select few to b

More than a dozen state insurance insolvency funds are staying away from major reinsurers seeking to

In a move to make it more attractive to the financial markets, Insurance Service Office Inc. voted W

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European Union trade commissioner Sir Leon Brittan is likely to be on the defensive today at a cruci

Insurance agents and companies are jamming congressional fax and phone lines in one last effort to g

Japan told the United States yesterday that it won't permit Japanese insurers' subsidiaries to enter

The Caribbean Basin has strengthened its position as the leading source of U.S. apparel imports, but

DOLLAR-DENOMINATED LOANPLAN EXTENDED BY IDBWASHINGTON - The Inter-American Development Bank

Mexico registered the highest level of MasterCard credit-card fraud in Latin America in the first si

Even if Mexican workers are granted a substantial increase in minimum wages Jan. 1, there is unlikel

A rate war involving hay exports is raging in the Pacific as ship lines scramble for cargo in a soft

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

Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose sharply Wednesday, rebounding from Tuesday's knee-jerk decline which came on ne