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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 29, '95 - Sept. 25, '96 (a graph)*

A graphic on Page 1A in the Sept. 25 edition describing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail merger

The decision by Japan this week to sponsor a candidate for the top job at the World Intellectual Pro

The cost of carrying inventory continues to rise in the United States despite companies' efforts to

U.S. officials will press China for greater market access for U.S. computer software in high-level t

Germany gave in to the United States Wednesday in a dispute over the way it awards public works cont

MONSANTO TO ACQUIREASGROW AGRONOMICSKANSAS CITY - Monsanto Co., the maker of the popular Rou

SHIPSMOELLER ORDERS SIXVESSELS FROM TAIWANCOPENHAGEN - Danish shipping group A.P. Mo

The Surface Transportation Board in separate decisions Tuesday put a controversial Montana rail cons

The boom and crash of container-handling returned to the docks of Howland Hook this week as the cont

Two Akron, Ohio, trucking companies, former corporate siblings, reported very different third-period

4 MISSING AFTER SHIPSCOLLIDE OFF SOUTH KOREAPUSAN, South Korea - Four crewmembers were missi

With the number of ships calling San Francisco Bay ports declining, competition among tugboat compan

STAR SHIPPING (NY)MOVING TO ATLANTAATLANTA - Star Shipping (NY) Inc., a subsidiary of Star S

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

SEKO WORLDWIDE INC.Robin Earle was appointed vice president of corporate sales, a new positi

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Two crewmembers who survived the collision of two CSX Transportation Inc. freight trains here in Aug

Container handling capacity at the British port of Thamesport will grow 30 percent with projects to

Sept. 24, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

UNION OFFERS REWARDIN SEARCH FOR ATTACKERSALT LAKE CITY - The Teamsters on Tuesday offered a

995 (Sept. 24, 1996) Previous day - 997The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

So you think you want to start a business in Japan and you're thinking about a franchise.You

Regardless of the flag they fly, U.S. carriers have a perception problem with U.S. shippers.

INDONESIA TO RECEIVEADB LOAN FOR CROPSSINGAPORE - The Asian Development Bank will loan $44 m

Argentina is setting its sights on the growing world market for organic food products untainted by p

Caltex Petroleum Corp., a joint venture of oil companies Texaco Inc. and Chevron Corp., plans to inv

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

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 243.84 off 0.58 wh

REGIONAL BLOCSBrazil Economic Conference. Sept. 30. Washington. Contact: Clelia Moraes, (212

Foreign hotel operators are finding a hospitable investment climate in India.The number of f

Sept. 24, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Sept. 24, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

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

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

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

USDA HOPEFUL EU WILLBACK OFF ON SUBSIDIESWASHINGTON - Changing market conditions could promp

English has outstripped all other languages in being understood by European Union citizens, but Russ

The Dominican air-conditioning equipment market increased by 10.9 percent from $10.1 million in 1994