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

As of Sept. 19, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 245.89 up 1.49

Sept. 19, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 19, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 19, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Ten solicitations to offer natural-gas distribution services in border cities have been officially p

Sept. 19, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 19, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Thursday Sept. 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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Around 1,000 tractors blocked a major highway in west Switzerland on Thursday as the nation's farmer

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FOKKER TO MODIFYA BOEING 737AMSTERDAM - The Dutch industrial group Stork NV said its aircraf

BLUE STAR LTD.Anne Millians was named assistant vice president of sales for the Eastern regi

As Gov. Pete Wilson decides whether to sign a bill locking in Bay Area marine pilot rates for the ne

LAWMAKERS AGREE ON2-DAY MATERNITY STAYWASHINGTON - House and Senate negotiators announced ag

JOHNSON & HIGGINSJohn P. Cozzi was named senior vice president and head of global space oper

The United States may retaliate if the ongoing talks over an alleged Japanese failure to honor a 199

The stock market was very good last year to Ian M. Cumming, chairman of Leucadia National Corp. So g

Sefesi and Debbie Kuita had saved for their dream home since they got married 10 years ago. After ma

SHIPSAUSTRALIAN WORKERS CALLBANS ON INDONESIAN SHIPSMELBOURNE, Australia - Australia

This not-so-distant outpost of the British Empire, where businessmen in shorts zoom to work on motor

Ocean carriers operating trans-Atlantic services countered European Commission charges that they are

A year-long study about to be released by Intertanko, the world's leading tanker operator associatio

The Senate today will vote on new operating subsidies for ships, two decades after ocean carriers fi

HYUNDAI EXPANDSTRANS-PACIFIC SERVICEGARDENA, Calif. - Hyundai Merchant Marine is expanding i

Shippers looking three pages ahead on their calendars can count on a 1997 rate hike of less than 5 p

Loath to leave town before passing a bill to improve airport safety and security, the Senate Wednesd

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Container carrier executives are furiously debating what to do about the dramatic drop in freight ra

Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Wednesday as a big widening in the July trade gap suggested that there

Stymied free-trade talks have put a state visit by Chilean President Eduardo Frei on hold.Fo

The world financial system has ''emerged stronger and more resilient'' from the costly exchange rate

House and Senate negotiators have agreed to a one-year extension of the Overseas Private Investment

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '95 - Sept. 18, '96 (a graph)*

Growth in world output this year is set to increase by a disappointing 2.4 percent, the same as in 1

MEXICO REVIEWS TRADEPENALTIES ON CHINA GOODSMEXICO CITY - Mexican commerce officials have op