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Monday Oct. 7, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

CHINA INSURER PAYS OUT$26 MILLION ON SATELLITEBEIJING - The People's Insurance (Property) Co

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

While most pundits have focused on how Hong Kong will fare after it reverts to China next summer, th

Chances are, most people cannot find Mongolia on the map. Not to worry - if needed, there are four f

Pakistan's first software technology park is being built in the capital of Islamabad to help the cou

Plans by the European Commission to introduce rail freight freeways across the continent have been w

As of Oct. 7, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.97 up 0.13 whi

Oct. 7, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

BRITISH EXPERTS TO RUNARGENTINE PORTLONDON - A British joint venture has won the contract to

PORT OF SAN FRANCISCOLewis H. Wiseman was named director of tenant and maritime services. He

GATX Logistics Inc. has developed a trucking yard management system that allows shippers to electron

Monday, Oct. 7, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Columbus Line is considering diversion of a containership from a Philadelphia terminal being struck

NEW YORK-NEW JERSEYDREDGE PLAN DETAILEDNEW YORK - Gov. George Pataki of New York and Gov. Ch

A $10,000 treatment for a runny nose. A hysterectomy on a 16-year-old boy.Two examples, expe

To the relief of small Florida companies, rates for workers compensation insurance will drop an aver

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 13, '95 - Oct. 7, '96 (a graph)* An

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''We are, I suppose, unequivocally ambivalent.''

EXPEDITORS OPENS OFFICESIN INDIA, BANGLADESHSEATTLE - Expeditors International of Washington

Oct. 7, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 7, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Thai Airways International, in a move to expand cargo services amid rising shipments, has entered a

Mexico's three largest political parties Monday awaited election results in polling that took place

HIGH COURT WON'T REVIEWRULING IN SEAT BELT CASEWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday let sta

Infrastructure weaknesses in Eastern European countries could actually end up being one of the regio

The Supreme Court Monday rejected Chrysler Corp.'s appeal involving an import-duties dispute with th

The U.S. dollar declined Monday, particularly against the Japanese yen, in lackluster trading.

James A. McFadden wants to take out your garbage.Well, not by himself. Actually, he wants hi

A strong week in almost all the transportation sectors led to a 1.3 percent gain in the Journal of C

The European air war escalated Monday amid allegations that France is plotting against British Airwa

Tilbury, on the eastern fringes of London, is arguably Britain's best located port.And that

Oct. 7, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Oil prices are strong. Natural-gas prices are up.And yet layoffs continue in the Oil Patch.A

OIL, GAS RIG COUNTS DOWNFOR WYOMING, REGIONCASPER, Wyo. - Wyoming's rig count reached 45 for

Three of the world's biggest oil companies - Texaco Inc., Shell Oil Co. and Saudi Aramco - are talki

Cuba's hard currency crisis is worse than ever and urgent action is needed to remedy the situation,

GM'S CANADIAN STRIKEAFFECTS US WORKERSTONAWANDA, N.Y. - The effects of the Canadian strike a