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JAPAN REPORTS DROPIN HOUSEHOLD SPENDINGTOKYO - Japan's household spending in July showed an

One measure of the peaceful state of U.S.-Japan trade relations: The same day the Clinton administra

''Short of sending missiles to destroy their headquarters, I don't see anything hurting them.''<

The Korean government is considering the elimination of semiconductor import duties - a move favored

USDA PREDICTS HIGHERFEED GRAIN PRODUCTIONWASHINGTON - U.S. farmers are expected to produce 2

Local government and business leaders expressed pleasure here Tuesday with U.S. support to Taiwan's

MINE UNION MEMBERSVOTE DECERTIFICATIONSILVER CITY, New Mexico - Members of a union at Chino

FORMER SENATOR JOINSCONTINENTAL BOARDHOUSTON - Continental Airlines announced Monday that fo

Pyongyang is apparently seeking to mend fences after South Korea boycotted an investment forum in it

MERCOSUR PROMISEDACCESS TO EU MARKETSBUENOS AIRES - Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised Argentin

After the Communists took power in 1949, signing on at a state-owned factory set a worker up until r

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

SUMITOMOJapanAmount of contract: $5,194,000.Contract description: Insulators - pin-p

As of Sept. 17, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 244.18 off 1.72 wh

Sept. 17, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

PANEL BACKS COMMERCEON MEXICAN CEMENTA North American Free Trade Agreement dispute-resolutio

While the terms reached this week between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers shift the press

Federal Express Corp. has good news for its international freight shippers but bad news for its bott

Information technology will continue to revolutionize the transport industry, shippers and truckers

It will be like two peas in two pods.Once a proposed 175 million-Canadian-dollar (US$116.6 m

Members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference Tuesday thrashed out strategy for improving cargo rate

A major barrier fell within the past year for surplus-lines brokers when regulators in California an

The green light given Lloyd's of London's reorganization plans has enormous consequences for the sur

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 17, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 17, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Sept. 17, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 17, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Call the toll-free number and a voice tells you how many tons of nuclear waste there are in Michigan

Sept. 17, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

MANY BRITONS TRIMBEEF CONSUMPTIONLONDON - More than a third of Britons ate less beef after l

In the strongest signal yet of the new Russian government's policy favoring foreign investment, Prim

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory engineers have devised a way to use stockpiles of depleted ura

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Tuesday Sept. 17, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Many Wisconsin farmers may feel a pinch in their pocketbooks this winter due to an average to poor h

A German engineering company is working on plans to repair the huge, leaky concrete shell sealing of

The debut of potato futures on the New York Cotton Exchange may be a dud, say those representing Wis

COMMITTEE APPROVES$7 MILLION FOR RAIL LINEWASHINGTON - A joint committee of Congress approve

The nation's airports could miss out on more than $1 billion slated for physical improvements if Con