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The shipping industry must become safer and more environmentally friendly or it will face state-impo

Superior National Insurance Group Inc., a workers compensation insurer in California and Arizona, ha

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1020 (Sept. 16, 1996) Previous day - 1030The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

NO SURVIVORS FOUNDFROM CHILEAN SHIPSANTIAGO, Chile - Navy rescuers Sunday found debris from

With political pressures mounting against the government of President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon,

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Sept, 16, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

RUSSIAN JOBLESS RATELITTLE CHANGED FOR AUGUSTMOSCOW - While Russia's jobless rate has crept

An ambitious plan to eliminate tariffs for computers and other high-technology goods is on the rocks

A yearlong effort by public and private sector groups led to the return last week of 16 vehicles tha

Operations at the Port of Richmond, Va., and the Port of Albany, N.Y., have changed hands as part of

Three weeks ended Sept. 7, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

The government Monday awarded a contract potentially worth $1 billion to upgrade the nation's air tr

UP UNVEILS TERMSOF STOCK, CASH EXCHANGEBETHLEHEM, Pa. - Union Pacific Corp. announced the te

Fueled by a return to growth in Mexico's sluggish economy, Texas posted merchandise exports of nearl

ILLINOIS ACCEPTSLLOYD'S-NASAA PACTLONDON - The state of Illinois has agreed to accept the te

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Sept. 11, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUPHoward I. Smith, executive vice president and comptroller of the

The final piece of the complex jigsaw of payments to victims of the 1994 Estonia ferry disaster has

California's insurance department has ordered the state's third-largest workers compensation insurer

With the clock ticking, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Sen. John McCain have reached an agree

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

Sept. 16, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

BIG ENCHILADAS: ADM,GRUMA IN TORTILLA DEALWASHINGTON - A $280 million merger of the two larg

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 16, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 16, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Sept. 16, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Nearly 40 countries producing or using tropical timber agreed late last week that a controversial pa

Sept. 16, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 16, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.21 up 1.57 whi

ANTI-UN COMPLAINT GAINSGOP SUPPORT IN HOUSEANCHORAGE - Conservative Republicans on the House

September 16, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and

Oil tycoon Armand Hammer secretly recorded conversations in which he discusses payoffs of $3 million

MINING CHIEF VOWSTO STAY COURSEPIKEVILLE, Ky. - The new acting chief of the U.S. Office of S

Monday Sept. 16, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Cuba's nickel industry together with Canadian partner Sherritt International Corp. was seeking to sh

After years of cultivating their price-fixing case against agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland

The United States urged the International Court of Justice Monday to throw out a case in which Iran