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Sept. 23, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 29, '95 - Sept. 23, '96 (a graph)*

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 23, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Oil companies may again come in for criticism as gasoline prices turn up, but refiners are also bein

EUROPE PRICE WARS HALVEPEUGEOT-CITROEN'S NETPARIS - Peugeot-Citroen's net profit for the fir

Anheuser-Busch said Monday that it has ended negotiations with the government-run Czech brewer Budej

Bill Clinton has an army of them. So does Bob Dole. And Ronald Reagan's were legendary. They're spin

AAPA SAILS ONTOINFORMATION HIGHWAYVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The American Association of

Sept, 23, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

Sept. 23, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

OPEC producers are set to enjoy a windfall of $20 billion to $26 billion of extra oil export revenue

Taiwan says it will open its door wider to businessmen from China despite Taipei's official attempts

Ultramar Corp. and Diamond Shamrock Inc. Monday agreed to a merger that would create a leading oil r

One of America's biggest insurers is moving into the Indian market, confident of success despite the

Friday, Sept. 20, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

SHIPSTHORNE OF PORTLANDNAMED AAPA CHAIRMANVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The Port of

That good feeling you get when you bundle up old newspapers for the church fund-raiser may actually

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '95 - Sept. 20, '96 (a graph)*

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 20, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

FISHING ROW MARS TIESBETWEEN EU, CANADAOTTAWA - Ties between Canada and the European Union r

In the mid-1980s, following a period of underpricing and mounting claims, the market for professiona

A $400,000 study by the state Department of Transportation and a regional planning agency is expecte

The planned merger between Britain's P&O Containers and Nedlloyd Lines of the Netherlands will have

A year ago, many customers and competitors of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. were almost talking about th

Tawian's usually robust life insurance market is in a rare stall, but both local and foreign firms e

Highway lobbyists are stepping up their campaign to channel more federal transportation funding into

TESTIMONY SOUGHTFROM AIRBUS WITNESSMONTREAL - Federal lawyers fighting Brian Mulroney's $50

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

Sept. 20, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Sept. 20, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

There is an old Russian Church homily that says: Make peace with men, and make war with your sins.

Japan's wastepaper market is in the dumps - literally - driven by a limp economy and low demand for

Some U.S. cargo airlines could see increased business from a government order that would make Alaska

JAPAN ADOPTS US-STYLEGDP CALCULATIONTOKYO - Japan will adopt a new statistics-processing met

For the week ended September 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates a quarter-point Tuesday, and will make a second increa

Mexico and the four-nation Mercosur common market may conclude a comprehensive tariff-cutting pact w

''They've been trying to sell this notion that Iran is somehow threatening the entire universe.''

Like other newly prosperous cities in Asia, Taipei's back streets include shops selling counterfeit

When Rick Rusch realized in 1988 that the insurance company he headed no longer could rely exclusive