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Sept. 6, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

AS OF AUG. 30, 1996Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

Bigger transportation payrolls contributed to a strong August employment report that made a Federal

LONGSHORE PACTAPPROVAL PREDICTEDSAN FRANCISCO - A week before West Coast longshoremen begin

A Reporter's Notebook headlined ''UP chief welcomes SP deal'' that appeared Sept. 5 on Page 8B shoul

CHINA APPEALS TO USFOR PERMANENT MFNBEIJING - President Jiang Zemin has called on the United

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

Sept. 6, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

Sept. 6, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

AFRICAN MINER LOOKSTO GO DEEP FOR GOLDJOHANNESBURG - South African mining giant Anglo Americ

House Banking Committee members have urged a Treasury Department agency to step up its efforts to ha

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

China is showing clear signs of softening its often combative approach to Hong Kong in the countdown

''We're insuring whether the advertising is able to do its job to get buns on the seats.''

As of Sept. 6, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 246.22 off 0.88

Demet Tarhan was raised, she remembers, not to think first about a finding a good man, but rather to

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 6, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 6, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Sept. 6, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

BIS NEARS APPROVALOF EXPANSION PLANZURICH - Plans for the Bank for International Settlements

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 6, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries again flouted its own crude oil output quotas in A

A diplomatic stalemate has settled over Washington's anti-Cuba policies, with the United States unab

VENEZUELA FORECASTSRISE IN OIL EARNINGSCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's possible gross earni

The full council of the International Cocoa Organization will meet all this week in an effort to res

Japan's economy is recovering slowly despite occasional setbacks, but it is still at a sensitive sta

Manufacturing extension services helping smaller U.S. businesses compete internationally will now op

A USDA proposal for revamping the Conservation Reserve Program could force millions of potentially p

Friday Sept. 6, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

TURKEY WANTS USTO PAY FOR LOSSESLONDON - Turkish Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller said she want

SURVEY PROJECTS A JUMPIN US SOYBEAN YIELDCHICAGO - The Leslie/ADM Investor Services crop sur

Sri Lanka will establish a government-backed company operating in the private sector to identify and

Southern Co., the largest investor-owned electric utility in the United States, has won a key court

The environmental group Greenpeace said a planned nuclear waste dump in Texas near the border with M

LEADER OF HOUSTONTEAMSTERS LOCAL INDICTEDHOUSTON - The president of Houston's largest Teamst

China's state-run umbrella firm for shipyards said it generated export earnings of $305.26 million i

Union Pacific Railroad began laying the groundwork for massive post-merger personnel shifts with its

An economic landmark has been reached in the past month as both Russia and Ukraine achieved zero mon