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

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

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

Just when ocean carriers operating in the Europe-Asia trades were starting to experience more settle

Three major aircraft manufacturers competing for a huge order from state-owned Air India will soon b

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '95 - Sept. 16, '96 (a graph)*

Mexico's Finance Ministry announced Monday a new $750 million bond issue, written by international f

It was supposed to be ''the rates, stupid'' when the world's maritime community gathered here this w

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rich countries should exempt poor African nations from international trade rules on elimination of s

The national railroad network may be getting smaller, but the locomotives using those routes keep ge

''Anything that is simple is good.''

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

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

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

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

Monday, Sept. 16, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

South Korea's LG Semicon Co. unveiled an ambitious plan Monday to become one of the world's top five

A strong week for stocks in most transportation sectors saw a 1.4 percent rise in the Journal of Com

A coalition of taxpayer, environmental and public interest groups Thursday launched a grass-roots ca

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

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

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

The Swiss government, under pressure to explain the fate of Nazi gold, on Monday endorsed an officia

The U.S. dollar hovered close to its low for the day in trading Monday afternoon, but buyers moved i

U.S. forest products and housing manufacturers may have their best chance ever to open wider the doo

International development programs designed to raise living standards for the world's poorest people

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

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

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