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

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

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is shaking up the nation's truckload sector by raising pay for ove

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

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

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

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

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

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

As Bosnians prepare to go to the polls on Saturday, Sarajevo's streets are filled with armored perso

Lloyd's of London submitted its accounts for solvency approval by the British Department of Trade an

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

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

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

FINANCIAL INCOME BOOSTSUNI STOREBRAND'S PROFITSOSLO - UNI Storebrand ASA, Norway's largest i

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

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

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

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

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

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

Union Pacific Corp. asked the Surface Transportation Board to limit its competitors' newly won freed

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

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

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

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

Three weeks ended Aug. 31, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

London's Heathrow Airport is aviation's Holy Grail.Every U.S. airline crossing the Atlantic

The August employment report didn't clear the air, as far as currency traders and analysts are conce

1063 (Sept. 6, 1996) Previous day - 1072The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

Washington state's insurance commissioner, Deborah Senn, ordered a group of European reinsurance and

A small army of insurance agents and claims adjusters descended on areas of North Carolina battered

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

Strong growth in containerized imports in July points to a brighter holiday shipping season this yea