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Southern Pacific Lines said it is experiencing substantial problems with new General Electric Transp

SHIPSPOSSIBLE DUMPING SITESUNVEILED IN MARYLANDBALTIMORE - In the next 25 years, the

With the president of the West Coast longshoreman's union seated nearby, the traffic manager for a m

The former controller of a U.S. marine officers' union goes on trial today for allegedly embezzling

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

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

There was more consolidation and merging activity in the international insurance scene last week, pa

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 15, '95 - Sept. 6, '96 (a graph)*

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