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(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

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

PROBE CONTINUESINTO FISHERMEN'S DEATHSBOSTON - Coast Guard officials continued an investigat

Friday, Sept. 6, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

HALIFAX PORT CORP.APPROVES CAPITAL PLANHALIFAX - Halifax Port Corp. has approved a C$46.3 mi

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

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

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

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

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

International peacekeeping will be the focus of a conference and exhibition at Madison Square Garden

SENATE OKS LONGER STAYSIN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDBIRTHWASHINGTON - The Senate voted last week to

The U.S. Court of Appeals last week upheld the 1993 conviction of a former California legislator who

JPA OFFICIAL RETURNINGTO PRIVATE INDUSTRYJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Thomas Delcomyn, the Jacksonvi