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Aug. 14, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 14, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 14, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Aug. 14, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

Aug. 14, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

A spate of multibillion-dollar utility mergers may have Wall Street bankers buzzing, but it remains

Japanese automakers are on a foreign investment tear from Southeast Asia to North America, as they r

Europe's car market, the world's largest, is heading for another shake-up as the signs of faltering

These are the key factors that auto carriers consider in choosing ports, according to some of the ca

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 1.5 million barrels during the week ended Friday, compared with t

U.S. ports that handle cars are trying to hug the corners of the shifting automobile manufacturing r

Wednesday Aug. 14, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

South Korea is proving a mixed blessing for the shipping lines that specialize in the transportation

Kansas cattle farmers are trying to organize their own cooperative to compete with the nation's larg

MOST ROSTOV MINESSTILL CLOSED BY STRIKESMOSCOW - Seventeen out of 23 coal mines continued th

Lock a bunch of economists in a room. Tell them to study the U.S. auto industry. Have them look at f

By designating auto manufacturing as a ''pillar'' industry in its two five-year plans for 1991-2000,

General Mills Inc., the nation's second biggest cereal maker with brands like Cheerios and Wheaties,

Mexican energy regulators have approved new rules for opening the natural gas sector over the next t

For Richard White, it's the end of the line.After 27 months on strike at Irving Oil's giant

The closure of Canadian National Railways' main line to Canada's west coast has not affected grain m

DEADLY TYPHOON KIRKGROUNDS 4 SHIPS IN JAPANTOKYO- Four ships grounded in the Amami o Shima,

The Surface Transportation Board, facing stiff criticism from Congress, carriers and shippers, moder

A Hong Kong property company plans to build two berths and support facilities in China's southeaster

EQUITABLE BUYSDELAWARE INSURERDES MOINES, Iowa - Equitable of Iowa Cos. completed its purcha

The first of China's new national life insurance companies appears to have been approved slightly ah

California's Insurance Department will lay off 95 of its 1,134 employees, with the Consumer Services

Maine's highest court Tuesday threw out a Fairfield man's $817,000 breach-of-contract judgment again

Another barrier has dropped between state-chartered banks and life insurers.At its monthly m

SWISS RE AMERICA IN BLACKFOR FIRST HALF AFTER '95 LOSSNEW YORK - Swiss Re America Corp. repo

Anita Benedetti, deputy executive director of the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc., died T

A U.S. Customs Service program designed to revolutionize export data handling and improve enforcemen

For the first time, businesses will soon have a single contact point to help them tap the World Bank

The sun is beginning its descent toward the Pacific Ocean, as Jose surveys a vast expanse of rubble

SHIPDRY-CARGO SHIPOWNERSCOMPILE TERMINAL REGISTERLONDON - A register of terminals th

Six Greenpeace activists spent about 36 hours chained to the world's largest log barge last week in

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Sea-Land Service Inc. hopes to avoid joining the list of famous victims stopped by the Russian winte

Liner services can go worldwide - their prices can't.Rather, their pricing system can't.That

On your mark. Get set. Tax!!All across the country, lawmakers from cash-hungry states, count