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Americans continue to spend more time and money commuting to and from work as job growth patterns co

Monday, Aug. 19, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A dispute over environmentally friendly product labels is emerging as a major issue in the first Wor

German authorities said Monday that they had arrested two men and were hunting a third on suspicion

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

S. AFRICA, SAUDISIN TRADE DISCUSSIONSJOHANNESBURG - Talks are under way on South African pur

AMERICAN GENERALRodney O. Martin Jr. was named president and chief executive officer of Amer

LIBRA GROUP EXPANDSON BRAZILIAN RIVERRIO DE JANEIRO - Libra Group of Rio de Janeiro says its

US SAYS EU WELCOMETO JOIN FILM ACCESS TALKSGENEVA - The United States said Monday that the E

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

Aug. 19, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

ACQUISITION, STOCK SPLITLEAD TO LOSS FOR HCCHOUSTON - HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. took a net

Monday Aug. 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Columbus Line USA Inc. said it is enhancing its ''relay'' service between eastern North America and

A 28-day blockade of a remote Wisconsin Central Ltd. branch line by a faction of Chippewa protesting

The U.S. dollar declined against the Deutsche mark Monday and rose slightly against the Japanese yen

''On his employment application, he answered 'No' on the question that asked if he had any convictio

Losing the two-horse race with Thailand for a General Motors Corp. plant was a bitter pill for the P

It only took 169 years, but The Journal of Commerce is now officially online. One of the most amazin

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 19, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Environmental groups say they will fight plans by state regulators to grant an offshore drilling per

Initially touted as a potential cure for 600,000 uninsurable Oklahomans, the Health Insurance High R

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

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Buoyed by strong performance among railroad stocks, last week The Journal of Commerce transportation

China said Monday that about 76,000 officials had turned over a total of $5.18 million worth of gift

The managers of Kingston's containerport expect a recently completed expansion to the facility to al

In the minds of many Americans, Brazil and Argentina are synonymous with hyperinflation, bad debt, r

AT&T'S MANDL LEAVINGTO HEAD VENTURE FIRMNEW YORK - Alex J. Mandl, president and chief operat

Japanese companies are boosting investment abroad despite the recent weakening of the yen against th

1108 (Aug. 19, 1996) Previous day - 1101The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

TENNESSEE COURT REJECTSBID TO BAN LLOYD'S OFFERLONDON - Lloyd's of London announced Sunday t

Aug. 19, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

A new commuter rail service, a rarity in the rail industry, begins operating today between Chicago a

Aug. 19, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

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For many Western Canadian natural-gas producers, reaching the huge U.S. energy market has turned int

Port salesman Steve Wright's voice echoes through an empty warehouse.''We're trying to bring

Last year, when westbound ocean carriers negotiated a volume contract with forest products giant Wey

The Japanese government has drafted stricter guidelines to limit the number of positions offered to