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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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 19, '96 (a graph)* A

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

MOBIL TO SELL INTERESTIN 13 GULF FIELDSFAIRFAX, Va. - Mobil Corp. said Monday it agreed to s

An oil tanker that strayed off course last year in Valdez Narrows has prompted new guidelines to kee

Renewing the U.S.-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty has proven as slippery as a freshly caught sockeye an

MACHINERY MAKERS SEE4.6 PERCENT GROWTH IN SALESARLINGTON, Va. - The Packaging Machinery Manu

A team from the International Monetary Fund is ''reassured'' by the Russian government's revenue col

Aug. 19, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Aug. 19, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Aug. 14, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Despite persistent overcapacity on many routes, Hong Kong's premier containership operator posted st

U.S. and Japanese negotiators ended two days of talks without getting ''even an inch'' closer to sol

For the week ended August 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

NYMEX WILL TRADECANADIAN NATURAL GASNEW YORK - The New York Mercantile Exchange will launch