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California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush was disappointed last week when the Senate faile

Three weeks ended July 13, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars CarsLoaded Loaded

Northbound freight out of Mexico will not longer move through the Texas city of Hidalgo, routed inst

SINGAPORE POSTS RISEIN CONTAINER VOLUMESINGAPORE - The Port of Singapore Authority said Frid

In an aviation version of tit-for-tat, the Japanese Ministry of Transport is prepared to impose coun

How many times have your bags gone through an airport X-ray machine while the attendant talked to a

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The Russian government is set to launch retaliatory trade measures against European textiles, and is

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

Infrastructure, employment and alleviating poverty, as well as reducing the fiscal deficit, will be

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

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

A newly formed group of Indonesian cotton importers is calling for a boycott of one of America's lar

Saturday was Marine Day in Japan, a new national holiday established to focus public attention on th

DOMESTIC OIL DEMANDUP FROM 1ST HALF OF '95WASHINGTON - Domestic oil demand rose 2.5 percent

A lawyer said Thursday he will continue his client's lawsuit against a huge life insurer after losin

Supporters of a Senate natural disaster bill that would make property insurance more available to ho

Federal Express Corp. was rejected again last week in its ongoing effort to get Congress to restore

The planned merger between two insurance groups may be delayed following the death of three executiv

A union divided could be the most dangerous kind of adversary for already troubled Teamsters motor c

Imagine a set of five interlocking peaches emblazoned on your Olympic T-shirt instead of the familia

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 28, '95 - July 19, '96 (a graph)* A

The Middle East-North Africa region, after years of stagnation, is showing signs of accelerating eco

Italy's new government made its first substantive move Friday toward honoring election pledges to di

''We are very sad he couldn't understand our point of view.''

ZINC REFINERY IN PERUUNVEILS EXPANSION PLANSLIMA, Peru - Peru's Cajamarquilla zinc refinery

Friday July 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

As of July 19, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA SETMEETING ON BOUNDARIESTOKYO - The Foreign Ministry announced that Japan

ABB SAE SADELMI/ABBGLOBAL ENGINEERINGItalyAmount of contract: $64,060,229.Co

Fresh from lining up the heaviest hitter in Mexico for its team, the Union Pacific Railroad has appa

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Sportswear giant Nike Inc. rejected a last-minute request by Jesse Jackson to tour the subcontractor

European planemaking consortium Airbus Industrie said it was preparing legal steps against Boeing Co

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

South Africa's central bank is considering a request from a mining house to allow gold mining compan

An advisory panel to the prime minister endorsed a plan by Tohoku Electric Power Co. to build a nucl

Even licensed and supposedly well-run recyling plants in India follow practices strictly forbidden i

In the aftermath of last week's TWA crash, air freight forwarders are worried that cargo represents

AIR CHINA ORDERSTHREE BOEING JETSBEIJING - China's state-run international airline ordered t