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TWA REPORTS NETOF $25.3 MILLIONNEW YORK - Trans World Airlines Inc. Wednesday reported secon

Wednesday July 17, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Although the cattle market is still hurt by low prices and high feed costs, the semiannual USDA catt

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

July 17, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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The already secretive sugar freight market may try to veil its activities even further to protect sh

That most English of institutions, Lloyd's of London, is learning the power of that most American of

The Teamsters convention slowed to a crawl Wednesday, as the two sides at the bitterly divided meeti

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena and the department's top aviation official were pummeled with

SHIPSvirginia internationalbuilding storage facilityRICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Interna

Under the watchful eyes of the state's trucking community, a politically connected official with no

ABB POWER PLANT LTD.AustraliaAmount of contract: $8,385,075.Contract description: El

''I'm not saying it's Mr. Rogers' neighborhood, but it's a demonstration of democracy.''

UPS TO OPENNEW SORTING FACILITYHARTFORD, Conn. - United Parcel Service will open a regional

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 800,000 barrels during the week ended July 12, compared with the

European Union ambassadors will flesh out plans today to retaliate against the United States, despit

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 17, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The largest recorded-music retailer in the United States, and one of the fastest-growing chains in t

With losses soaring, China's lumbering state-owned industries are being offered new lifelines - alon

JULYS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime traged

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

PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERSSTAGE STRIKE IN ISRAELJERUSALEM - Hundreds of thousands of Israeli publ

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said in a recent report that 22 million people

NATURAL GAS DEMAND SEENGROWING MORE THAN 30 PERCENTHOUSTON - Demand for natural gas is expec

MCDONALD'S ACQUISITIONAPPROVED IN ITALYROME - Italy's antitrust authority gave the go-ahead

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The United States Wednesday called for binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with a pro

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. should be broken up, a leading investment firm reco

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July 17, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 21, '95 - July 17, '96 (a graph)* A

Japan's life and non-life insurance industries plan to provide 40 billion yen ($362.5 million) and 5

Wednesday, July 17, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The European Commission plans to approve a $1 billion government subsidy to state-owned Air France n

The same qualities that made Pittsburgh a jewel in war is improving the area's quality of life.<

One of China's youngest insurance companies scored a coup over the dominant state firm when it won t

MASSACHUSETTS DECIDESON TAX FOR UNINSUREDBOSTON - A conference committee of state senators a

Six months after her arrest, a Royal Dutch/Shell employee remains in a Chinese jail as authorities p

The recent deadline extension to Aug. 13 for international bids on two long-distance telecommunicati