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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 250.03 off 0.09

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''I think it's gouging. I think everyone is trying to capitalize on the fact that the Olympics are i

Colombian President Ernesto Samper Pizano vowed in a televised address this week to address corrupti

July 11, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Butch Ruefle watched as winds whipped a large cardboard box around like it was confetti.The

SHIPSWORKERS VOTE TO STRIKESOUTH KOREAN SHIPYARDSEOUL - Workers at South Korea's lar

CRUDE OIL EXPORTSDROP AT UK TERMINALLONDON - Crude oil exports from the British Sullom Voe o

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 11, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

While Russia's government is not pleased with increased U.S. pressure against companies doing busine

Global competition will continue to wear on U.S. chemical producers, who will have to run harder jus

NEW YORK ASSEMBLYPUTS COMP DEAL ON HOLDALBANY, N.Y. - Reports of a breakthrough in workers c

What is it about the water world that motivates the human spirit? Save the whales. Protect the turt

Customers in Tokyo sushi bars refused to eat the shrimp that had been imported from Sweden. Diners c

EXXON, SHELL ENTERINGFUEL ADDITIVES DEALLONDON - Royal Dutch-Shell and Exxon Corp. announced

Disappointed shippers say their fight against the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger is not over.

Peter Lehman closely follows developments in U.S. trade relations with China. He also keeps up with

Last-minute talks between rail management and the Transportation Communications Union ended without

Only table.

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

Opponents of the controversial Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger are considering a range of acti

A 1997 spending bill that delivers full funding for export promotion and sharp cuts for maritime age

M.S. CARRIERS' INCOMEIMPROVES IN QUARTERMEMPHIS - M.S. Carriers Inc. pulled off the difficul

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July 10, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

''If you know the President's birthday, press six.''If recorded telephone prompts like this

Temperatures are rising at the United Nations in Geneva this week, where global warming has moved to

From souvenir hawkers to restaurant owners to strippers, people are making serious money off the Oly

While Hurricane Bertha's path baffled meteorologists Wednesday, ports along the southeastern coast s

KUWAIT AIRWAYS ORDERSTWO BOEING 777SSEATTLE - Boeing Co. confirmed Wednesday that Kuwait Air

Wednesday, July 10, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Saudi Arabia is pressing ahead with plans to develop four new gold and silver mines in a move to hel

TWO TIE KNOT TO HARNESSPOWER MARKET IN ASIATOKYO - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Wednesday

More than 40 black churches have been destroyed or damaged by fire in the last 18 months, and in mos

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 250.12 up 0.83 wh

The United States and Japan Wednesday failed to bridge their differences over a semiconductor pact d

Federal Express Corp. faces at least several more months of unsettled labor relations but could see

Columbia Coastal Transport Inc. opened new offices in Norfolk, Va., and Baltimore.The sites

The leaders of two Great Lakes pilot groups are continuing their battle against a change in regulato