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New York Mercantile Exchange - July 10, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

MITSUI DELIVERSPOWER PLANT TO MACAOTOKYO - Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. and its sub

HURRICANE WATCH ISSUEDFOR SOUTHEAST US COASTMIAMI - As Hurricane Bertha swirled past the cen

The U.S. dollar fell slightly Wednesday as exporters continued to pressure the Clinton administratio

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

US CUBA BAN HITSCANADIAN MINING FIRMWASHINGTON - The Canadian mining and energy company Sher

A scandal involving the jailed brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has tai

The European Commission called Wednesday for wider powers to scrutinize mergers and offered an amnes

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

With an agreement in place to fight software piracy in China, Microsoft Corp. is now taking aim at d

July 10, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Alberta grain farmers set out to purposely break the law Wednesday to force changes in a distributio

In between anger and frustration over the long, gradual decline in the amount of beef Americans are

July 10, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

The South Philadelphia waterfront is empty and dark, except for a lamp outside a hoagie shop. Sudden

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 10, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The European Commission has carried out raids on United International Pictures, a U.S. film distribu

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 1.3 million barrels during the week ended July 5, compared with t

Conventional wisdom says inflation is dead. But contrarians who abide by the rule that negative is p

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 14, '95 - July 10, '96 (a graph)* A

COLOMBIA PAYS BIG PRICEFOR PIPELINE BOMBINGSBOGOTA, Colombia - A guerrilla bombing campaign

Second-quarter rail earnings to be reported over the next two weeks should show double-digit growth