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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 249.05 off 0.86 wh

OIL STARTS TO FLOWAT CHEVRON CONGO FIELDHOUSTON - Chevron said oil has begun to flow from th

Fires that have ravaged the vast grasslands and forests of Mongolia will also figuratively burn meat

News that China's investment arm sold its share in Hong Kong's highly profitable telecommunications

As of June 14, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 249.91 off 0.52

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

India's new government will continue the nation's market-oriented reforms and encourage more foreign

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 14, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

June 14, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

International Petroleum ExchangeJune 14, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

June 14, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

CONSTRUTORA NORBERTOODEBRECHTBrazilAmount of contract: $10,832,337Contract d

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June 14, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

CANADIAN ACTION LOOMSON US ANTI-CUBA BILLOTTAWA - Canada's International Trade Minister Art

China late last week was bugging the lines of U.S. industry and Clinton administration officials at

House supporters of normal trade relations with China may have outsmarted themselves by half after t

International scientists continue weighing data and incorporating public opinion before determining

Industrial production rose more than expected in May with help from unseasonably warm weather that p

European officials sharply criticized a compromise Iran-Libya sanctions bill in the House on Friday

Mention cobalt to most people, and they think of the Cold War or a nuclear holocaust. But the substa

AMOCO OPENSFIRST OUTLET IN POLANDCHICAGO - Amoco Petroleum Products Poland Ltd., a unit of C

Cuban sugar production will weigh in 200,000 tons short of the country's plan, lending credence to r

MARUBENI TO FORMUS OIL JOINT VENTURETOKYO - Marubeni Corp. will establish a joint venture in

Iraq has begun shopping for a wide range of foodstuffs in Indonesia following Baghdad's oil-for-food

Friday June 14, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Sumitomo Corp. vowed to remain in the world metal markets despite the huge loss caused by a rogue tr

The reconstruction of Cuba's key industries could move swiftly once the U.S. trade embargo is lifted

SEA CONTAINERS EXPECTSNET INCOME TO RISENEW YORK - Sea Containers Ltd. is forecasting a $10

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

1276 (June 14, 1996) Previous day - 1284The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

June 14, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

You are sending a containerload of fruit to a European buyer. The ship line goes bankrupt. Creditors

Hawking old spy equipment was never on the agenda for one of the world's biggest telecommunications

AIRBOEING DEVELOPSREMOTE STRIKE CRAFTSEATTLE - Boeing Co. is turning science fiction

The Senate has been seen as the place where maritime deregulation legislation went to die this year.

Fresh from signing a letter of intent to purchase Fresh Del Monte Produce, the head of Chile's Unite

Boxed or stacked? Not quite a Shakespearean dilemma but one being debated in Chile as increasing lev

In a move that could redefine the way containers are shipped on the Atlantic, the pricing group for