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Wednesday June 26, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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

Reliance Group Holdings Inc. said Wednesday its Reliance Insurance Co. subsidiary will add $134 mill

Prefabricated aluminum-frame structures have been airlifted to trouble spots before.They've

Wednesday, June 26, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Lampooned as a pipe dream when first suggested in 1994, a proposal to have electronic clearance acro

TAIWANESE OFFICIALWILL VISIT CANADATAIPEI - Taiwan's top China policymaker and its chief neg

A federal judge slapped a Seattle man with a four-year prison sentence for selling over $2.1 million

SHIPSMASSPORT BACKS CREDITTO OFFSET HARBOR TAXBOSTON - Major shippers and the Massac

Money fleeced from U.S. merchant seamen by their union chief paid for nude dancers and limousines, a

June 26, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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

West Coast longshore workers may stop working Monday if negotiations for a three-year contract are n

June 26, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Analysts are somewhat bullish about the future of the cattle industry, which is currently suffering

As of June 26, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

International Petroleum ExchangeJune 26, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 1.4 million barrels during the week ended June 21, compared with

Japan is taking a hard line into today's air negotiations with the Clinton administration, insisting

When British theater critic Ken Tynan described his first marriage, he said, ''Our teeth were buried

''Software has become the Achilles' heel of Japanese manufacturers.''

DHV CONSULTANTSThe NetherlandsAmount of contract: $5,769,024Contract Description: Te

The House Ways and Means Committee cleared the way Wednesday for House floor action on legislation t

A five-year effort to reopen Mexico to U.S. sweet cherry exports is turning sour.Northwest t

1212 (June 26, 1996) Previous day - 1218The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Hundreds of short-line and regional railroads are earning profits the old-fashioned way - through cu

June 26, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The people who investigate the world's maritime disasters say they are moving closer to their long-c

Having endured two months of demonstrations and lawsuits by truck drivers, harbor trucking companies

The deadly bombing of a military complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday - the second in the count

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JUDGE WILL QUESTION2 IBM EXECUTIVESBUENOS AIRES - An Argentine federal judge investigating a

KANTOR IN JAKARTAFOR TRADE MEETINGSJAKARTA, Indonesia - U.S. Commerce Secretary Mickey Kanto

The first Western fund for developing industrial parks, distribution centers and retail outlets in C

A late thaw this year has reduced volume in sections of the Great Lakes so significantly that port o

A bill prohibiting discrimination by insurers and HMOs against victims of domestic violence has been

Jack Ramirez will succeed Lowell R. Beck as president and chief executive. Mr. Ramirez joined the NA

French reinsurer Scor, following French insurer Axa, said Tuesday it will list its shares on the New

Japanese government officials said on Wednesday they expect to meet fraud investigators from Britain

The U.S. dollar rose close to its highest level of the year against the Japanese yen Wednesday, as J