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The Port of Charleston set its single-month container tonnage record in March by handling 840,000 to

Personal computer maker Gateway 2000 Inc. said Friday it planned to invest $40 million and create 1,

The European Union is working to a year-end deadline to forge a new exchange rate mechanism linking

Three senior executives of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. are being transferred to key posit

In a move intended to reassure domestic and foreign investors, new Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari

For the week ended May 11, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

Finance Minister Jaswant Singh Friday said the government would not make the rupee fully convertible

KAZAKHSTAN PLANS TO BEMAJOR OIL EXPORTERMOSCOW - Kazakhstan will become a major oil and gas

As the United States threatens to impose trade sanctions on $3 billion worth of imports from China,

Aided by technology-driven cost cuts, a group of major oil companies led by British Petroleum has ap

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

As of May 17, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 259.73 off 0.46

May 17, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 17, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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

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

May 17, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

May 17, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Bu

The Bolivian government had not foreseen contradictions arising from the partial privatization of it

Friday May 17, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

CANADA FARMER ACQUITTEDOF ILLEGAL EXPORTS TO USWINNIPEG, Manitoba - In a ruling some say cou

CAR BOMB INJURES 3AT ROYAL DUTCH SITELIMA, Peru - A car bomb exploded in the Peruvian capita

A comparatively large crop of soybeans is expected this fall but robust demand is likely to keep the

Mobil Corp. on Friday said it would pay Kazakhstan $1.1 billion for a share of the giant Tengiz oil

YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMPRESIDENT TO RETIREKANSAS CITY, Mo. - M. Reid Armstrong, Yellow Freight

In a move applauded by the insurance industry, the federal agency that pays for the cleanup after a

LLOYD'S INVESTOR BATTLEA STEP CLOSER TO ENDLONDON - Litigating investors at Lloyd's of Londo

Heidi Hutter, one of the few women to head a major reinsurance company, drew an overflow crowd of ex

Who will make the first move? Which ocean carriers will be at the vanguard as alliances are consolid

Earthquake, property, workers compensation and political risk insurance are hard to get for the glob

* Global merchandise exports this year should grow about 7 percent.* The combined value of c

Wu Yi, China's Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, can expect to take some heat as W

The trouble with white-collar crime like medical insurance fraud is that it's very difficult and exp

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The United States posted an $8.9 billion deficit in its goods and services trade in March, its secon

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)MARCH 1996 FEBRUARY 1996 CUMULATIVE 1

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MERCK & CO. INC.Henri LipmanowiczPresidentHuman HealthMerck Intercontinental

UNION CARBIDE CORP.William H. Joyce, Chairman, Chief ExecutiveChemical trade is a big bonus