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Apr. 24, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Wednesday Apr. 24, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Reeling under a severe power shortage, the Sri Lankan government plans to bolster generating capacit

Bittersweet times are here for cocoa consumers and producers of chocolate.On one hand, lower

CIBA-GEIGY, SANDOZMERGER GETS APPROVEDZURICH - Ciba-Geigy shareholders put their final appro

April 24, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

The future of Orimulsion, a vastly abundant and low-cost power plant fuel from Venezuela, received a

Britain stunned investors and sent electricity stocks reeling Wednesday with a surprise decision to

BROKER STARTSTO SELL INSURANCESAN FRANCISCO - Charles Schwab & Co. is moving into the life i

NAC RE REPORTSSTRONG EARNINGSNAC Re Corp.'s first-quarter net income increased by 82.6 perce

After a century of conducting the labyrinthine process of ceding reinsurance via the mails, the indu

Launching communication satellites into space is a risky business, and not only because launch vehic

The Virginia Names hope they've got their standstill agreement with Lloyd's of London right.

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil fell 1 million barrels to an all-time low during the week en

The European Union is threatening legal action against several member countries that are preventing

General Motors Corp. is selling its remaining trucking operations to Leaseway Logistics, which had b

The nation's largest consumer market will continue to show slow growth over the next few years, but

TRANSAMERICA LEASING AREAPOSTS RECORD 1ST QUARTERSAN FRANCISCO - Transamerica Corp.'s leasin

Steel importers with a poor record for following Customs import rules on how shipments are classifie

NORTHWEST AIR PLACESFIRM ORDERS FOR A320SNEW YORK - Airbus Industrie said Tuesday that North

The European Union has rejected calls to lift its ban on 45-foot containers, helping to forge an unu

Alan Knight will be loading a consignment of television sets into two of his trucks today for export

It's going to be a strange year in the grain trade. Grain prices are up - way up. Ocean rates for ex

A coalition of Northeast and Midwest port and maritime officials showed support Tuesday for a bill t

MORE LENDERS ENTERSHIP FINANCE MARKETLONDON - Shipowners are obtaining record low interest r

Deficit-conscious governments in the United States and Canada are giving industries more leeway to p

It seemed a funny place to get inspiration for a column about technologies used to improve corporate

Tuesday, April 23, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Singapore Airlines Ltd. said Tuesday it was selling off six of its Boeing jets to U.S. and European

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Idaho, the potato capital of the country, is mashing the hopes of collection agencies looking to col

Maritime containers from China will soon be allowed to enter Taiwan without being repacked at a tran

Reuters was temporarily unable to transmit its foreign exchange rates Tuesday afternoon to some Manh

The dollar rose Tuesday, topping 1.5200 Deutsche marks on a narrowing of the February U.S. trade gap

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 28, '95, - April 23, '96 (a graph)

The largest one-month jump in oil prices in two years accounted for a 0.5 percent increase in the Ma

The story titled ''APC to sell intermodal unit to Hub Group,'' which appeared Thursday on Page 1A, s

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP.Scott G. Skillman was appointed senior vice president and chief inform

Poultry imports to Russia, mainly from the United States, will be the main target of Moscow's plans

1454 (Apr. 23, 1996) Previous day - 1452The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L