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Oil has begun flowing from Amoco's biggest China site a month ahead of schedule, boosting hopes on b

ONTARIO HYDRO SEEKSTO PREVENT A DESERTIONTORONTO - Ontario Hydro is taking court action to s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 257.95 up 1.86

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Angry British farmers Thursday attacked government arrangements to kill thousands of cattle and rest

JAPAN'S EX-IM LOANSAT RECORD HIGHTOKYO - The Export-Import Bank of Japan said Thursday its o

The Surface Transportation Board's first decision in a rail market dominance case has determined tha

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. is hitting more snags trying to build and maintain its fleet of ships in i

Jerzy Wieczorek is walking out of perhaps the world's most famous shipyard. His shift is over, and h

British ocean carrier P&O Containers has joined the principal trans-Pacific rate setting conferences

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush said he would appeal last week's federal court d

CANADIAN INVESTMENTSIN CHINA MAY DWINDLEOTTAWA - Canadian direct investment in China has inc

Whether it's ''baksheesh'' in India or a ''pot-de-vin'' in France, bribes clinch business deals all

How do a funeral director, Don Quixote, your brother-in-law and the children's story about ''the boy

Thursday May 2, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

May 2, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

If the strike that began Thursday at Chile's Chuquicamata copper mine lasts more than two weeks, it

Women in maritime law and industry were urged Thursday to ''stay the course'' as they work in a male

A bitterly disappointed Safeco Corp. is pondering its options after the California insurance commiss

Computer memory chip prices have been in a free fall for months, but now investors and analysts are

The U.S. dollar was dragged down Thursday by a surging Japanese yen and a falling U.S. bond market.<

After a behind-the-scenes diplomatic blitz, Saudi Arabia launched its bid to join the World Trade Or

A State Department public relations program hit a rough patch Thursday when a top official was hamme

May 2, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has received pledges from a Mexican trucking company that it w

Thursday, May 2, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

James J. Scott, president of Locknetics Security Engineering, acknowledges that high-tech security i

Cuba launched a blistering attack on the United States at the U.N. trade and development conference,

MLA MEMBERS TO VOTEON COGSA PROPOSALSNEW YORK - Fireworks are expected at a meeting here tod

WWP NON-REGULATEDENERGY SUBSIDIARY SETSPOKANE, Wash. - Washington Water Power has formed a n

The International Chamber of Shipping in London Thursday expressed concern and disappointment about

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A bill to deregulate ocean shipping, passed in the House this week, faces a serious battle in the Se

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 5, '95, - May 2, '96 (a graph)(2)DAI

Union Pacific Railroad is aiming harsh language at critics of its proposed merger with Southern Paci

Mexico's stock index of prices and quotes will formally be launched May 30 for listing on the Chicag

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

TRUCKSARNOLD INDUSTRIESPOSTS DROP IN NETLEBANON, Pa. - Arnold Industries Inc

ARIANESPACE TO LAUNCHSATELLITES FOR LORALCAYENNE, French Guiana - West European rocket compa