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Friday May 3, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing t

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The U.S. dollar will consolidate its gains this week, as market players dump Deutsche marks and scoo

Sixteen working groups made up of top government officials in the United States and Mexico today beg

After a year of delays, the three presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania recently relaunched a reg

SOFTWARE MAKERS BACKENCRYPTION LEGISLATIONWASHINGTON - U.S. software producers said they ful

Lynden International has forged an exclusive agency agreement with Russian Air Services in the Russi

Sea-Land Service Inc. announced several service developments late last week scheduled to take effect

The first Surface Transportation Board decision covering maximum rail rates has drawn little immedia

The top executive of General Dynamics Corp. said his defense contracting company may be interested i

BILL ON RIGHTS OF INSUREDSIGNED IN COLORADODENVER - Colorado Gov. Roy Romer singed a bill th

''The well-known large companies are realigning themselves because they're being pursued by the bear

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

May 2, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 2, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 2, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

Orimulsion, a new, tar-based power plant fuel from Venezuela, may have more trouble finding a place

The ''cloak of confidentiality'' House members said was draped over Superfund reform negotiations fe

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Japan said this week that Unctad should focus its activities on helping the least developed countrie

Alcatel Contracting SAIndiaAmount of contract: $1,659,871Contract description: Road

1455 (May 2, 1996) Previous day - 1456The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

There may be precious little money in the cookie jar, but two strapping youngsters would like more o

China's biggest export outlet, the twice-annual trade fair in southern Guangdong province, regained

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