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In a move that signals a graduation from low-tech to high-tech production in Mexico's border plants,

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Mar. 28, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Thursday Mar. 28, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

President Fidel Ramos signed legislation Thursday designed to make it easier for foreign players to

The California attorney general has filed suit against the city of Los Angeles, seeking to force the

Lloyd's of London filed a motion in Los Angeles federal district court Wednesday to dismiss the suit

Moody's Investors Service Inc., one of Wall Street's major credit-rating services, said that the U.S

A new barge-building operation with 75 employees is preparing to open in the Bernard Bayou Industria

The future of a landmark earthquake insurance program has been thrown into doubt as California lawma

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 28, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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Fighting to protect its rank as the Western world's biggest nickel producer, Inco Ltd. is shedding i

China and the United States ended three days of talks with little progress in their dispute over ill

Eli Lilly and Co., already faced with a $31.5 million antitrust settlement with pharmacies, is now p

BUNDESBANK LEAVESKEY RATES UNCHANGEDFRANKFURT, Germany - The Bundesbank said Thursda

Senior officials from 30 rubber exporting and importing nations agreed Thursday to extend the deadli

1445 (Mar. 28, 1996) Previous day - 1430The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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JAPANESE COURT: INSURERMUST PAY IN SUICIDE CASETOKYO - The Tokyo District Court in a landmar

Coming full circle with efforts to deregulate the banking industry, the House Banking Committee said

TWO KILLED IN FALLINTO SHIP'S WASTE TANKLONDON - A ship's captain and its first engineer die

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As of Mar. 28, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The St. Lawrence Seaway System, a 2,400-mile waterway linking the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean, is

U.S. and European Union specialty steel producers formally proposed Thursday an international agreem

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 28, '96 (a graph)(2)

Japan's Fair Trade Commission ordered 13 major department store companies Thursday to stop rigging t

''Everyone builds the church for Easter Sunday; then we live with the fact we have more agnostics th

Only a few weeks before President Clinton meets with Japan's prime minister, talks designed to solve

Philippine President Fidel Ramos on Thursday signed into law a bill scrapping quotas on agricultural

A promising new area for American companies appears to be on the verge of opening up, thanks to a re

Port of Houston commissioners have temporarily backed away from controversial increases in wharfage

Mar. 28, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the diversified insurance holding company controlled by billionaire Warren

A new state law that starts Monday will allow people with pre-existing medical conditions to get cov

India's shipbreaking industry is in trouble, with output down, costs up and little hope of improveme