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China's assurance that its show of military force off Taiwan isn't intended to harm commercial relat

Tokai Bank said Tuesday it will liquidate its subsidiary Tokai Trust Co. of New York about a year fr

The United States and more than 30 other countries have agreed to contribute $11 billion to the Worl

At least 15 oil companies have confirmed that they are not using the manganese-based fuel additive M

The volume of Irish industrial production rose an unadjusted 22.1 percent in November from November

Tuesday Mar. 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Ukraine will put its case for substantial aid to close the Chernobyl nuclear power station to Wester

A vivid blue chunk of rock brought from a roadside stall in Morocco has been declared a new mineral

Seasonally adjusted registered unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 458,000 or 6.9 percent of th

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

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Competition in the North American power industry is coming ''fast and furious'' and privatization of

In an effort to allay widespread fears of privatization, President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has

American wheat is being loaded at U.S. ports for export to China, government and industry officials

Authorities prepared Tuesday to remove the decaying corpses of three stowaways found on a bulk carri

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 250.43 up 2.16 whi

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 19, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Japan's eight major life insurance companies and a few second-tier life insurers will raise by the s

Japan will extend a low-interest loan of up to 3.76 billion yen ($37 million) to Benin to help struc

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A U.S.-Brazil spat threatens to spread bad blood and slow free-trade efforts on the eve of a meeting

POWER OUTAGE HALTSTORONTO AIRPORT FLIGHTSTORONTO - A major power outage knocked out air traf

Bulk carriers are becoming safer, with the number of major accidents falling in 1995 to the lowest l

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As of Mar. 19, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 19, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Tuesday, March 19, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose early Tuesday, but gave back most of its gains to end little changed in quiet t

Italy's producer price index rose 0.2 percent in January from December and climbed at an annual rate

Mar. 19, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The U.S. refining industry, already shrinking amid intense competition and razor thin profits, shoul

EXXON TO EXPLORETWO BLOCKS IN CHINAIRVING, Texas - Exxon Corp. said Tuesday it was granted e

FREIGHTER CHENG DASINKS IN TAIWAN STRAITSLONDON - The Chinese-flagged 5,163-gross-ton freigh

Conrail Inc. has begun a new double-stack service between Detroit and the Port of New York and New J

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

Mar. 19, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

And now for the contrarian view of the upcoming Russian elections.President Boris N. Yeltsin

A Minnesota trucking company and its owner have been fined $1.2 million for not paying workers compe

Another small crack appears to be opening in China's heavily protected banking sector.In an

BOUTROS-GHALI: PROBLEMSSTILL EXIST IN IRAQI DEALGENEVA - U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Bout