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''There are accidents waiting to happen everywhere.''

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 24 '95, - Feb. 29, '96 (a graph)(2)

JAPAN COUNCIL URGESBREAKUP OF NTTTOKYO - A government advisory body recommended Thur

U.S. legislation tightening Washington's trade embargo against Cuba has alarmed business and governm

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AKZO NOBEL SALT INC. (Clarks Summit, Pa.) - Michael J. Arcangelo and Joseph F. Zielinski were appoin

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

EX-CONAGRA EXECUTIVE,WILLIAM B. BATES, DIESOMAHA - Retired ConAgra Inc. executive William B.

Feb. 29, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 248.95 off 0.30

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb 29, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 29, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Feb. 29, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Feb. 29, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

The splitter unit, which feeds the crude unit at Chevron's 50,000-barrel-a-day Vancouver, British Co

Five years after the Persian Gulf War, the United States remains dangerously dependent on foreign oi

Monsanto Co. said it has received federal approval to sell a blood-pressure and heart-disease drug t

NUCLEAR ACCIDENT UNITIN CHINA VOWS READINESSBEIJING - China's National Nuclear Accident Prep

TNK Resources Inc. of Toronto has agreed to acquire a 10 percent interest in four contracts of work

The Congo's state-owned oil company and four other key industries are on-track for privatization, a

Radioactivity from dumped Russian nuclear waste could be carried in icebergs to the Atlantic where i

Railroad safety practices - long an industry bragging point - are facing the hot glare of public scr

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories fell by 300,000 barrels during the week ended Feb. 23, compared

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

Insurance companies want to get on the Internet as soon as possible to take advantage of the ''intra

1379 (Feb. 28, 1996) Previous day - 1392The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Clearing its last non-legislative hurdle, the California Earthquake Authority has been exempted from

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

A.M. BEST DOWNGRADESMIDLAND FINANCIALOLDWICK, N.J. - A.M. Best Co. downgraded the ra

Despite their best efforts to streamline operations, some of the biggest property/casualty companies

Three years after passage of a port modernization law, a $20 million private port terminal project a

Twenty-five major U.S. maritime companies and organizations joined the American Association of Port

The season is over. But in just a few days, the season will start again.The U.S. fleet of Gr

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NORWEGIAN SHIPBROKERBUYS STAKE IN THAI FIRMLONDON - Norwegian shipbroker Fearnleys A/S bough

Congestion is starting to become a problem at terminals and dock areas here.A cargo backlog

Russia is about to crack down on scams involving fudged bills of lading used by Russian businesses t

The Clinton administration has developed a plan to soften the economic impact of ''decertifying'' Co