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Mar. 4, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Trade leads are supplied by:U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Here is what some people had to say about the first summit between Asia and Europe:''It's li

Around 245,000 workers in the western German insurance sector have agreed to seek a 6 percent pay in

Monday, Mar. 4, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The South Korean government has received hundreds of declassified U.S. government documents dealing

Veteran congressmen Sam Gibbons of Florida and Toby Roth of Wisconsin said Monday they would not see

''Consider what happened when women started wearing men's boxer's shorts outside, over their regular

The Customs Service is launching a redesigned system for processing imports that will give major cor

CNA Insurance Cos. said Monday it had denied an insurance claim in October filed by O.J. Simpson for

Johnson & Higgins said it acquired Corporate Risk PLC, the largest independent insurance broker in S

''Eurocondoms'' with a guaranteed minimum strength, length, width and quality are soon to go on sale

In a story appearing March 4 on Page 2B, headlined ''SNCF posts record loss for 1995,'' the franc-to

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

Rather than pursue a potentially nasty battle to gain control of Alumax Inc., Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

New York's Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, wants to dismantle the most costly electric utility in

Iraqi's oil minister crossed into Turkey on Monday to inspect a Mediterranean oil terminal in connec

Gold prices fell Monday to their lowest levels in two months as a New Year's rally that took prices

Once Southeast Asia's wealthiest country, Burma has slithered into a morass of poverty and political

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

It may take a couple of years, but increased trade and investment between Asia and Europe are expect

Frontier Insurance Group Inc. executed definitive agreements to acquire all the stock of United Capi

The world's longest electrified railroad, linking the bottom of Southeast Asia with Western Europe,

A spectacular propane tankcar explosion left three other railcars carrying the liquid gas burning fo

The board of directors for the North American Maritime Ministry Association recently awarded its Por

US WON'T VETO RULESFOR NUCLEAR TRANSPORTVIENNA - The United States will not attempt

EU TO SCRUTINIZE PLANSFOR DIESEL VENTUREBRUSSELS - The European Commission said Mond

Four separate services between Europe and Asia will be offered by the Grand Alliance, one of the new

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

Britain's trade gap with the rest of the world defied forecasts and narrowed modestly in December, a

MERGER OF 2 INSURERSSEEN RATIONAL, PROFITABLESTOCKHOLM - Swedish insurance group Ska

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 24 '95, - Mar. 4, '96 (a graph)(2)D

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

EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U.S. (New York) - John S. Chalsty and Didier Pineau-Valencie

The insurance industry is still dawdling when it comes to the Internet, trailing other industries, l

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. may come up with less money than it hoped for from a ship deal that went a

Hoechst AG is looking to double its investment in China this year, part of a wider strategy to focus

Two striking union locals have scheduled a vote today on a three-year contract proposal offered by A

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The protection and indemnity clubs, which insure shipowners against third-party liabilities, may del