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APOLLO 13 MOVIE FAILS TO LAND IN CHINAHONG KONG - The astronauts on Apollo 13 may ha

U.S. Customs Commissioner George Weise Tuesday rejected charges he has sacrificed drug interdiction

Contract terms between shippers and mainline carriers are not binding on feeder services that do sub

J. Lauritzen A/S, one of Denmark's biggest shipping companies, is hoping a rise in its refrigerated

India's industries in the first half of fiscal 1995-96 (April-March) grew by 13.6 percent, compared

India's child labor is growing at the rate of 4 percent annually and now totals 25 million, higher t

Feb. 6, 1996 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

NORTH AMERICA Softex. Feb. 7-8. Los Angeles. Contact: Jon Graves or Jeremy Walker of Softex,

American railroad engineers working for Grand Trunk Western Railroad are launching a new challenge t

Big banks are making it tougher for businesses and consumers to get loans, the Federal Reserve said

The deadly freeze gripping much of the nation continued to wreak havoc Tuesday, disabling trucks, sl

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Chartwell Re Corp. more than doubled its net income in the fourth quarter of 1995 to $1.7 million, o

CHINA WANTS TO SHIP DIRECTLY TO TAIWANBEIJING - China is prepared to hold talks with

British Gas PLC confirmed Tuesday that it will demerge into two separate companies, British Gas Ener

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSE Natural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Feb. 1996 (see Note

The U.S.-Japan Financial Services Agreement is showing some early dividends as foreign firms gain mo

A standoff on the Japanese docks over labor practices has claimed its first hostage as Orient Overse

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 10, '95 - Feb. 6, '96 (a graph) (2)

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Buoyed by a 10 percent increase in exports, container traffic through the Port of Baltimore rose nea

Jesse Helms, the fiercely anti-Castro senator from North Carolina, has admirers in unlikely places:

Feb. 6, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Foreign companies are gearing up for the expected sale next month of Aseguradora Mexicana (Asemex),

1471 (Feb. 6, 1996) Previous day - 1481 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The National Association of Realtors called on Congress to pass natural disaster legislation, as eff

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Eurotunnel, the company that operates the tunnel between England and France, expects to capture a mu

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Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 6, 1996 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

British Telecom warned Tuesday that planned alliances between European and U.S. telecommunications c

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Ryder System Inc., the Miami trucking and logistics holding company, reported improved results despi

A management shake-up is afoot at a Hong Kong consortium that has long been stymied in trying to pro

GANGWAL IS SELECTED PRESIDENT OF USAIRWASHINGTON - Stephen Wolf, USAir's new chairma

A modest investment in time and computer power can turn a company's trade secrets into easy pickings

ALLSTATE DECLARES RISE IN QUARTERLY DIVIDENDNORTHBROOK, Ill. - The board of director

AMERICAN RE CORP. (Princeton, N.J.) - Paul H. Milione has been appointed vice president of domestic