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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 245.03 up 0.58

As of Jan. 4, 1996 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

As returnable bottles are used more widely in beverage markets overseas, Industrial Dynamics Co., a

Two thermal power plants in northern India may be forced to shut down operations because of an ongoi

Thursday Jan. 4, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '94 - Jan. 4, '96 (a graph) (2)

GILBERT CARMICHAEL OF MK RAIL RESIGNSPITTSBURGH - The chairman of MK Rail Corp. is s

U.S. Embassies worldwide showed the strain Thursday as Washington's domestic budget crisis hit honey

When unskilled workers stumble in Asia's rush toward economic development, this is one place they fa

Exporters, companies with foreign subsidiaries and capital-intensive industries generally would bene

Thursday, Jan. 4, 1996 (Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCan

The resurgent dollar rose to the key 105-yen level Thursday, a height not seen in about 18 months.

The Indonesian government said Thursday it expects the country's economic growth for the current fis

The Russian government, smarting from a strong Communist electoral showing,plans to fine-tun

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

Algerian state-owned oil company, Sonatrach, and the Spanish oil firm, Repsol, have announced an oil

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 11.4 million barrels during the week ended Dec. 29, compared with

Only table.

Three major insurance companies and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department squared off in a short hea

U.S. manufacturers and policy-makers are the big losers in Russia's pending $700 million deal to sel

Shipping lines scored a major victory with a California Supreme Court ruling that a state inspection

Asia will be the dominant market for new airplanes over the next 20 years, surpassing Europe and the

It had to be one of the bigger bargains for a buck. A $3.5 million warehouse sold by Sears C

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

"I feel good having something that many people want but can't get."

Trade officials from Colombia and Costa Rica have been summoned to a meeting in Washington today, ah

International Petroleum Exchange Jan. 4, 1996Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

The United States attacked the European Union Thursday for curbing wheat exports, saying the move wa

Congressional auditors are criticizing sloppy record keeping in connection with Energy Secretary Haz

System Software Associates, Chicago, said it plans to move its Asia-Pacific headquarters from Hong K

Malaysia's efforts to course more business through its main port appear to be having some effect, bu

She portrayed herself as a little person fighting insurance companies, protecting her right to peace

Cleanup has been halted at 609 Superfund sites around the country when the continuing budget impasse

Germany's trade surplus reached a provisional 8.5 billion Deutsche marks in October, compared with a

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL MARINE SERVICES (Jeffersonville, Ind.) - J.D. Morgan has been named manager of c

Prices are higher on trade lanes where carrier rate-making groups have a choke hold on traffic, acco

Billions of dollars of U.S. exports may fall victim to the partial federal government shutdown as th

IRAQ REMAINS THREAT IN MIDEAST, CLINTON SAYSPresident Clinton Thursday branded Iraq a "serio

Jan. 4, 1996 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Prem