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The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending June 4, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

So much for sticking to schedule.House Banking Committee Chairman James Leach postponed acti

It is praised as a billion-dollar-plus bonanza for Midwestern farmers. But ethanol - the alternate m

Safeco Corp. said Monday it will buy American States Financial Corp. from Lincoln National Corp. for

Ohio hopes to continue improvements to its 262 miles of Lake Erie coast with the help of $800,000 an

EXTRA MILE TRANSPORTATION L.L.C.Robert E. Rich III is the president and chief operating offi

A judge has temporarily blocked food-processing giant ConAgra Inc. from building a $170 million soyb

With profit from its main business in the doldrums, one of Hong Kong's largest bulk and tanker opera

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IMF BOARD URGES BELIZETO CLOSE BUDGET GAPWASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund's exec

Asia holds enormous opportunities for U.S. filmmakers, multimedia companies, cable television firms

SHIPSGERMANY ASKED TO CHARTNEW SHIPPING POLICYHAMBURG - The Bundesrat, the G

Michael Bruns estimates that one in five intermodal trailers or chassis that his trucks and other ca

''Stop wearing ties at work'' is the advice of Stelios Haji-Ioannou, tanker owner turned airline ope

Add one more airline pilots contract negotiations to the list of those this year with the potential

France's political structure may have been turned upside-down by this month's elections, but its tra

A senior Wall Street analyst advised his clients Friday to sell APL Ltd. shares now rather than wait

ASIANS TO DISCUSSSUPPORT FOR CUBAHANOI - Vietnam will host a conference of activists from As

The Coast Guard begins a court-martial today in the case of a technician stationed aboard a Mobile,

Once upon a time, in the early 1990s, the automobile was seen as a critical tool in China's economic

Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel resumed the transport of trucks following a break caused by a pow

Alaska was burning, but Patrick Sullivan felt like he was the one in hell, more than 3,000 miles awa

For the week ended May 31, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

When Atlantic Container Line offered its shares to the public three years ago, the company chose a l

Japan's aviation industry is encountering a credit crunch - from the rating services, that is.

The German Port of Hamburg aims to handle the import of about 50,000 metric tons of cocoa beans in b

Three weeks ended May 31, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars CarsLoaded Loaded<

EMERY WINS DEALWITH ROCKWELLREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Rockwell International Corp. awarded Emer

For the uninitiated, Washington, D.C., has its own language and own way of thinking. Take, for examp

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

The two-day air express market is heating up just in time for summer. The service is gaining in popu

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Friday, June 6, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The dollar soared to a new high for the year against the Deutsche mark on Friday, and analysts said

After 25 years, the Massachusetts Port Authority took the first step in a Boston Harbor dredging pro

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 14, 1996 - June 6, 1997 (a graph)*

June 6, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High

A round of talks last week over the U.S.-Japan apple dispute failed to find common ground over claim

1247 (June 6, 1997) Previous day - 1252The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Indonesia said it canceled a deal to buy nine F-16 fighter jets from the United States because of re