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Iraq completed last week the export of limited amounts of oil under its six-month deal with the Unit

June 2, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 30, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

June 2, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

JAPAN REFINERS MIGHT BUYALASKA OIL IF PRICE RIGHTTOKYO - Japanese refiner sources said Monda

June 2, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

Monday June 2, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending May 28,1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel dep

Long-term supply contract negotiations between Ukraine's Mykolayiv alumina plant and Russian aluminu

EMERY WORLDWIDE AIRLINESEmery Worldwide Airlines announced an eight- member management team

RAIL SERVICE RESUMESAFTER NEW YORK MISHAPEAST SCHUYLER, N.Y. - Rail service has resumed on a

An oil spill in the United States is the stuff of nightmares.Ever since the Exxon Valdez acc

The pilot of a vintage F-86 SabreJet that crashed in a huge fireball at an air show guided the plane

WILLIS CORROON CORP.Richard Chappell was named president of Willis Corroon Construction, a d

INSURER OFFERS TO COVERCOLOMBIA ELECTION RISKSBOGOTA, Colombia Candidates in Colombia's

The California Assembly Appropriations Committee last week approved legislation that would allow a t

Investment returns are falling in Canada for general insurance companies after several good years, r

State community-property laws do not allow children from a first marriage to inherit pension benefit

A San Francisco judge last week, in an abrupt turnabout, approved Liberty Mutual as the new owner of

The state of Washington, which extended to its state banks the same powers and practices as national

To each his own way of doing things. Take, for instance, insurance.In the United States, inl

Lumber from Canada is flooding into the United States as never before, smashing through the dikes of

When Richard Lynch decided to sell his skin care products overseas, he had no problem finding custom

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

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Leaders on both sides of the Hong Kong-China divide these days quickly fall back on the well-worn ''

The traumatic events in Europe last week, with the Bundesbank openly sparring with the German govern

Japan has requested another special session of the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Bod

Friday, May 30, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 7, 1996 - May 30, 1997 (a graph)* A

Fourteen companies are the first winners in Hong Kong's liberalization of telecommunications, fulfil

Despite calls in some quarters of Brazil to restrict foreign investment, a new law of telecommunicat

WTO MAY SOON RESOLVEUS-JAPAN PHOTO DISPUTEWASHINGTON - A World Trade Organization case to de

Just as the European Union is basking in a harmonious relationship with Britain for the first time s

On the floor of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, 200 or so traders sit in desks arranged in a big square

The Republic of Georgia stands on a precipice between peace and war this week following warnings to

OFFERS TO BUY* IRON. 2,000 metric tons of foundry and 5,000 metric tons of basic steel-makin

Recent estimates regarding the state of the inland marine insurance market give cause for celebratio

MASSPORT TO OPEN ASIAOFFICE, SHUT IN LONDONBOSTON - The Massachusetts Port Authority plans t

John Tichenor is proudly low-tech.Looking like a rumpled Santa Claus, Mr. Tichenor, senior s