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As of May 8, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 246.61 up 0.57

May 8, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 8, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

With the region finally free of war, President Clinton carried modest trade deals to Thursday's Cent

Are they imported relics of the Cold War, gun shop curios or rifles easily converted by criminals to

S&P THINKS TOBACCOLIABILITY REMAINS HAZYNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's continues to believe th

May 8, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead

PDVSA completes itsUno-Ven purchase planCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan state oil company PD

Thursday May 8, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

May 8, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.7

Alexander Kulichkov, Russia's internationally known platinum trader, has resigned from Almazjuvelire

Only table.

Officials from Enron Corp. and Portland General Corp. made their last pitch to state regulators earl

TALKS HAVE 'SLOWED'FOR AVMIN, ZAMBIAN FIRMSouth African mining house Avmin Thursday confirme

Two rival Nigerian ethnic groups, the Ijaws and the Itsekiris, have agreed in army-mediated talks to

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and Arkwright Insurance Co. are forming an unusual joint venture in pro

Economic and technological changes are sparking a revamp of a China refinery and petrochemical proje

Iran Oil Minister Gholamreza Aqazadeh said Thursday that action by the Organization of Petroleum Exp

Turkish Energy Minister Racai Kutan arrived here Thursday for talks with Iraqi officials on building

Claims paid by the California Earthquake Authority may run $40 million more per year than earlier es

EXEL Ltd. will pay $637 million in cash to acquire all outstanding shares of GCR Holdings Lt

The U.S. Department of Commerce this week issued a preliminary report that recommends an end to the

CONTROL DATAKathrine Huelster will manage the company's new insurance marketing program offi

WALLENIUS ACQUIRESVEHICLE CARRIER WALONSTOCKHOLM - Vehicle-carrier Wallenius Lines of Stockh

BDP INTERNATIONAL INC.Peter Huels was named managing director of this Philadelphia-based cus

Atlantic Container Line is eyeing expansion opportunities.The trans-Atlantic carrier that op

RailTex Inc., the largest publicly held owner of short-line railroads, reported a 27 percent decline

This was a week of accolades for Navy Secretary John Dalton.The maritime industry bestowed o

While most railroads and their customers ponder the domestic implications of the $10.2 billion plan

It's official.After years of painful inaction in the face of seemingly endless lawsuits from

Corporate welfare or savior of high-tech jobs?That's a question Congress, public-interest

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

After some hard foreign policy lessons from his first term, President Clinton faced down domestic pr

Wednesday, May 7, 1997 Percentages Per YearINTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES

The U.S. dollar fell Wednesday on fears of central bank intervention to support the Japanese yen and

U.S. and European Union negotiators are struggling to meet a May 28 deadline for a series of product

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 10, 1996 - May 7, 1997 (a graph)* An

Piracy of new business software applications generally slowed last year but still cost U.S. software

Despite just-announced gains in Russia's reserves of gold and hard currency, Russian officials and W