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As of May 1, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 1, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

May 1, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 30, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The chief investigator of Japan's top nuclear agency deliberately destroyed photographs of the count

May 1, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.

Nine major petrochemical plants relying on ethylene will cut output beginning today, as Chinese Petr

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

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The European Union has paid its cereal farmers some $19 billion too much in compensation for price c

Thursday May 1, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Iran is emerging as the world's biggest importer of wheat in the current year, the International Gra

Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group reported flat first-quarter earnings Thursday, hurt by

BRITISH GROUP FORECASTSRISE IN US CORN CROPCHICAGO - The U.S. corn crop in 1997 should be ab

Prices for moving goods from Asia to the United States, the nation's largest overseas trade lane, ar

It's a time of crisis for Taiwan, so it was natural to see the president stepping up to the TV camer

Singapore reportedly plans to use natural gas piped in from Indonesia under a new landmark agreement

US, MALAYSIA EXPECTAIR ACCORD BY SUMMERWASHINGTON - U.S. and Malaysian officials said they e

''K'' LINE AMERICA INC.This U.S. arm of the Japanese ship line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. ha

Cargo traffic at the world's airports increased 12.1 percent in January to 4.03 million tons, compar

When the foreign executive makes a pitch for the big contract, the country's president subtly sugges

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Singapore's port agency is expanding ties with China, long considered a preserve of Hong Kong compan

The month of May brings more than spring flowers to Capitol Hill.Republicans in both houses

Narcotics and immigration will dominate the agenda for next week's summit between President Clinton

The government of Bermuda issued licenses to 97 new insurance companies in 1996, bringing the total

Official estimates of the insured losses caused by the flooding of the Red River in North Dakota and

AON'S PROFIT TAKES HITFROM RECENT PURCHASESCHICAGO, Ill. - Aon Corp.'s first-quarter revenue

More gloomy news for the insurers of tobacco companies and related manufacturers came Thursday in th

When Bill Clinton journeys to Mexico next week for the first visit of a U.S. president since pas

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Thursday, May 1, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Thursday in a very thin market on fears of central bank intervention, r

New countries coming into the World Trade Organization should have to agree to open their markets to

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 3, 1996 - May 1, 1997 (a graph)* Ann

The advisory panel to Japan's premier proposed Thursday the government reduce the number of ministri

A story appearing May 1 on Page 1A, headlined ''Truckers urge agency to go slow on Conrail,'' should

DOLLAR'S RISE ON YENWORRIES US STEEL GROUPWASHINGTON - The U.S. steel industry's lobbying gr

An amendment to ban U.S. arms sales to non-democracies failed by a two-vote margin in a key committe