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COMMERCIAL QUANTITYAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per to

As of Jan. 14, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Jan. 14, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 241.40 off 0.55 wh

Jan. 14, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 14, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Jan. 14, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unl

Jan. 14, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

RELOCATION ACCELERATESFOR CHINESE DAMBEIJING - China has moved 21,000 people to make way for

To the surprise of U.S. trade officials and the delight of the U.S. machinery and agriculture indust

China outpaced Japan in 1996 to become the world's largest producer of crude steel, the U.N. Economi

Kazakstan has started shipping trial cargoes of oil across the Caspian Sea to Iran as part of a prop

Tuesday Jan. 14, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 14, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

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A key cog in the nation's transportation network needs to get more sleep.A long-awaited gove

Only 13 of 45 major trade agreements negotiated by the United States and Japan since 1980 have led t

The president of CP Ships is in a buying mode.Raymond Miles said Monday that CP Ships, which

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With prices for crude oil at their highest level in years and gasoline at the pump following suit, y

Oh, what a difference an election makes.After four years of keeping a lid on its criticism o

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A new surcharge - for security - has quietly hit cargo rate sheets in the airline industry, starting

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

The U.S. dollar rose Monday as fears about the health of Russian President Boris Yeltsin weighed on

The combatants in one of the Caribbean's largest boardroom battles have intensified a 2-year-old war

A Chinese court sentenced a U.S. businessman to 10 years in jail Monday for smuggling garbage and me

Plans for the biggest strike in South Korea's history appeared to be wavering Monday, with hardened

BARRICADES SET AFIREIN PORT-AU-PRINCEPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Protesters set flaming barricad

Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto today wraps up his eight-day trip to Southeast Asia with mi

The start of the Bering Sea Tanner crab season Wednesday could hit a snag resulting in impaired or d

''Cuba is a part of our family. We ought to go the route of engagement so that when Cuba does open u

EU INFLATION RATE HITSRECORD LOW IN NOVEMBERBRUSSELS - The inflation rate in the European Un

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Three new measures to protect intellectual property will go before Hong Kong's legislative assembly

Industry associations last week urged the government to quickly enact far-reaching recommendations t

JAPAN REPORTS DROPIN TRADE SURPLUSTOKYO - The surplus in Japan's broadest measure of trade f

The gate is up again at the Commerce Department for U.S. firms seeking to forge closer business ties

The four partners of the Airbus Industrie consortium formally signed an agreement Monday aimed at ma

Boeing Co. rejected a proposal from its biggest union, the International Association of Machinists a