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31 CREWMEMBERS SURVIVEOIL TANKER DISASTERTOKYO - Japanese authorities rescued 31 crewmembers

United Parcel Service kicked off the new year Thursday with a bang, announcing price increases on a

1513 (Jan. 2, 1997) Previous day - 1516The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Jan. 2, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Donald H. Lang, retired president of Pratt & Whitney China, died Tuesday at Hartford Hospital follow

As of Jan. 2, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

TWO STEEL FIRMS FORMJOINT RECYCLING VENTUREBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Birmingham Steel Corp. announc

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,400-$1,550 per ton lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 239.61 up 1.41 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 2, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Jan. 2, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Jan. 2, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Jan. 2, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 2, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Northeast Utilities has mismanaged its nuclear plants for at least a decade, and if the company cann

Jan. 2, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Thursday Jan. 2, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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MAD COW FEARS TRIGGERANIMAL FEED CRACKDOWNWASHINGTON - The U.S. government proposed Thursday

The nation's largest nuclear utility has come in for sweeping criticism from its own consultants ove

A massive power shutdown Wednesday brought trains to a halt and disrupted city life across India's c

Two Jordanian ministers who came to Baghdad to renew an agreement on acquiring Iraqi oil departed Th

Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has granted the first natural gas transportation permit

GLOBE AIR IS APPOINTEDAVIANCA REPRESENTATIVEPARIS - Globe Air Cargo System said it was appoi

A new variety of hybrid wheat is making mouths water in the arid Mid-Columbia Basin with its promise

The first post-graduate university for the civil aviation industry has been established to give pilo

China reckons it needs $65 billion for highway construction in the coming five years, but will come

Intermodal marketing companies posted across-the-board gains in intermodal and all-highway traffic d

The Port of Everett, Wash., reached agreement with forest products giant Weyerhaeuser to buy 170 acr

Kent C. ''Oz'' Nelson, chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service, is the 1996 re

All the big names in the mobile phone industry are rushing into China, but they are thinking small,

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LONDON INSURERS EASELAND WAR EXCLUSION RULELONDON - Insurance companies here and Lloyd's of

Instead of ringing in the new year, transportation executives and companies on the West Coast are tr

Canadian Pacific Ltd. is trying to purchase a Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. that has shown resilience in

After more than a decade of waiting for the government to act, rail shippers have another method for

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

U.S. manufacturers ended 1996 with one more month of bigger export orders and larger imports of mate

The U.S. dollar was mixed in thin trading Thursday, as the outlook for higher interest rates was off

India's business community says it is welcoming a government plan announced earlier this week to rel