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Foreign companies' American Depositary Receipts should continue their surge into 1997, spurred by ba

BRITISH GROUP UNVEILSINDIA INVESTMENT FUNDSHOSUR, India - The Hinduja Group of Britain said

The local stock market took a predictable nose dive Monday on news that President Fidel Ramos was un

In a move that could significantly boost U.S. food exports to South Korea, the Seoul government has

''I've yet to see one (rail) merger improve service.''

Ignoring pleas from around the world, defiant Marxist rebels vowed to keep more than 140 hostages at

ITALY'S STET, IBMANNOUNCE GLOBAL DEALROME - Italian telecommunications holding company STET

The bank's project cycle involves six stages: identification, preparation, analysis, negotiation, ap

The relationship between the industry that makes semiconductors and the industry that makes the equi

SHIPLIVERPOOL DOCKERSREJECT SETTLEMENT OFFERLONDON - Dockworkers fired from

Canadian Pacific Ltd. will fight attempts by a Canadian agency to force the sale of one of its two s

The National Industrial Transportation League never met a shipping regulatory agency it liked.

Santa Claus is on his own this year.For the last 30 years, the jolly old elf, a pioneer in t

The European Commission plans to clamp down on state aid to railways next year in a bid to inject co

Prosecutors in Florida are conducting a wide-ranging criminal investigation into whether hazardous m

1523 (Dec. 23, 1996) Previous day - 1523The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

SIX DIE IN CRASHOF ABX CARGO PLANENARROWS, Va. - An Airborne Express cargo plane flying thro

FORECAST FOR BRAZILIANCOFFEE CUT FOR 1996-97WASHINGTON - The USDA attache in Brazil has redu

Monday Dec. 23, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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As of Dec. 23, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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Dec. 23, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.70 off 0.51 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 23, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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The Energy Department said it would ask Congress to transfer oversight of the safety of its various

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Dec. 23, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

December 16, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and t

BELARUS SEEKS BILLIONSFOR FIRST NUCLEAR PLANTMINSK, Belarus - Belarus, the country most affe

This could be the ultimate industrial development plan: Take something nobody wants, turn it into so

W.R. Grace & Co. said Monday it had agreed to sell its worldwide cocoa business to Archer Daniels Mi

Chevron Corp. said Sunday it will spend $5.9 billion in 1997, the largest capital spending program i

For generations the Wathen family grew potatoes on one of the largest farms in the state. But in les

A rebound in the stock market halted a two-week slide on the Journal of Commerce's index of transpor

Britain's P&O Group and Stena Line of Sweden signed an agreement on Monday to merge some of their fe

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