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International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 13, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 13, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

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A McDowell County mining company has agreed to pay a $50,000 civil penalty and make safety changes t

The high-stakes legal battle between Archer Daniels Midland Co. and a former executive-turned-inform

A Casper man has developed a process and machine he hopes could help oil companies recycle some 100

The British government has cleared Omaha-based CalEnergy Co. Inc.'s 782 million pound ($1.29 billion

The U.S. government should continue to let states decide how to ensure retail customers benefit full

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A bulk carrier registered in St. Vincent and Grenadines was banned from entering European ports afte

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A.P. MOLLER-MAERSKKnud Stubkjaer was appointed head of Maersk's Asian operations.He replaces

When it comes to co-brokering arrangements, International Business Machines is a textbook model.

The stepmother of child pilot Jessica Dubroff is fighting the girl's mother in court to gain $1.5 mi

It's the stuff of nightmares for traffic managers in agricultural exporting firms: A refrigerated co

When Friday night sales at his fast-food outlets in St. Vincent and the Grenadines take a nosedive,

Susan Meltzer, assistant vice president, insurance and risk management for Sun Life Assurance in Tor

JOHNSON & HIGGINSMyles A. Murakami was named a senior vice president of the brokerage firm's

The hard-fought agreement to scrap tariffs on information technology by the end of the century will

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With the headquarters of the West Coast longshoreman's union having lost almost complete control ove

Merger mania among Eastern U.S. railroads is reaching a fever pitch one week before Conrail sharehol

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Friday, Dec. 13, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 29, '95 - Dec. 13, '96 (a graph)* A

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