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With the crucial help of World Trade Organization head Renato Ruggiero, the United States pulled tog

U.S. companies expressed strong enthusiasm Thursday for the deal reached in Singapore paving the way

The real story of the new information technology trade pact forged this week in Singapore began in 1

Environmental and fishery conservation groups want to overturn a federal salmon recovery plan for th

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

As of Dec. 12, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 240.46 off 0.41

Dec. 12, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 12, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Dec. 12, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

VARIOUS EXECS PROMOTEDAT PHILLIPS PETROLEUMBARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Phillips Petroleum Co. name

Bre-X Minerals has denied reports the Indonesian government canceled initial approval for permits to

Dec. 12, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Dec. 12, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34

ARGENTINA, BRITAIN SEEOIL TENDER IN 1997BUENOS AIRES - A joint Anglo-Argentine committee on

Only table.

Thursday Dec. 12, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

RUSSIAN MINERS AGREETO RETURN TO WORKMOSCOW - Russian coal miners agreed to end an eight-day

Rescue workers waded through water in near-freezing temperatures on Thursday searching for 11 miners

A Canadian project to ship 3.5 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas to Asia each year from a

Thursday, Dec. 12, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The prospects for an exceptionally good winter wheat harvest next spring has U.S. farmers and export

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

The U.S. dollar fell slightly against most major foreign currencies following weakness in world equi

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP.The board of directors selected David Rebholz as senior vice president

USAIR JETLINER MAKESFORCED LANDING IN INDIANATERRE HAUTE, Ind. - A USAir flight from Phoenix

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 22, '95 - Dec. 12, '96 (a graph)* A

Exel Logistics North America was awarded a contract to manage the logistics business for Printing an

After six years of running the Alaska Railroad's daily operations, Robert Hatfield Jr. said Wednesda

The development of third-party logistics is being constrained by different obstacles on either side

MERCEDES-BENZ OPPOSESVW'S MEXICAN TARIFFSMEXICO CITY - Officials at Mercedes-Benz Mexico sai

European forwarders are launching a counterattack on the United Kingdom.To date, leading Bri

China denied Thursday pressuring Walt Disney Co. to stop production of a film on Tibet's exiled spir

The Mexican government responded Thursday to U.S. safeguards protecting domestic corn brooms by impo

After lagging behind gains seen in other parts of the stock market, long-neglected energy stocks are

A SLUMP? OR DID THECOMPUTER GET IT WRONG?HONG KONG - The Hong Kong stock market's opening sl

A story in Thursday editions on encrypted software exports misstated some provisions of new rules to

Countries of the hemisphere must agree early next year on negotiating terms for a regional free trad

Julissa Rosen has imagination.This sales agent for a Miami trading company sees an opportuni

Four thousand boiler workers rallied just blocks away from the national Legislature Thursday to prot