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Three weeks ended Sept. 14, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded<

1001 (Sept. 20, 1996) Previous day - 1003The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Sept, 20, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

With most of the world's easy oil already found, the petroleum industry has been forced to look furt

That good feeling you get when you bundle up old newspapers for the church fund-raiser may actually

U.S. seafarers would be shocked. Shipowners would smile curiously.The attraction is unfoldin

Friday, Sept. 20, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

1 OF 2 REQUESTED LOGGINGRESTRAINING ORDERS DENIEDSAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has struck

Cost-conscious shipowners could save considerable sums of money by installing sophisticated purchasi

The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates a quarter-point Tuesday, and will make a second increa

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

Britain's Prince Charles on Thursday launched a major assault on intensive farming methods and the g

As of Sept. 20, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 245.14 off 0.75

Sept. 20, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '95 - Sept. 20, '96 (a graph)*

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 20, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Russian mutual funds should begin trading and selling operations in October, said Dmitry Vasiliev, c

Sept. 20, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Sept. 20, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

After a month of turmoil over Federal Reserve Board intentions, financial analysts remain deeply div

Sept. 20, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

ENERGY INSTITUTE GETS$200,000 RESEARCH GRANTLARAMIE, Wyo. - A $200,000 grant has been made t

Mexico and the four-nation Mercosur common market may conclude a comprehensive tariff-cutting pact w

Canada this Friday will ask the World Trade Organization to consider its complaint that export subsi

Japan's trade ministry said Friday it will convene an advisory panel to begin studies on easing its

The European Union is backing away from its commitment to eliminate tariffs on imported semiconducto

''They've been trying to sell this notion that Iran is somehow threatening the entire universe.''

Like other newly prosperous cities in Asia, Taipei's back streets include shops selling counterfeit

Science is gaining control over the nematode, a worm that can cut yields of corn and other major cro

The government should be charging millions of dollars more than it does now for the hydroelectric po

Thailand's financial markets, battered by political uncertainties and anticipating a no-confidence v

It is not an act of war, but a good trade deal.The Cayman Islands have bought a Russian dest

FISHING ROW MARS TIESBETWEEN EU, CANADAOTTAWA - Ties between Canada and the European Union r

Donors pledged $7 billion in aid this year to India at a World Bank meeting in Tokyo on Friday, and

There is an old Russian Church homily that says: Make peace with men, and make war with your sins.

Japan's wastepaper market is in the dumps - literally - driven by a limp economy and low demand for

When Rick Rusch realized in 1988 that the insurance company he headed no longer could rely exclusive

CONFEREES EXPECTEDTO BACK MONETARY PLANBRUSSELS - European Union plans for a common currency