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California's insurance department has ordered the state's third-largest workers compensation insurer

With the clock ticking, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Sen. John McCain have reached an agree

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

Sept. 16, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

BIG ENCHILADAS: ADM,GRUMA IN TORTILLA DEALWASHINGTON - A $280 million merger of the two larg

International Petroleum ExchangeSept. 16, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 16, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Sept. 16, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Nearly 40 countries producing or using tropical timber agreed late last week that a controversial pa

Sept. 16, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 16, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.21 up 1.57 whi

ANTI-UN COMPLAINT GAINSGOP SUPPORT IN HOUSEANCHORAGE - Conservative Republicans on the House

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

Oil tycoon Armand Hammer secretly recorded conversations in which he discusses payoffs of $3 million

MINING CHIEF VOWSTO STAY COURSEPIKEVILLE, Ky. - The new acting chief of the U.S. Office of S

Monday Sept. 16, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Cuba's nickel industry together with Canadian partner Sherritt International Corp. was seeking to sh

After years of cultivating their price-fixing case against agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland

The United States urged the International Court of Justice Monday to throw out a case in which Iran

The Swiss government, under pressure to explain the fate of Nazi gold, on Monday endorsed an officia

It's a nervous time for ports.An era of carrier consolidation is upon them, either through m

A windfall could be in store for ports that don't use the East and Gulf coast dockworkers union.

BRAZIL WINS LOANFOR AMAZON HIGHWAYBRASILIA - A controversial project to pave a highway throu

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Monday, Sept. 16, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Just when ocean carriers operating in the Europe-Asia trades were starting to experience more settle

Rich countries should exempt poor African nations from international trade rules on elimination of s

Three major aircraft manufacturers competing for a huge order from state-owned Air India will soon b

South Korea's LG Semicon Co. unveiled an ambitious plan Monday to become one of the world's top five

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 22, '95 - Sept. 16, '96 (a graph)*

Mexico's Finance Ministry announced Monday a new $750 million bond issue, written by international f

The U.S. dollar hovered close to its low for the day in trading Monday afternoon, but buyers moved i

AIRVENEZUELAN SAFETY STEPSGOOD, BUT NOT ENOUGHWASHINGTON - Venezuela has taken steps

The long-running dispute between North Atlantic ocean carriers and the European Commission has taken

The American Trucking Associations threatened West Coast waterfront employers and the International

If J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is able to make good on its plan to dramatically increase drive

If a regional port authority is to be formed and work effectively, there has to be equal advantages

The ocean carrier community, be it by merger or by alliance, is banding together. So have a few port