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United Airlines' multibillion-dollar order for wide-bodied Boeing Co. jets this week has analysts wo

Edward Villegas seemed an ideal trucker candidate.He had a New York State Class A license -

For the week ended August 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

RAIL BUSINESS BOOSTSSEA CONTAINERS' REVENUEHAMILTON, Bermuda - Sea Containers Ltd. reported

1101 (Aug. 16, 1996) Previous day - 1090The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Aug. 16, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Norfolk Southern Corp. has been cleared by the Surface Transportation Board to buy 50 miles of Conra

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

Maritime authorities around the world are hunting for a bulk carrier that failed to stop after colli

NYMEX WILL TRADECANADIAN NATURAL GASNEW YORK - The New York Mercantile Exchange will launch

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

Leading business groups are mounting a nationwide campaign to save the Overseas Private Investment C

As of August 16, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 248.59 off 0.74

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

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

Aug. 16, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

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

Aug. 16, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

In order to make coffee exports more economically attractive, the central bank should adopt monetary

UK SECURITIES AGENCYPUSHES LME REFORMSLONDON - The Securities and Investment Board, the top

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

Sugar Minister Nelson Torres urged some 300,000 workers and volunteers to redouble their efforts to

Friday, Aug. 16, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

In the past five years, Galina has made more than 60 trips from her native Russia to Istanbul, but n

The U.S. dollar will rise against the Deutsche mark this week on increasing hopes that the Bundesban

The first meeting of a group of nations enacting sanctions against Burundi found the measures are ha

There's been another Elvis sighting.But this one isn't about a rock 'n' roll icon with a swi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 16, '96 (a graph)* A

Thousands of the GOP faithful returned home over the weekend were assured that, in at least one area

Democrats have been trying to do it for years, but it took GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole to pres

Shipyard work is hard. Few in the corridors of power know that as well as Trent Lott.The Sen

Bob Dole made it across the tightrope here, moving his party's image toward the center while keeping

Technological improvements in the storing and shipment of perishables are opening vast new markets t

Friday Aug. 16, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

It's always something. Gilda Radner as Roseanne Roseanneadanna used to say it on ''Saturday Night Li

Pity the fledgling exporter. Once he's run the gantlet of tariffs, regulations, phytosanitary restri

FORMOSA PLASTICSSHELVES POWER PROJECTTAIPEI - Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest busin

Amoco Corp. said it planned to build a large network of gasoline stations in Eastern Europe and to o