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It may be too hot to think about heating right now, but homeowners in the Northeast had better start

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

SURVEY: US RIG COUNTFIGURE RISES TO 809HOUSTON - The U.S. rig count stood at 809, up 8 from

Aug. 12, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

INSURER GROUP APPLAUDSVETO OF COMP BILLBOSTON - Gov. William Weld vetoed legislation last we

Monday Aug. 12, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Undetected leaks in a petroleum pipeline from Puget Sound refineries to Portland have state official

CHINESE FIND FUNGUSIN WHEAT FROM USBEIJING - Chinese port officials have seized a 46,000-met

Turkey's Islamist Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan signed Monday a $20 billion natural gas agreement

The outage that left parts of nine Western states without electricity over the weekend has also left

S. KOREA SHIPBUILDINGORDERS SEE 39 PERCENT DROPSEOUL - South Korean shipbuilding orders drop

Allianz AG Holding, Europe's largest insurer, said Monday it sold its 12.5 percent stake in credit i

International air freight traffic in June increased 6 percent year-to-year, the International Air Tr

Case Corp., one of the world's largest farm and construction equipment companies, has awarded GATX L

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Aug. 7, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

The Bermuda Stock Exchange is the latest entity readying a way for investors to buy into natural dis

An illegal alien from Pakistan was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail for his role in an auto insu

Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Linda Ruthardt has decided to retain power to set automobile in

With waivers in hand from three federal agencies, a U.S. carrier recently sent a shipment of food to

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You're a European buyer of U.S. agricultural commodities. Your order for 20 crates of apples arrives

U.S. transportation authorities have given Venezuela until Sept. 9 to correct safety violations of c

SHIPEUROPEAN SHIPOWNERSWELCOME TALKS SUSPENSIONLONDON - Suspension of talks on an in

Bob Dole was all set to deliver a speech on international trade shortly after the GOP convention her

Doggie bags in Korea?It's an idea that makes sense in the United States, where restaurants r

From the mouth of the Mississippi upriver to New Orleans, there is peace and harmony between river p

The Surface Transportation Board's formal approval Monday of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific rail

As the nation's busiest containerport, Long Beach prides itself in being a global port. When a satel

TUG STRIKES SLATEDAT PORTS BOTANY, JACKSONLONDON - Members of the Maritime Union of Australi

A relatively quiet week saw The Journal of Commerce index of transportation stocks fall 0.2 percent,

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.'s plan to join charter agreements across the Atlantic and into the Mediter

A $3.6 million improvement project involving two terminals and purchased property at the Port of Sea

Monday, Aug. 12, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said it aims to increase the country's ship registry to

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

GERMAN WATCHDOGPROBES UAL-LUFTHANSABRUSSELS - Germany's competition watchdog is probing the

Trans-Pacific freight rates depicted in the chart accompanying the story titled ''Continued losses s

The U.S. dollar declined against the Japanese yen Monday, but recovered from an early slide against

An item appearing in the Briefs column on Page 1B of Aug. 8 edition should have identified the corpo

After long negotiations and a few hiccups, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened Monday its first stores in Ch