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The Clinton administration has named about a dozen apparel industry players to a group given the lof

Cargo volume at the Port of Richmond, Va., climbed 11 percent in the recently completed fiscal year,

The parties to the U.N. Law of the Sea convention have elected 21 judges to a tribunal that will rul

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

As of August 2, 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 245.42 up 3.43 w

Aug. 2, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Aug. 2, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 2, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 2, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Virginia Power officials have been summoned to Atlanta this week to explain to the Nuclear Regulator

ILLEGAL GOLD PITSORDERED SHUT IN CHINABEIJING - Some 498 illegal gold pits have been closed

Aug. 2, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Friday Aug. 2, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A government advisory panel called for simplifying the structure of farm cooperatives and promoting

AETNA, BANCOMER AGREETO FORM PENSION FIRMHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Inc. and its Chilean subsid

The Comptroller of the Currency pledged last week to work with state insurance regulators on who sho

Teck Corp. said it signed an agreement to acquire a 60 percent stake in the Lobo and Marte gold prop

Asbestos insurance firms fined $10.6 million for failing to turn over court-ordered information to t

Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Friday urged Muslim countries to use the oil weapon to pr

COTE D'IVOIRE TRADERSPREDICT LATER COCOA CROPABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Cocoa traders in Cote

P&O CONTAINERS GETS3 NEW BOARD DIRECTORSLONDON - P&O Containers has appointed three new dire

As with Chile, the way privatizations are carried out can spell the difference between prosperity an

A decision by the state-run homeowners insurer of last resort to drop animal liability from its poli

State transportation officials said Oregon's prove-it-or-lose-it system of enforcing a state law req

Aug. 2, 1996

Trans-Pacific shipping lines met at the weekend to hammer out an agreement on the future of freight

A raid on the British offices of a Greek shipping company by U.K. tax inspectors is sending jitters

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U.S. businesses abroad are re-examining their security needs following the recent flurry of terroris

A Los Angeles Harbor Commission meeting this week that was designed to heal the wounds of embattled

AIRCONTINENTAL AIRLINESGROUNDS DC-9 JETSCLEVELAND - Continental Airlines temporarily

Does the United States export $100 million worth of crime control equipment a year or $1 billion?

Thursday, Aug. 1, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

American President Lines expects to decide before the end of the year whether or not to launch a tra

The Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's oldest railroad, plans to cut 25 percent of its track in Cana

J.W. Kisling thinks big.Export sales of Mr. Kisling's small firm, Multiplex Co., have more t

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

The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies Thursday, following the stock market higher.Tr

After working past a midnight deadline and through the night to try to reach a new semiconductor tra