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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 257.00 up 0.19 whi

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 28, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 28, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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NGC REACHES PACTWITH CHEVRON CORP.HOUSTON - NGC Corp. reached a definitive agreement with Ch

NORTH AMERICA75th International Trade Convention and Exhibition. June 3-4. New York. Contact

May 28, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Mexican commerce officials this week wrapped up unfair trade investigations into Japanese sulfuric a

May 27, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

Under a protocol signed between the Ukrainian government and Russia's Gazprom, Kiev will guarantee p

''We don't know if either the bride or the bridegroom are going to be willing participants.''

Tuesday May 28, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Bulk ship operators may have a long wait before freight rates for carrying coal, iron ore and grain

Optimism among tanker owners is wearing a little thin as the long-awaited recovery in freight rates

Fueled by a wave of consolidations that has made large bulk chemical truck carriers larger, many sma

MOTOROLA SIGNS DEALWITH CZECH RADIOMOBILARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Motorola Inc. said it sign

It's two years away, but already a deadline for a new maritime safety code is causing deep consterna

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

India's first Hindu nationalist administration ended Tuesday after just 12 days, likely to be replac

Textile negotiators for the United States and tiny Nepal have wrapped another Nepalese garment categ

The bank's project cycle involves five stages: Identification, Preparation, Appraisal, Negotiation a

Four days of talks in the central Philippine city of Cebu on how to liberalize trade on both sides o

US DEMANDS S. KOREAREVAMP IMPORT SYSTEMSSEOUL - The U.S. Trade Representative is reportedly

The Japanese government last week criticized the U.S. Trade Representative's report on foreign trade

In a bid to reinvigorate his government's flagging popularity, Thailand Prime Minister Banharn Silpa

The sinking of dozens of bulk cargo carriers in the early part of this decade had all the trimmings

POLLUTION LOOPHOLEBATTLED IN LOUISIANABATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Ji

Injured people still use the courts to sue their insurance companies for higher compensation despite

The Federation of American Controlled Shipping, which represented U.S. owners of ships flying the fl

As China seeks to boost overseas investment in its agricultural sector, its leading insurer is writi

Last year, the laws of supply and demand collided on the inland waterways.There was too much

With auto theft soaring in Mexico and insurers looking for ways to reduce losses, a Mexican inventor

PRETAX PROFIT DROPSAT TOKIO MARINE & FIRETOKYO - Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. has annou

A Wilkes County hospital will receive preferential status again under an insurance plan for Tyson Fo

Attorneys representing Texas Farmers Group said their client's double rounding of insurance premiums

One of the most memorable lines from any film - right up there with ''Here's looking at you, kid'' a

A U.S. oil company has signed a production-sharing agreement with Barbados to explore for deposits o

MEXICAN CATTLE BUYERSTO VISIT FLORIDAWASHINGTON - A team of Mexican cattle buyers will visit

To accommodate its increased cargo flow, the Port of New Orleans spent $215 million in the last five