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

A California state agency gave preliminary approval to a 132-mile pipeline that would carry crude oi

As of Apr. 12, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 260.66 up 1.75 w

Enron Oil & Gas Co. posted first-quarter net income of $25.9 million, down from $29.6 million for th

Apr. 12, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeApr. 12, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Apr. 12, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Shell Oil Co. this week will move a colossal platform offshore to develop the deepest well in the Gu

The largest auto insurer in Massachusetts says that unless a state law is changed, as many as 90 per

Farmers have been given until May 2 to obtain catastrophic-risk protection coverage for their spring

Friday Apr. 12, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

China is cutting its target for coal exports this year by 10 million metric tons, or 25 percent, say

A new report distributed by New Jersey's Insurance Department shows auto insurance costs continue to

A final vote in the state Legislature is expected to reinforce state Senate approval of a revived bi

PHELPS DODGE POSTSLOWER QUARTERLY PROFITPHOENIX - Phelps Dodge Corp., the nation's largest c

Vietnam is accelerating a smoldering territorial dispute with China, embroiling two U.S. oil compani

TANKER LAWSUIT BEGINSIN ENGLISH HIGH COURTLONDON - Investors in a failed tanker fund seek $7

The Senate has leapfrogged over the House in scheduling hearings on a bill reforming the 15-year-old

The former U.K. agent of bankrupt ABC Containerline is planning to start a liner shipping service be

Partnerships between regional less-than-truckload carriers are allowing them to reach beyond their g

The Transportation Communications Union, representing 43,000 clerical workers and freight car mainte

The fragile Sino-American relationship stands at a crossroads - again.Along one fork lies a

Making a Lazarus-like comeback, a controversial private toll highway proposed at the border with Mex

The Clinton administration has called a well-timed truce in an interagency turf war over exports of

Hoping to head off a politically imposed solution to the congestion problem at the ports of Los Ange

135-MILE LINE ADDEDTO BNSF SALES LISTOROVILLE, Wash. - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. ha

Cotton shippers and freight forwarders who book cotton for export are making an urgent plea to the s

The Port of Seattle is starting the long and expensive process of acquiring properties and relocatin

Thursday, April 11, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

FELIXSTOWE OPENSNEW CONTAINER TERMINALLONDON - Britain's Port of Felixstowe expects containe

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

WESTERN PACIFIC PLANSTO BUY BOEING 737SSEATTLE - Western Pacific Airlines, a new-start disco

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Thursday and was unchanged against the Japanese yen.<

American President Lines will be a viable competitor for less-than-containerload business between ma

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 14, '95, - April 11, '96 (a graph)

It's usually best to acknowledge a mistake and move on, and that's what a rate-making group of outbo

Spain's unemployment rate in March was 15.30 percent, down from 15.44 percent in February and 16.47

Supply chain managers better get used to the idea of continually revamping their distribution system

Washington state's marine safety office has given small tank barge operators a big break by lowering