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The Kuwaiti supertanker Al-Faiha is to be renamed the Tonbridge under the U.K. merchant navy flag, a

Iranian speedboat commandos attacked and set fire to a Spanish supertanker in the Persian Gulf Tuesd

Two children play in the water near the shore here trying to ride the wake on pink and green inflata

Despite the rise in hostilities in the Persian Gulf over the past few days, insurers are holding off

As huge trucks roared and rattled their way onto the American Eagle, a cargo ship on charter to the

The National Union of Seamen urged its 20,000 members not to work on Kuwaiti oil tankers registered

Evergreen Boosts Sailing FrequencyEvergreen Lines is increasing its sailing frequency to pro

A Maritime Administration public counsel said he does not believe American President Lines Ltd. shou

1105.0 (Sept. 1) Previous day - 1111.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Teamsters union president Jackie Presser says the 1.7-million-member union will fight the federal go

Aeroquip Selects Site In Ky. for Home BaseJACKSON, Mich. - Aeroquip Automotive Inc. has sele

Steel production fell to 1.673 million tons in the week ended Aug. 29, a decrease of 0.9 percent fro

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French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac said that some industrial countries - notably the United States

It can be a jungle out there in the rat race of the modern world, but apparently for some people tha

Postal Service automation, which already can send about half of all delivered mail to the final lett

Communities that staggered under massive premium increases last year or were unable to find coverage

Officials of economically depressed Richland County are going to the races in an offbeat community e

About 4,300 technical, office and service employees struck Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan ea

Two big non-agriculture companies are expected to reap six-figure sums from the federal farm payment

Individual and small-group subscribers of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey face a 25 percent

The results of a recent study on Agent Orange levels in Vietnam veterans would make it impossible to

A Los Angeles lawyer who represented alleged asbestos contamination victims has been removed from 37

Federal health officials are expecting a surge in the number of reported cases of acquired immune de

Truck drivers, cabbies and pedestrians are still going to have to watch carefully for roaring bicycl

Traffic Deaths Rise On 65 MPH HighwaysSANTA FE, N.M. - Traffic deaths on New Mexico's inters

The Maritime Administration is trying to improve its system for keeping track of the heavy pace of d

Mourners of the 398 victims of last year's Admiral Nakhimov shipwreck made a memorial voyage to the

Open-flag registries for merchant ships "are here to stay," said John Whitworth, director of the Int

Electric Boat's director of security has been suspended and placed on an indefinite leave of absence

The port of Duluth said grain and general cargo shipments were down through July, but total volume w

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Prices for Mexican and Chilean debt in the secondary market have stabilized recently due to increase

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The U.S. Federal Reserve intervened to support the dollar Tuesday morning, but foreign exchange anal

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa announced an ambitious plan to help indebted nations convert debt t

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The U.S. economy is headed for stronger-than-expected growth in the second half of 1987, but inflati

Tue., Sept. 1, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.