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The only aviation maintenance firm in Hong Kong saw interim earnings slump nearly 22 percent as air

The Bangladesh government has unveiled a clutch of incentives in a new trade policy with the objecti

Mexico will break its six-year cycle of serious economic problems at the transition between Mexican

India has opened proceedings at the World Trade Organization against the European Union over its con

LOCKHART CARIBBEANBUYS 2 INSURANCE FIRMSST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I. - John P. de Jongh Jr., preside

Stagnant growth in mature domestic markets, excess underwriting capacity and increased competition f

South Korea is pushing ahead with closer ties to its estranged North despite periodic political erup

New York Mercantile Exchange - August 5, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH

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Aug. 6, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Spurred by strong exports and strengthening business investment, Germany's economy is forecast to gr

Russian steelmakers and traders are fulminating against the inscrutability of the Chinese, as offici

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

UPS scraps delivery vansat Stuttgart's requestFRANKFURT - United Parcel Service couriers are

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 19, 1997 - Aug. 6, 1998 (a graph)*

The narrow defeat of an anti-trade amendment in the House late Wednesday signals how slim congressio

A key House panel has endorsed a measure to encourage the use of soybean-based diesel fuel by includ

Asia's financial crisis has created a double-edged sword for shippers: While prices have plunged for

In a telling sign of where international trade stands on Bill Clinton's agenda, the president met wi

A top Chilean legislator said Thursday that lawmakers and the government have definitely discarded t

SONY FINED $1 MILLIONFOR HIDING 1994 LOSSESWASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commissi

AON'S NET INCOME JUMPS65.7 PERCENT IN QUARTERCHICAGO - Aon Corp. reports net income of $139.

China seems set to break up its main insurance company, which has already reorganized once to meet n

INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF AMERICARobert A. Rusbuldt has been named executive vice pres

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

As of August 5,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

PARTNERSHIP WILL STUDYYEAR 2000 PROBLEMSWASHINGTON - Deputy Transportation Secretary Mortime

Growth at Hong Kong's mighty Kwai Chung Terminals may be slowing to single-digit figures, but the am

Russia is the world's largest and most volatile market for imported shoes.In explaining just

AIG TO ACQUIRE 50 PERCENTINTEREST IN BRAZIL FIRMNEW YORK - American International Group Inc.

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

ONGOINGAssociation of Ship Brokers and Agents. Applications for home study course, the ''Bas

The Senate will handle the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, approved by the House on Tuesday, under expedi

U.S. crude oil inventories rose almost 2 million barrels in the week ended July 31, as compared with

Denmark's AP Moeller Group, which owns Maersk Line, will see its second-half earnings cut as a resul

CALIFORNIA FIRMSELECTS BAX GLOBALIRVINE, Calif. - Ingram Micro's Frameworks has named BAX Gl

'He may be an enforcement man . . . Good drug enforcement goes hand in hand with good commerce.'

Santos Brasil, the private operator that has been managing the main container terminal in the busies

The growing cost of running a business, especially a smaller one, has increased the practice of leas