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JAPAN NEWSPAPER SAYS USDEFERS ON GLOBAL WARMINGKYOTO, Japan - The United States Tuesday made

AON FINALIZES DEALWITH JAUCH & HUBENERCHICAGO - Aon Corp. announced Tuesday the close of the

PAKISTANI PRESIDENTRESIGNS AMID TURMOILISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Farooq Ahmed Leghari

SEVEN BID TO OPERATETUG SERVICE IN MEXICOMEXICO CITY - Seven companies presented technical p

CHINA TO EXTENDTARIFF EXEMPTIONSBEIJING - China said Tuesday it would indefinitely extend im

PLANESPASSENGER TRAFFIC UPFOR GROUP'S MEMBERSWASHINGTON - Revenue passenger miles on

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

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Frontline, the Bermuda-based shipowner, Monday extended its $417 million hostile offer for ICB Shipp

The Surface Transportation Board cleared the way for CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. to take mo

Dec. 1, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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About 525 unionized operational and maintenance workers for the St. Lawrence Seaway have ratified a

A group of 43 property/asualty reinsurers wrote $15.1 billion in premiums during the first nine mont

The huge bailout of South Korea to be announced this week by the International Monetary Fund will cu

'The problem in a lot of these Asian countries is just growing pains.'

Monday Dec. 1, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 26, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Dec. 1, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29.

The nation's purchasing managers said Monday that railroad bottlenecks in the West and market turmoi

Careful not to count their chickens before they hatch, Mexican poultry producers are welcoming a U.S

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Shippers will learn in eight to 10 days if their cargoes survived the breakup of Mediterranean Shipp

In a move designed to sharply strengthen its Latin American services, Crowley American Transport Inc

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 235.92 off 0.02 wh

Dec. 1, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

As of Dec. 1, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The insurance industry in Canada is beginning to wake up to a lack of consumer knowledge and good wi

Virginia's secretary of transportation, Robert E. Martinez, will jump back across the line between p

On Jan. 1, when most Germans will be celebrating the new year, executives of Bremen and Bremerhaven'

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

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A Massachusetts group has gone to court to challenge Ameritas Life Insurance Co.'s plans to reorgani

Dec. 1, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

A bulked-up Grand Alliance, which will comprise five major ship lines by early next year, will offer

Australia's MIM Holdings Ltd. is selling to Japan's Sumitomo Corp. and Itochu Corp. stakes in its Oa

1176 (Dec. 1, 1997) Previous day - 1175The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

New inspection and maintenance requirements for the Boeing 747 issued in response to the 1996 explos

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