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South Africa's three largest gold mining companies are changing the face of the gold industry throug

PLANESFAA ORDERS INSPECTIONFOR FUEL PUMP WIRINGWASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Adm

Port commissioners in Houston have extended bidding until Thursday for operation of a multipurpose t

Shipping lines in the trans-Pacific expect 1998 to be another year of strong growth in the trade fro

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. of Britain and China's Shougang Group agreed to merge t

The shipping lanes between the United States and Southern Europe are in transition.Three meg

West Coast dockworkers apparently plan no change in their approach to labor-management issues, but t

1168 (Nov. 26, 1997) Previous day - 1169The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The dollar rose to a five-year high against the Japanese yen last week and a four-week high against

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 235.69 off 2.14 w

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Two weeks ago it was Michael Jackson. Last week it was a team from the International Monetary Fund.<

Trade officials from the United States and European Union are struggling to avoid a trans-Atlantic s

The European Union, fearing that Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization has fallen victim

It seems the world is not quite over the ''running dogs of imperialism'' sort of language of the old

Mexican commerce officials have rejected a request from business leaders in their northwesternmost s

MASSMUTUAL SAYS PAYOUTFOR DIVIDEND SET RECORDSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Massachusetts Mutual Life

Friday, Nov. 28, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

When the ''Cargo Sprinter'' started its initial freight run this fall between Hamburg and Frankfurt,

Mediterranean Shipping Co. replaced its storm-fractured containership over the weekend, but experts

Thousands of special interest groups collected $3.8 billion in tax-free contributions last year and

BLUE STAR LINERolf Kohler was named vice president, western region.He is responsible for all

Container shipping on the North Atlantic in 1998 will be a shifting seascape of carriers searching f

With airborne trade booming and space at the nation's busiest airports evaporating, the industry is

In the hothouse atmosphere of many hundreds of reporters hustling news in a small space, a new domin

The 4-month-old Los Angeles port pilots strike has ended with a compromise that pays the pilots more

Bridge NewsThe dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New

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Nov. 26, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

P&O Nedlloyd, the Anglo-Dutch container shipping line, made a net profit of $25 million in the third

Wednesday Nov. 26, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

South Korea will come under heavy pressure to reduce industrial capacity as the International Moneta

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

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

Global anti-inflationary action put into motion by the Asian crisis and reflected in recent signific

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 25, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum Exchange*Nov. 26, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Hong Kong's several years of attempts to create a community-wide mandatory pension plan look like ea

He who wields the sword rarely inherits the crown. The line that takes the plunge by ordering one of