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

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

It was only a matter of time before Texas-sized egos wound up in court in a dispute pitting the inte

CHUBB CORP.Dean R. O'Hare, the insurer's chairman and chief executive, was elected chairman

Twenty foreign-flagged ships were detained in British ports during October after failing port state

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

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

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

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

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

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has turned from the three-dimen- sional to the virt

Stunned by a European attempt to outlaw a U.S. export incentive that Europe itself approved 13 years

DECEMBERShipping Coordinating Committee. Dec. 3. Washington. Open meeting to prepare for the

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

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

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

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OFFERS TO BUY* PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDS. Plastic injection mold manufacturers - for design an

Train crew workers on Union Pacific Railroad and the former Southern Pacific Lines approved a pact a

The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp.'s ambitious plan to bring a third carrier into Wyomin

IMF WON'T RULE OUTMALAYSIA SEEKING HELPKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - International Monetary Fund

OPEC REVISES DOWNWARDJAPANESE GROWTH FORECASTPARIS - The Japanese economy will grow by just

Monday, Dec. 1, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

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

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

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

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

Dec. 1, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The U.S. dollar rose to a five-and-a-half-year high of 129.32 yen and a new six-week high of 1.7797

MITSUBISHI TO BUILDCHIHUAHUA POWER PLANTMEXICO CITY - Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. won the contr

Declines in stocks in virtually all the transportation sectors caused The Journal of Commerce's stoc

WORLDSCALE ASSOCIATIONTO TRIM BASIS RATESLONDON - The Worldscale Association said it is cutt

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

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