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The U.S. dollar rose to a six-month high of 127.43 yen Wednesday - just short of a five-year high of

PLANESUNITED PILOTS PUSHUSE OF SMALL JETSCHICAGO - Pilots at United Airlines

Logistec Corp., eastern Canada's largest stevedoring and terminal operator, is taking over two more

For years, Mexico was an afterthought in the overall operations of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railw

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 19, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The port is unveiling a labor contract that is part of the new face of shipping in Philadelphia - an

Union Pacific has come through with hundreds of empty railcars to ship Oregon Christmas trees out fo

The latest entrant in the game of who can run the biggest boxships glided into Singapore's Tanjong P

Life and property/casualty insurers based in Massachusetts will have to wait until 1998 for tax reli

Institutions created under the North American Free Trade Agreement are failing to follow their envir

The U.S. Postal Service has awarded a $7.4 million contract to Gallup Organization, Rockville, Md.,

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 4 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 14, as compared with the

A cruise ship operator and a ship owner pleaded guilty to federal charges of dumping oil, plastic, a

MAJOR PEMEX CONTRACTAWARDED TO CONSORTIUM MEXICO CITY - In one of the biggest contracts to t

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 241.62 off 0.10 wh

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1214 (Nov. 19, 1997) Previous day - 1223The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

FARMERS GROUP INC.The Los Angeles-based insurance group named Martin D. Feinstein, president

India's currency weakened this week, bringing cheer to the country's beleaguered exporters.T

SAMSUNG TO BUILD VESSELSFOR BP AND NORWAY'S NAVISSEOUL - Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said T

Strong growth in containerized shipments between North America and Europe has absorbed vessel capaci

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a key bottleneck to traffic along the Kanawha River.

The insurance earnings for Mutual Risk Management that appeared on Page 10A of the Nov. 12 edition s

'No one can continue offering the level of service required by importers at the rates we're charging

Wednesday Nov. 19, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 6, 1996 - Nov. 19, 1997 (a graph)*

MERRILL LYNCH MAKES BIDFOR BRITISH FUND MANAGERLONDON - Merrill Lynch & Co. Wednesday launch

Duke Energy Corp. of North Carolina will spend $501 million to buy three northern and central Califo

The native corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc. has agreed to buy Stan Stephens Cruises, a Prince Will

In a move widely expected to challenge Ford Motor Co.'s near primacy in this regional market, Honda

Nov. 19, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

As of Nov. 19, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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Azerbaijan oil output of 1.5 million to 2.0 million barrels per day by 2010 ''looks like a realistic

Stevedores, ship repairers and Main Street American businesses have little in common, but all can be

Enron Corp. said it plans to build a 39-megawatt wind farm in Southern California.The farm w

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