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The state is ordering insurance companies to cut rates by $610 million next year in an attempt to gi

One day after the federal government released a highly critical report of CSX Transportation Inc.'s

SHIPSSHIP REPORTING SYSTEMTAKES EFFECT IN SHANGHAISHANGHAI - The Port of Sha

The end may be in sight for a long-running labor dispute at the Port of Liverpool that has spread to

Shippers are withholding immediate judgment on rate increases announced for next year by the main al

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Pregnant cows are outbound to Lebanon.Expensive sides of fresh Argentine beef are inbound.Al

A flock of business leaders and politicians broke ground for a new port, intended to become the firs

Cooper/T. Smith Inc., a nationally prominent stevedore, is returning to Baltimore after a year's abs

For an agonizing 13 minutes, port supervisors in Singapore warned two tankers of impending disaster

The list of candidates for the director's chair at the Port of Miami reads like a Who's Who of U.S.

A St. Vincent's-registered freighter sank off the coast of the Greek island of Hios. One crewmember

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Just five years ago, the only thing Russians knew about hot dogs was that Americans ate them on

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Seminars on situational negotiating skills. Contact: Ray

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MIDDLE EASTSYRIALabor and commercial laws, as well as the trade regime, need major r

IBBERSON INC.Walter Hanson, chief executive officer of the international engineering and con

Mai Diem Cook's small beach hotel hardly looks like a symbol of the potential for millions in U.S. i

Oct. 20, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Oct. 20, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 17, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Oct. 20, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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In a bid to buy time, Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh will reshuffle his Cabinet Tuesday,

Surprisingly small growth in Japan's trade surplus strengthened the dollar against the yen Monday, b

Senior officials from nine of East Asia's main cities gather this week in Hong Kong for joint explor

TAIWAN, US STILL AT ODDSAFTER LATEST TRADE TALKSTAIPEI - Differences in trade and market is

Colombian exporters of fresh cut flowers and U.S. importers received mixed results in the ninth and

Oct. 20, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

IRAQ CLOSE TO AWARDINGOIL CONCESSIONSDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iraq is close to awarding

The global maritime scrap trade has remained static in the last few years at around 20 million metri

Monday Oct. 20, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

October 20, 1997his table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

In an apparent policy shift, U.S. officials said Monday that sanctions may be imposed after all if f

'This is a major breakthrough. It is a good day for U.S. carriers.'

As expected, a bloc of congressmen from New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island is demanding some ser

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The threat of a U.S. blockade against Japanese cargo ships was fading Monday but was not entirely go