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Ron Carey, Teamsters president, on Monday showed no signs of backing down from his upcoming election

I've taken cruises all over the Caribbean,'' a friend of mine was saying. ''The only time anyone ash

A headline appearing on Page 16A on Friday, Oct. 17, should have read ''Emery opens logistics center

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

A ruling that the Maryland Port Administration discriminated against one of its major customers coul

After months of denials or at least coy obfuscations, Taiwan's state-run shipyard says it is seeking

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

John Bowers, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, AFL- CIO, was selected as th

Port officials have joined agricultural interests in seeking to delay the implementation of a ban on

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The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Oct. 15, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

After a wait that lasted two months for some beleaguered passengers, the 470-foot Regal Voyager is f

SOUTHWARD BOUND FORMARSH & MCLENNANNEW YORK - Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., parent of th

Friday Oct. 17, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

They keep mining waste from polluting the rivers in Chile and industrial garbage from contaminating

China is renewing its pitch for overseas help in revitalizing the important but struggling petrochem

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.92 off 0.83 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 17, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oct. 17, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Oct. 17, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

As Thailand's economic crisis sends further shock waves across Southeast Asia, the more fragile regi

Strong domestic demand for petrochemical products is spurring Indian manufacturers to add substantia

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Phillips Petroleum Co. plans to pay $165 million to acquire Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. oil and gas i

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 16, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Buried deep inside the Immigration Reform Act of 1996 is a little-known provision that the trade and

Oct. 17, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Friday, Oct. 17, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Three prominent business groups will ask federal regulators for a sweeping emergency order allowing

STEELMAKERS WARN OFUNREALISTIC CLEAN-AIR GOALSBRUSSELS - The International Iron and Steel In

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

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It's drawing fewer and less scathing attacks these days, but a one-of-a-kind federal agency with inc

MASSACHUSETTS CO-OPFORMED TO BUY ENERGYBOSTON - An energy-buying cooperative has been formed

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

As of Oct. 17, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

COURT HALTS OPERATIONOF GOLD MINE IN TURKEYIZMIR, Turkey - A Turkish administrative court sa

Germany's agriculture, forestry and food minister, Jochen Borchert, restated his rejection here Frid

Foreign exchange markets this week will get a look at Japanese and German economic data that could m

Louisiana Pacific Corp. has decided to reduce its corporate presence in northern Idaho and move an u