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Forty U.S. corporations in a coalition lobbying for new free-trade pacts have cut 13,000 jobs becaus

In ''Leading Mutual Insurer Hints at Format Change'' in the Oct. 8 Journal of Commerce, MassMutual m

The masters of two tankers that collided in the Singapore Strait were charged Wednesday.Mich

OCTOBERSeafarers Training. Oct. 24. Houston. Germanischer Lloyd offers free seminar, ''Prepa

The lack of a cohesive and continuous petrochemical policy has seriously hurt the industry and contr

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 8, 1996 - Oct. 22, 1997 (a graph)*

MEXICAN GAS PIPELINEGETS THE GREEN LIGHTMEXICO CITY - Energia Mayacan has received prelimina

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1330 (Oct. 22, 1997) Previous day - 1336The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A judge declared the owners of a Miami air-cargo carrier fugitives from justice for their alleged ro

Mike Oxley, the chairman of a key House subcommittee, said he plans to hold a vote this Friday on a

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITYDon McMahan, director of the State Port at Morehead City

The sense of disquiet along the West Coast waterfront deepened this week when the president of the p

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 21, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Mexican government is pointing to provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement and char

President Clinton's new proposal for combating the threat of long-term global warming quickly raised

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

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission was forced to play a waiting game again Wednesday, taking no ac

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 3.6 million barrels in the week ended Oct. 17, as compared with t

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Norsk Hydro, a diversified oil and gas producer and Norway's largest publicly traded company, is rea

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday as market participants digested recent gains made on the belief t

The European Union decided Wednesday to press ahead with a complaint against the U.S. Anti-dumping A

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International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 22, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

An ambitious company in China's southern Guangdong province plans to sell its brand of refrigerators

Two key business groups representing rail chemical and plastics customers have come out against the

The Clinton administration appears to be headed for a confrontation with Congress this week over eff

PAKISTAN HOPES HARVESTSHELP REDUCE TRADE GAPKARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistan government is hopin

GREAT AMERICAN LIFEINSURANCE CO.Bruce Brodie was named to the new position of chief technolo

'I couldn't feel worse about the kind of customer satisfaction that we have achieved in the last 90

This riverside repository for people who behave strangely is proving itself all over again. Ben Fran

Singapore's port agency is taking an equity stake in a new container terminal being built at the Mid

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Wednesday Oct. 22, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, facing continued problems in reforming Mexico's troubled st

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

Sharp currency devaluations in Southeast Asia are helping to reshape the region's energy industries.

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