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SHIPSCPC OIL TANKER EXPLODESIN TAIWAN; 2 ARE MISSINGTAIPEI - An oil tanker o

Along a wild stretch of Caribbean coast, a handful of plucky financiers with an epicurean bent seek

KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONALAugusto L. Dias Carneiro was named branch manager at the Rio de Jane

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 25, 1996 - Oct. 7, 1997 (a graph)*

Canadian customs tariffs are to be simplified and reduced by January 1 under a plan submitted to Par

Railroads, mining and cellular telephone concessions top a list of privatization schedules released

China warned European nations on Tuesday of ''very grave consequences'' over a visit by the vice pre

Federal regulators hope this week to finish investigating a sewage leak that killed three workers ab

The U.S. dollar rose slightly on Tuesday with the U.S. currency showing little reaction to comments

COMMERCE CHIEF MEETSWITH CHINESE ON TRADEBEIJING - U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley beg

Unfair trade penalties in Mexico against U.S. apple exporters will be the subject of a meeting in Me

Escalating a bitter public dispute, Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday sued Microsoft Corp. over its use

WAR OVER GAS PRICESSEEN LOOMING IN EUROPELONDON - The European gas market will face a price

As of Oct. 7, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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

India will be one of the largest potential markets for telecommunication equipment in the next decad

'We did what we felt was the right thing to do. We just want it to be over so we can go on with our

Spurred on by strong demand in major industrial economies and emerging Asian countries, global sales

U.S. paper producers hope to re-energize their campaign for an accelerated phaseout of European tari

Sustainable forest practices may be helping the environment, but they are also boosting U.S. imports

NAMENIC STARTINGNICARAGUA SERVICEMIAMI - Start-up Namenic Line of Miami will launch a weekly

After a fierce battle in Congress over who should pay for road construction in the national forests,

A diversion canal on China's longest river officially began service this week, as work proceeds on d

CREWMEMBERS RESCUEDFROM SHIP FIRE OFF STRAITKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Fire broke out Tuesday

Brazilian pulp manufacturers are in the midst of a massive capacity and technology upgrade campaign

Former Capt. Joseph Hazelwood was properly convicted of negligence seven years ago in the Exxon Vald

Just when free traders thought it was safe, the monster of unilateral U.S. sanctions has reared its

Coal producers are developing vast new mining operations in Wyoming, Colorado and other Western stat

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the ongoing decline of the Russian economy have kept fo

Ship Sale Report appears biweekly. The information, compiled by Shipping Intelligence Inc., a New Yo

Thanks mainly to currency weakness, South African coal exporters enjoyed spectacular results last ye

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ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Oakland, Calif. November and January. Seminars on situat

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Caliber System Inc., which announced a deal Monday to be purchased by Federal Express Corp., posted

The carrot and stick will be waved in front of wary European governments Thursday in a bid to win su

Governments in Europe, Asia and North America are under increasing pressure to require more competit

MIDDLE EASTOMANOman has committed itself to privatization, but this does not mean th

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