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Chemical shippers are demanding immediate improvement in Union Pacific Railroad's deteriorating serv

Facing rising costs and an uncertain future, the Port of Mobile is closing its public grain elevator

At least 11,000 tons of British beef have been shipped to mainland Europe by way of Ireland and Nort

The nation's top port group decided not to take an official stand at its convention here last week o

AETNA EXPECTS RESULTSBELOW QUARTER ESTIMATESHARTFORD, Conn. - Shares of Aetna were trading a

If final legal niceties can be tied up, the reinsurance division of Allmerica Financial Corp. may so

Rhode Island's worst oil spill was the result of criminal negligence that left a barge and tug impro

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has announced it will sell its United Kingdom Insurance operations t

SEDGWICK GROUPFrank Beard has been appointed president and managing executive of Sedgwick of

That ever elusive butterfly of the insurance buyer accessed through his home computer is closer than

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U.S. chemical, steel, automobile and semiconductor industries will experience significant drops in e

I don't know about you but there are some things in life I never tire of:* The smell of brea

Under a heliport and the floodlights of a baseball field, a new street cuts through what until two y

As of Sept. 26, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 242.99 up 1.01 w

Sept. 26, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Despite the initial disappointment that dogged foreign oil companies in China, the investment is fin

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGESept. 26, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

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Sept. 26, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

UNOCAL TO PURSUE OILPROJECTS IN MALAYSIAKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Unocal Corp. said Friday it

The Canadian Wheat Board, which raises the ire of the U.S. Midwest farm lobby, is to keep its total

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - SEPT. 25, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Friday Sept. 26, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials are extending a comment period on its proposed lifting of r

GAZPROM RESUMES GASSHIPMENTS TO UKRAINEMOSCOW - Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom resumed gas su

The relentless introduction of large containerships into the U.S. trades is dividing the port indust

Core segments of the American maritime industry have had their differences over the years, but they

Cray Research won its fight to exclude Japan from the U.S. market for a special kind of supercompute

Supercomputer makers are likely to escape major damage in an export control deal being hammered out

U.S. apple exporters say they are turning to legal channels in their fight against steep trade penal

'This is a continuation of what we have seen in the steamship industry. They have to merge to surviv

New York City has stepped up its feud with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey over control

Manufacturers are welcoming an Indian government decision to exempt computers and several related it

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