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

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

The information technologies sector is the Czech Republic's most rapidly growing market. The market

STUDY: BANKS' INSURANCESALES NOT UP TO POTENTIALNEW YORK - Four in 10 consumers are likely t

S. AFRICA'S SOEKOR SIGNSPACT WITH US COMPANYJOHANNESBURG - South Africa's state oil explorat

St. Petersburg, Russia's window to the west on the Baltic going back to the days of the czars, is be

Fire services continued to douse a burning cruise liner in the Cyprus port of Limassol Monday as an

COPPER ORE PRODUCTIONTO FALL SHORT IN CHINAHONG KONG - China's production of copper ore is e

Officials in Jiangsu province said Sunday the Port of Lianyun has drawn up a plan for further expans

World steel consumption this year will reach a record 695 million metric tons, up 4.5 percent from l

Oct. 6, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Shopping-mad Israelis will soon have an alternative to the local mall - one-day sprees to London.

SHIPSFLORIDA COMPANY STARTSDRY-DOCK IMPROVEMENTSJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Atlantic Dry Do

Buoyed by increases in five of its seven categories, The Journal of Commerce Transportation Stock In

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

The sale of Bethlehem Steel's BethShip Sparrows Point Yard to the Veritas Capital Fund has been comp

'It has not yet disrupted production, because our clients have large inventories. But we have increa

Sales of imported vehicles in Japan dropped 15.8 percent in September from a year earlier to 32,026

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

Oct. 6, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

Saying the ''industrial world alone'' cannot assume global responsibility for reducing greenhouse ga

Europe's coal industry faces a major shake-up, with the future of Britain's mines hanging in the bal

A new survey has found that midlife baby boomers are in widespread denial about the financial implic

The price gap between Tokyo and major Western cities narrowed in 1996, but the Japanese capital rema

Barely two weeks before a possible strike against Amtrak that would halt rail service on the Northea

United Parcel Service driver Lisa Simms of Delhi says she and 19 others who worked during the Teamst

Oct. 6, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Oct. 6, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 6, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Monday, Oct. 6, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

W.R. BERKLEYINSURANCE CO.James S. Carey has been named president and chief executive of Admi

The partnership agreement between Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. and members of the Global Alliance too

June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June July96 96 96 96 96 9

China's highest governing body, the State Council, will launch a nationwide compliance check on taxe

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 25, 1996 - Oct. 6, 1997 (a graph)*

The Deutsche mark came under pressure against the dollar in European trading Monday but didn't break

Scientists abandoned a satellite launched just four months ago, jolting India's plans to expand its

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Apparel makers are in the hot seat once again as three U.S. agencies sharpen their aim at labor abus

The Clinton administration is considering a sweeping waiver of its Iran sanctions for the European U