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INDUSTRIAL POWER USERISES 3.5 PERCENT IN JAPANTOKYO - The Federation of Electric Power Compa

South African shipping company Safmarine, the main subsidiary of Safren, has reported a 39 percent r

JAPANESE RESTAURATEURSPLAN WEST COAST VISITTOKYO - The Food Market Japan Leadership Forum wi

The first indications of change in China's economic policies emerging from the just-concluded Commun

To hear shippers tell it, domestic intermodal transportation companies must speed up their service a

Of U.S. insurance executives, Sanford I. Weill, the chief executive of Travelers Group, earned the m

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TRUCKING COMPANYANNOUNCES RATE HIKEKANSAS CITY - Trucking giant Yellow Freight System Friday

Seven passengers were killed and as many as 170 injured Friday, some seriously, when a packed expres

Containerized shipping may have the glamour, but many seaports along the Atlantic Coast and the Grea

Canada's Ontario Hydro last week shut reactor unit No. 3 at its Bruce A nuclear station for an inspe

A vaunted Pacific Northwest rivalry took a new twist this month when Andrea Riniker, former deputy e

ACE Ltd., a company that began as an alternative to the U.S. liability insurance market, jumped into

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 11, 1996 - Sep. 19, 1997 (a graph)*

U.S. officials sought to apply some healthy pressure last week on Japan to liberalize its pharmaceut

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

The Maritime Union of Australia succeeded in pressuring a U.S. shipping company not to use nonunion

For a port that is bursting at the seams with coal and forest products, it's a wonder that Alabama S

Hoping to provide momentum to talks on dismantling barriers to trade in financial services, the Worl

Railroads and their suppliers are presenting a fistful of spruced-up services and products meant to

Friday Sept. 19, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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As of Sept. 19, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

South Korea's Hyundai Petrochemical has pushed back the start-up date of its new naphtha-based ethyl

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - SEPT. 18, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Not everything can be containerized.In this day and age of global ocean carriers with huge,

Standing by the window of his office at the Port of Philadelphia and Camden Inc., Paul DeMariano cou

The United States should curtail its use of sanctions and bilateral disputes and rely more on the Wo

Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse, two of the world's largest professional services organizatio

SHIPSPROFIT REPORTED DOWNAS P&O RESTRUCTURESLONDON - Britain's Peninsular &

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California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush this week filed a $43 million lawsuit against Me

Labor unions representing Portugal's dockworkers have given formal notice of their intention to hold

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The U.S. dollar was little changed Thursday after shaking off an early decline on news of a wider U.

Sept. 18, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

NAVY WILL COMMISSIONAMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPPASCAGOULA, Miss. - The U.S. Navy will commission