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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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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

Customs is now offering exporters a gold card.While the more famous American Express card ca

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 240.45 off 0.40

Thursday Sept. 18, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

OFFERS TO BUY* WINE BOTTLES. Regular shipments of high quality 750 ml wine bottles. C.i.f. A

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Oakland. September, November and January. Seminars on si

The politically volatile U.S. trade deficits with Japan and China surged in July, increasing pressur

CON-WAY SOUTHERN EXPRESSThis regional trucking company that consolidates shipments in the le

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INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGESept. 18, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

This week's devastating fire at the Visakhapatnam petroleum refinery will delay the refinery's expan