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Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld Monday withdrew his nomination as ambassador to Mexico after

Allianz AG of Germany said Monday it won approval to set up a life insurance company in Shanghai wit

Fine Air has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine to settle its troubles with the Federal Aviation Admi

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

ONLY WRECKAGE FOUNDAT CRASH SITE OFF AFRICACAPE TOWN, South Africa - A Namibian fishing vess

ROGERS & BROWNBrian D. Hunt Jr. was named district marketing manager for the company's Charl

Monday, Sept. 15, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 241.69 off 1.52 wh

Sept. 15, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

'True intermodalism here, if not in kindergarten, is in the first grade.'

The United States welcomed China's announced decision to sell off most of the country's big state-ow

Sept. 8, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

The two-month-long strike by port pilots in Los Angeles got nastier last week as longshoremen joined

As the fourth anniversary of the disaster nears, victims and family members who sued over the Amtrak

SHIPSHAZE PROMPTS SHIP ALERTIN MALACCA STRAITS . . .PORT KELANG, Malaysia -

An international environmental pressure group Monday released a report supportive of the U.S. ban on

Investors looking to cash in on emerging markets for power should look to the biggest emerging marke

Although the Clinton administration is sticking to its official position of open skies in talks with

Bunker fuel sold in California will remain free from a potentially disastrous 8.25 percent state sal

The buyers of Conrail Inc. are pledging a go-slow approach to intergrating their $10.2 billion purch

STUDY NEARLY COMPLETEON CHILE COPPER-GOLD SITETORONTO - Bema Gold Corp. said Monday a prefea

Stopping short of saying they will negotiate a trade pact, Brazil and South Africa are quietly forgi

Eager to boost commerce in a region that stretches from the Baltic to the Adriatic, the Central Euro

South Africa has established a dialogue mechanism for the pharmaceutical industry, a move that shoul

1287 (Sept. 15, 1997) Previous day - 1293The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The impending privatization of the Port of Singapore Authority will be modeled on the city-state's t

AIG TO OFFER SERVICESTHROUGH TRAVEL AGENTSNEW YORK - American International Underwriters, a

Bombings, kidnappings and threats by Russia and Chechnya have not changed the plans of an internatio

PHILIPPINE LAWMAKER AIMSTO LESSEN PUMP PRICESMANILA - The head of the energy committee in th

SEDGWICK GROUPJulian E. Smiley was named managing director of the insurance broker's propert

Now I'm really getting ticked off! Explain this: America Online is afraid of antitrust action so it

THAILAND AGAIN TRIES TOSAVE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRYBANGKOK - The beleaguered Thai government on

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

SHIPSHAMBURG PORT DOING WELLDESPITE GRAIN WOESBulk cargo at the Port of Hamb

TWO NATIONS SEEK PACTTO CONTAIN FIRESKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia said on Monday it hop

Greenpeace divers under French police control took samples from around a nuclear reprocessing plant'

As economic growth spurs regional travel by both tourists and business, medical coverage is being so

Peter Reith, Australian workplace relations minister, on Monday backed moves by a U.S.-owned company