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INSURERS URGE CONGRESSNOT TO BLOCK ACCESSWASHINGTON - Property-casualty insurers urg

As President Clinton struggles to line up congressional support to secure trade negotiating authorit

VIETNAM PREPARES FORBIDS ON OIL REFINERYHANOI - Vietnam will soon open bidding to choose a c

Canada's grain transportation system needs an overhaul so it can respond faster to market conditions

Thursday, Sept. 11, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., is working to stall advancement of legislation implement

South Korea's LG Chemical bought its second cargo of North Korean heavy naphtha this year from a Chi

Sept. 11, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A team of U.S. Navy salvage experts is en route to the site where a Haitian ferry sank to help deter

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

East Asia's financial sector must overcome a number of weaknesses in order to ''ride out the inevita

Congress next week may move a step or two closer to reauthorizing the Overseas Private Investment Co

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 27, 1996 - Sep. 11, 1997 (a graph)

ONGOINGIntroduction to Logistics Sales. Two-day seminars to teach transportation salespeople

Norwegian oil workers went on strike at midnight Wednesday at three more floating offshore units, a

The Philippines is beefing up agricultural imports in anticipation of a serious drought, and a recen

A struggle over exports of encrypted software turned into a turf battle in the House on Thursday as

Circle International has announced a new joint venture with one of the largest transportation compan

The Indian government will appeal a ruling of the World Trade Organization that it doesn't comply wi

The auto insurance industry managed to keep its feathers unruffled as a plan to provide auto insuran

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

ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT LINEJ.I. ''Joey'' Da Costa joined this Houston ocean carrier that speci

RELIANCE INSURANCE CO.George J. McNamara was named assistant controller at the insurance com

TRAINSGE CAPITAL RAILCARTO BUY CARGOWAGGONSTAMFORD, Conn. - GE Capital Railc

Cargo movement along the Pearl River delta in southern China should improve with a new rail line lin

JAPAN'S KDD TO SUEFCC OVER PHONE RATESTOKYO - Japan's largest international telecom carrier,

Sept. 11, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

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South Africa is currently negotiating or considering bilateral shipping agreements with 40 countries

The Russian government plans to introduce in 1998 a state insurance policy that would cover up to 40

New York Mercantile Exchange - Sept. 10, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

OFFERS TO BUY* ZINC INGOTS. Zinc ingots of purity 98.5 percent. Port of discharge: Karachi,

Top U.S. corporations are pressing seaports that handle their exports and imports to drop all opposi

SHIPSDOUBLE-HULL TANKERCHRISTENED BY MOBILNEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The first double-hull

When Tasman Industries, a small exporter of cowhides, decided to sell overseas in 1992, it knew it

Sept. 11, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

As of Sept. 11, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

1299 (Sept. 11, 1997) Previous day - 1305The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

IRAQ BUYS 115,000 TONSOF AMERICAN WHEATAMMAN, Jordan - Iraq has bought 115,000 metric tons o

JAPAN, US EXPERTS OPENNEW TALKS ON REFORMSTOKYO - Experts from Japan and the United States m