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The United States on Thursday called on Hong Kong to redouble efforts against software piracy, sayin

As of Sept. 4, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Hvide Marine Inc., one of America's fastest-growing ship lines, is doubling the size of its towing o

OngoingMystic Marinelife Aquarium. Now through Sept. 14. Artifacts from an ancient Roman shi

A severe shortage of railcars is delaying the movement of holiday-season imports through West Coast

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

Thursday Sept. 4, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Deep differences over food safety are threatening to undermine the recent improvement in trans-Atlan

Norway's Federation of Offshore Workers Traded Union (OFS) is still ready to extend strike action to

988 (Sept. 4, 1997) Previous day - 983The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

IBM UNVEILS CHINESEVOICE-RECOGNITION SYSTEMBEIJING - IBM Corp. on Thursday unveiled Chinese

The FBI mistakenly faxed news organizations a confidential memo naming and describing a suspect in a

Montserrat, the Caribbean island battling to rebuild after volcanic eruptions, wants to rename its n

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., the nation's third-largest independent energy company, said it will a

U.S. distillate inventories grew by 2 million barrels in the week ended Aug. 29, as compared with th

Hong Kong's new leader reassured Malaysian financiers Thursday that it was ''business as usual'' und

William Clyburn Jr. has been named to fill a long-vacant commissioner's post at the SurfaceTransport

STANDARD CORP.Claude Walker was named chief executive of this Greenville, N.C., parent of St

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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union will shut down all West Coast ports for eight hours

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Sept. 4, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - SEPT. 3, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Sept. 4, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Neste has what most Western companies can only dream of - a direct line to Gazprom, Russia's most co

Layoffs of more than 2,300 Fruit of the Loom workers have been certified by the Department of Labor

Advancing its strategy to expand its insurance operations into Asia, the Hartford Financial Services

SHIPSCONFERENCE TO RAISETARIFF BUNKER ADJUSTMENTCOLONIAL HEIGHTS, N.Y. - The

AETNA PURCHASESVIRGINIA MASON PLANSEATTLE - Aetna U.S. Healthcare of Blue Bell, Pa., has com

TAIWAN, RUSSIA SECUREDIRECT AIR SERVICE PACTTAIPEI - Taiwan and Russia have ratified an air

WestEx Inc., the 2-year-old, nonunion regional unit of Yellow Corp., and Celadon Trucking Services I

East Coast ports are enjoying a prosperity not experienced since the 1970s, when they lost their dom

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGESept. 4, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

RUSSIA-CHECHNYA PIPELINECOMPROMISE REPORTEDNegotiators for Russia and Chechnya have reported

Foreign and domestic companies can comment on new Mexican product label rules that will affect manuf

1332 (Sept. 4, 1997) Previous day - 1333The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

OFFERS TO BUY* IBM THINKPAD NOTEBOOK COMPUTER. IBM thinkpad 365XD notebook computer (P-120,

Barbara Zack Quindel, the court-appointed officer who threw out Teamsters President Ron Carey's re-e