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Freed from half a century of war, Central American leaders agreed to build a European-style politica

The Surface Transportation Board turned aside a bid by a Delaware-based chemical company to gain bro

AIG UNIT BUYS MAJORITYOF BRAZIL'S BANCO FENICIANEW YORK - American International Group Inc.,

Sept. 3, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Sept. 3, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

FAA INVESTIGATIONYIELDS 14 LETTERSNEW YORK - A team of Federal Aviation Administration inspe

SOME LATIN CURRENCIESOVERVALUED, EXPERT SAYSHAMBURG - Some Latin American currencies are ove

Working against an Oct. 15 deadline to finish its business for the year, congressional leaders are r

The United States was hours away Wednesday from resorting to economic sanctions against Japan over a

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 20, 1996 - Sep. 3, 1997 (a graph)*

RANGER OIL ACQUIRESELAN IN FRIENDLY MERGERCALGARY, Alberta - Ranger Oil Ltd. said it agreed

Kirin Brewery Co., a major Japanese beer maker, said Wednesday it plans to cut its staff by about 20

Setting international uniform targets on greenhouse gas emissions could backfire and result in the p

In Wednesday's Don Becker's notebook, the title of Ed Emmett was incorrectly stated. He is president

WILBUR SMITH ASSOCIATESW. Don Welch was named senior consultant for ports. Mr. Welch served

The Surface Transportation Board has made specific rules and regulations for its new arbitration alt

SHIPSAUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTGETS STRIKE WARNINGMELBOURNE, Australia - The Aust

Conrad H.C. Everhard, chairman of Cho Yang (America) Inc., will receive the ''Person of the Year Awa

A group of nine Chinese property insurers has formed a consortium to underwrite coverage of the coun

India and the United States, edging toward each other after decades of suspicion, begin a series of

Tongue River Railroad, an eastern Montana rail project that has been on the drawing board for nearly

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee returns to Superfund reform business with a hearin

So there I was, crying in my beer over the prospect of the Navieras shipping line taking its Puerto

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

General Electric Canada Inc. said it is part of a group that won a $320 million contract to supply e

'On the surface it looks like they're cooperating, but underneath there's a lot of scrambling going

Wednesday Sept. 3, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The Port of Beaumont, Texas, is starting to register benefits from an aggressive, five-year campaign

There is another Mediterranean divorce ahead.Compagnie Maritime D'Affretement said its slot-

Saying it is up to the courts to end corruption, prosecutors urged an appeals court Wednesday to len

As of Sept. 3, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June96 96 96 96 96 96

After a year of fruitless negotiations over Chechnya, crunch time has come for the consortium which

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners this week certified key environmental documents that will do

EU CONTRIBUTES FUNDSFOR CHERNOBYL REPAIRSBRUSSELS - The European Commission Wednesday commit

The Indian Oil Corp. Wednesday said the country's crude oil imports would have been hampered if the

Officials with Canadian National Railway Co. say the full impact of a derailment early Wednesday on

BELARUS SOROS GROUPEXITS, CITES HARASSMENTMINSK, Belarus - The Soros Foundation said on Wedn

All the Zambian chiefs in the Livingstone area strongly rejected the proposed construction of a 1,00