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As the shock waves from the Asian currency turmoil travel around the world, the Swiss franc may be t

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 240.43 off 9.23 wh

Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Friday there was no doubt Cambodia would join the Ass

BETHLEHEM STEEL TO SELLSHIPYARD TO VERITASBALTIMORE - Bethlehem Steel Corp. agreed to sell i

The California Supreme Court last week issued a ruling that makes it easier for fired workers to sue

Do mega-reinsurance brokers have too much clout?Several industry executives say the brokers

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Florida's citrus industry is jeopardized by the growing influence of Brazil as a global citrus power

An Indian court Friday dismissed environmental objections against U.S. power generator Cogentrix Inc

2 MORE LICENSES GRANTEDAT HONG KONG'S SKY MALLHONG KONG - The Airport Authority awarded two

Norway's Federation of Offshore Workers union has no plans to resume talks with the Norwegian Shipow

Across backyard fences, over late lunches and in boardrooms last week, word of Fidel Castro's death

Even as Thailand goes hat-in-hand to the International Monetary Fund for an emergency bailout, doubt

The Mexican government expects private companies to build half of the new electric generating capaci

MEXICO NAMES PRODUCTSNEEDING IMPORT PERMITSMEXICO CITY - The Mexican commerce ministry Secof

Friday Aug. 29, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Federal Maritime Commission is on standby to convene Wednesday, if necessary, to stop a U.S.-Jap

After three troubled years in the air, Air South has filed for bankruptcy court protection from its

A member of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association will air his complaints about railroad servic

The Lloyd's of London reinsurance market is suffering. But so is reinsurance everywhere, most in the

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Malaysia's small shipbuilding sector is getting a little larger, with formation of a multinational c

Aug. 29, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Allegheny Power System Inc. will pay a local energy company $15 million to scrap plans to build a ne

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGEAug. 29, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Shareholders of APL Ltd. have approved a merger agreement between American President Lines and Neptu

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - AUG. 28, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

Strict corporate dieting helped swing interim results at a Hong Kong container manufacturer and depo

Despite the economic crisis threatening North Korea and Seoul's abrupt withdrawal from some multilat

SHIPSCHINA-S. KOREA TRADEGROWS VIA TIANJINTIANJIN, China - Officials in Hebei provin

South Africa has foreign and domestic drug companies howling about violations of patent laws and wor

JAPAN'S JULY VEHICLEEXPORTS ROSE 32.3 PERCENTTOKYO - Japan's motor vehicle exports in July s

Offers to buy* SATELLITE RECEIVER GI310D. Contact: Xiaojing Zhu, Shenzhen Holdluck Electroni

China's newest maritime conglomerate is on the expansion trail.Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping Co

Some of the 40-foot containers sailing from here are different - they have windows with curtains, ru

The economic tremors from an earthquake go on long after the actual event, and the financial losses

Aug. 29, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The International Trade Commission cleared the way for anti-dumping duties on imports of crawfish-ta

The first-half and second-quarter results listed for ReliaStar that appeared on Page 7A of The Journ