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GULF COASTDOCKSIDE INC.Donald R. Broussard Jr. was appointed as a sales representative. He w

Aug. 15, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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Just before more than 185,000 workers walked off the job, United Parcel Service delivered a good swi

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

The Port of Long Beach scored a victory in its attempt to construct a container terminal at the site

A maritime union that lost $2.8 million during a 15-year kickback scheme is suing one of its members

SHIPSSEALIFT CREW RESCUES4 SUMATRAN FISHERMENWASHINGTON - The crew of a Mili

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'Of course it is difficult. But before it was impossible.'

A controversial power project in Florida has been chosen by an international group of experts as a m

Delta Air Lines Friday named a new top management team, including a president picked from the utilit

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGEAug. 15, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Teamsters' pension funds have been affecting the dynamics of the trucking industry and its shipp

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August 15: 1293

Vu Xuan Khoat, general manager of state-owned Vietnam Mining Corp., has urged more foreign investmen

ZURICH-AMERICANINSURANCE GROUPDonna Galer was named executive vice president of strategic al

Debt-laden Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel SA said revenue was back on track after November's fir

The state should spend $389 million to build a series of tunnels and treatment plants designed to pr

China's shipbuilding sector is getting a boost in overseas sales from the nation's biggest insurance

OFFERS TO BUY* ASPARAGUS SEEDS. 1,500 pounds of asparagus seeds UC157 F2. Quote c.i.f. Qingd

European insurance companies that failed to compensate Holocaust survivors and their families will b

With the strong U.S. dollar boosting German exports, cargo traffic from the ports of Hamburg and Bre

Aug. 15, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD

Crowley Maritime Corp. had a serious problem on its hands in the spring of 1994.Chairman and

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In the center of last week's storm between the Teamsters union and United Parcel Service stood a rel

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

Twelve people were killed and dozens reported missing after a squall sank a ferry off the eastern is

CALENDARMystic Marinelife Aquarium. Now through Sept. 14. Artifacts from an ancient Roman-er

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Friday Aug. 15, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

US AND LAOS REACHAGREEMENT ON TRADEWASHINGTON - The United States and Laos reached agreement

ARGENTINE STRIKE POWERSNATIONWIDE VIOLENCEBUENOS AIRES - A nationwide general strike last we

Internet service providers that let people download music for free are worried about the High Court'

Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting has revived a copper project in northern Saskatchewan, raising hopes

A new test developed by Agriculture Department scientists will enable the food industry to detect E.

President Boris Yeltsin has approved the outlines of the 1998 budget, which goes to the government f

Greenpeace, the environmental activist group, said Wednesday it will be cutting its U.S. staff, to 6