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Crowley Marine Services Inc. said it won a design-build-operate contract with Alyeska Pipeline Servi

JUNE 1997 MAY 1997 CUMULATIVE 1997Exports* Imports** Exports*

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AIG BUYS BRAZILIANHEALTH ADMINISTRATORNEW YORK - American International Group has bought Oce

INSURANCE, REINSURANCEREVENUE UP AT AXA-UAPNEW YORK - AXA-UAP of France posted a rise in hal

Japanese carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines named a veteran of its European operations as its next U.S. chi

Aug. 20, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

Northeast Utilities has a new leader who hopes to guide the company back to prosperity.Micha

CALIFORNIA FIRM USES NETFOR EXPORT DECLARATIONSOAKLAND, Calif. - Sealink Information Technol

Orbcomm Global LP said it signed a service license agreement with Salcon Philippines Inc., Manila.

Aug. 20, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High Low

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Over the objections of rail rival Union Pacific Railroad, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway C

The U.S. dollar shot higher against the Deutsche mark Wednesday, after the June trade deficit narrow

In a staged upgrade, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is replacing the bulk of the engines on its Boeing

Home is where the workers comp claim is, or could be, in these times of increasing telecommuting.

Next week, renowned poet Maya Angelou, Intel Corp.'s chairman Andrew Grove and corporate re-engineer

China's love for U.S. food products has triggered dramatic growth, particularly in California frozen

Aug. 20, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

'We want to go forward. The strike tomorrow will be ancient history.'

Like a surge of adrenaline, the Deutsche mark's depreciation this year has temporarily spurred Germa

OFFERS TO BUY* MACARONI. Something other than the standard type (f e spiral). four to five t

BRITISH FIRM TO SELLSTAKE IN GENERAL CABLELONDON - British industrial conglomerate Wassal PL

MEDIATORS SUMMON UPS,PILOTS TO RESUME TALKSWASHINGTON - United Parcel Service pilots said We

British Telecommunications PLC confirmed Wednesday that proposed merger partner MCI Communications C

BP OFFERS TO SUSPENDGREENPEACE LAWSUITLONDON - British Petroleum has offered to suspend its

Australian scientists said Tuesday they had developed a revolutionary process that could halve the c

The Surface Transportation Board on Wednesday released a decision siding with the railroads in a lon

Preston Trucking Co. announced a 5.4 percent rate increase effective Sept. 2, as the company said st

The Volzhsky Pipe Works (VTZ) and the Kala Naft Co. of Iran will shortly sign the second of a series

A committee of experts will be created to seek political consensus on the question of protection of

ONGOINGIntroduction to Logistics Sales. Various dates and locations. Two-day seminars to tea

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - AUG. 19, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

One of the positive effects of the recent currency crises in Central Europe and Southeast Asia is th

ONGOINGNational Maritime Historical Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 4, New York. Cruise to Bermuda. C

A group of U.S. House representatives will meet European competition chief Karel Van Miert on Friday

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

As of Aug. 20, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 239.92 up 2.24 wh

France's state-owned nuclear processing company said it has reached an agreement in principle with R