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A shareholder suit was filed against Norfolk Southern Corp., CSX Corp. and executives of Delaware Ot

SHIPSDOCKWORKERS STRIKEAT FRENCH PORTSMARSEILLES, France - Dockworker unions

Union members at the Bethship yard voted to accept a labor agreement with a company that wants to bu

Aug. 20, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

CHICAGO EXCHANGEFINES DAIWA BANKCHICAGO - The Chicago Board of Trade's business conduct comm

1292 (Aug. 20, 1997) Previous day - 1293The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Mary Schiavo, former top cop at the U.S. Department of Transportation, tearfully told the families o

U.S. exports hit an all-time high in June, but that won't be enough to avert the highest yearly merc

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Bangladesh raised the prices of several petroleum products this week, but left-wing parties in India

Aug. 20, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

The Clinton administration issued new pollution rules for imported gasoline, complying with part of

About 10,000 injured Texas workers whose insurance claims have been covered by the Texas Workers Com

A group trying to retrace explorer Leif Ericsson's historic ocean journey to North America called of

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 30, 1996 - Aug. 20, 1997 (a graph)*

The Indian rupee fell suddenly against the U.S. dollar Wednesday as banks and importers rushed to se

Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs.Value Prior 2 Mos. 1996 1995 Mil. $ Mo. Back

SHIPSCOSCO, ITALIAN FIRMIN CONTAINER VENTURETIANJIN, China - China Ocean Shi

As with love gone bad, when international business relationships go sour, the damage control can get

Exxon Corp. of Houston appears to have lost a bid to develop a major oil deposit in the Nenets regio

Cuba has produced 60 million cigars for export so far this year and is on course to produce some 100

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

U.S. distillate inventories grew by 2.5 million barrels in the week ended Aug. 15, as compared with

LEICAGunnar Mangs was named business director of the company's Marine GPS Group.Mr. Mangs is

Shippers discussed rail mergers, the cost of intermodalism, safety at sea, Hong Kong and other topic

A standing-room-only crowd of 50 lawyers and interested parties jammed a U.S. District Court Wednesd

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Aug. 13, 1997, as supplied by the bunker fuel

Officials looking for ways to get North Slope gas to market say the work is a bit like climbing Moun

British Telecommunications PLC will probably tighten cost and management controls at MCI Communicati

The insurance industry, trying to keep its friends in high places, boosted its political contributio

Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda will visit Poland and the Czech Republic this week for talks on Japa

British Petroleum Co. PLC is suing Greenpeace for UK1.4 million ($2.3 million) after four protesters

State-owned El Al Israel Airlines said Monday it turned a profit in the second quarter and is expect

The Customs Service announced that the following companies were fined by the Macau Economic Services

Guatemala and Honduras, in the Central America region, will roughly represent a market of $100 milli

The deckhand on the midnight-to-four watch spotted the stranger in the galley, tucking into the refr

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

GOLD PRODUCTIONDROPS IN S. AFRICAJOHANNESBURG - South African gold mines produced 39.8 metri