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GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Maybe you're thinking you really should have more life insurance. And maybe you're thinking that if

A spokesman for Assicurazioni Generali SpA reconfirmed the insurer's plan to establish a $12 million

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 8, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

S. KOREAN FIRM TO BUILDYARN PLANT IN VIETNAMHANOI - South Korean trading giant Kolon Industr

SHIPSMARITRANS REPORTSQUARTERLY RESULTSPHILADELPHIA - Maritrans, a mid-Atlan

Despite the wariness of international investors, lawmakers are giving the thumbs up to plans to priv

Aug. 11, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Aug. 11, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp. are trying to sidestep a potential hurdle in their purchase of

King Fahd has directed his government to take measures enabling Saudi Arabia to become a member of t

Bill Sawhney cannot imagine what it would be like to work with a single phone.''I couldn't g

A new breed of airlines spawned by Europe's liberalized aviation market is squeezing Europe's two mo

Bankruptcies, corruption and record trade deficits have been the defining terms for the South Korean

Greenpeace activists chained to a mobile oil platform in the Atlantic were determined to stay on aft

SHIPSBRAZIL PORT WORKERSCALL OFF PLANNED STRIKESAO PAULO - The Santos Port Workers'

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US EX-IM BANK TO BACKINDONESIA MINING PROJECTWASHINGTON - The Export-Import Bank will provid

The Brazilian Congress is scheduled to restart voting on fiscal and constitutional reform bills this

As it continues its exit from certain international markets, United Artists Theatre Circuit Inc. sai

PLATINUM BARS DISAPPEAREN ROUTE TO SWITZERLANDJOHANNESBURG - Twenty-one bars of South Africa

One of Hong Kong's biggest advantages and a huge attraction for foreign investors and manufacturers

Only weeks after winning a battle in Washington to fend off new competition from the Caribbean, unde

If American shipping companies put out a bumper sticker, it would read, ''China: Most-favored-nation

Friday, Aug. 8, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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A U.S. lawyer suing seven European insurance firms over life insurance policies for Holocaust victim

United Parcel Service may be the world's ninth-largest airline, but grounding most of its planes has

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 242.83 up 0.02 w

Aug. 8, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Timing is everything.When Federal Express Corp. opens its Asian regional transshipment compl

Radar is acting up, really going bananas, and the fog is getting thick.Sit wherever you can.

As of July 31, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

It's not something they like to talk about.But the long-established ocean carriers that spec

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has achieved much, but regional security concerns still n

British Petroleum Co. is the latest North Slope oil producer to explore the possibility of convertin

Long ignored because of a state focus on the huge sugar sector, non-sugar agricultural production in