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SHIPSWORKERS WIN PAY HIKESAT PORT OF OAKLANDOAKLAND - About 300 maintenance,

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTSDOWN FOR SOUTH KOREASEOUL - DIRECT OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS BY SOUTH KOREAN

Four international consortiums are competing for the natural gas distribution permit for the Rio Pan

The new Canadian owner of Lykes Lines wants the ailing U.S. carrier back in profit during 1998.<

Officials from the Department of National Treasury Wednesday were unable to confirm a local report t

BOEING MERGER CLEARSFINAL EU HURDLEBRUSSELS - The European Commission, formally ending a fiv

'We negotiate all day, and work all night to answer the questions that arise. It helps keep the mome

The Port of Long Beach in June moved 309,628 20-foot container units, becoming the first U.S. port e

As negotiators attempted to put the finishing touches on a budget package Wednesday, a partisan figh

Fed up with Chancellor Helmut Kohl's relentless drive to unite Europe's currencies, Immo Wegner deci

OFFERS TO BUY* MALEIC ANHYDRIDE. Maleic anhydride and phthalic anhydride. Forward prices f.o

U.S. Secretary of State Madelaine Albright praised economic globalization this week, citing United S

1283 (July 30, 1997) Previous day - 1287The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

German firms in 1997 continue to step up direct investment abroad with the United States a major tar

A recent court ruling over a poultry slaughter method could make it harder for the U.S. government t

The European Commission said this week that, despite some progress toward liberalization, U.S. barri

China's efforts to draw foreign investment to its poorer inland regions have scored only limited suc

U.S. gasoline inventories fell by 3.2 million barrels in the week ended July 25 as compared with the

John Sweeney, AFL-CIO president, and about 300 U.S. trade unionists demonstrated at the Indonesian E

July 30, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High Low

Nearly 200 years before the Internet was created, there lived in England - a nation known for its dr

Canadian Pacific Railway will build a 27.5 million Canadian dollar (US$20 million) intermodal termin

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Christensen Canadian African Lines is expanding its service to South Africa to three ships from two,

Northwest Airlines will buy back KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' 19.7 percent stake in the U.S. carrier bu

CONSECO NET INCOMEMORE THAN DOUBLESCARMEL, Ind. - Conseco Inc.'s net income more than double

Brazil's Paranagua Port Authority has decided to auction a concession to build and operate a new ber

Thailand's decision to seek foreign help to rescue its shaky economy raises the prospect of a big in

The government affairs director of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has quit, dogged by a

E.N. BISSO & SON INC.The New Orleans-headquartered tugboat company announced a management re

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The brief headlined ''Insurer pays $92 million to settle coffee fraud'' that appeared on Page 7A on

CALIFORNIA QUAKE AGENCYAUTHORIZES RATE CUTSSAN FRANCISCO - The California Earthquake Authori

The Insurance Services Office is to provide information for the Guy Carpenter & Co. index that will

ONGOINGExport Documentation, Procedures and Letters of Credit. Seminars in August sponsored

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RISK AND INSURANCEMANAGEMENT SOCIETYDr. Amy J. Geffen was named director of professional dev

Large employers, insurance companies and an influential business group want the state to decrease fe

Stepping up the competitive pressure, Federal Express Corp. Wednesday announced details of the first

More than 2,000 years before Federal Express, eager shippers insisted their goods get to market as f