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Philippine leftist groups said Thurday a nationwide transport strike to protest increased fuel price

Mersey Docks and Harbour Co. reported a 63 percent surge in first-half pretax profit Thursday as sha

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Nearly a month after the end of a strike by flight attendants, British Airways is still canceling do

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 242.81 off 0.79

Senior U.S. government officials visiting Japan for aviation talks took time out Thursday to urge th

Europe is backing off efforts to challenge U.S. importing regulations that restrict European shipmen

Ask your neighborhood manufacturer or distributor about the economy, and they'll tell you it's doing

The teensy, tiny centimeter is threatening to create trans-Atlantic trade havoc in everything from c

American mega-mall developers, lured by visions of well-heeled consumers with a yen for one-stop sho

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When the Baltimore Orioles needed a flight home during Major League Baseball's All-Star weekend t

IRAQ WON'T RENEWSHELL, BP CONTRACTSLONDON - Anglo-Dutch Shell and British Petroleum PLC said

Although coffee prices have climbed lately on beliefs that supplies of mild arabica beans are tight,

975 (Aug. 7, 1997) Previous day - 977The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

'We're not going to just pick people off the streets.'

OFFERS TO BUY* OUTDATED COMPUTERS. Old (outdated) computers (PCS, PS/2S), their elements, sp

Frontier Insurance Group Inc. saw its second-quarter net income rise, to $15.4 million from $9.8 mil

Aug. 7, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The London insurance market suffered a slight dip in premium income in 1995, but the overall trend i

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 6, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

A young Mediterranean marriage is in trouble.Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement of Marseilles

A lawsuit charging Federal Express Corp. with discrimination against black employees should be handl

CUSTOMS, HONG KONGTO CONDUCT TEXTILE PROBEHONG KONG - U.S. and Hong Kong officials have agre

SADDAM HUSSEIN TO MAKEAN OFFER TO IRAN TODAYAMMAN, Jordan - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein t

Turkish government officials recently announced plans to tender two licenses intended to meet the gr

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

SHIPSFINNISH TANKER STRIKESQUAY WHILE BERTHINGLONDON - The tanker Katja hit

Tough rules to improve safety in the Malacca and Singapore Straits, two of the busiest waterways in

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The bulk carrier Goodwill, carrying a full cargo of iron ore, was under tow by the tug/supply vessel

America's trading partners should be held to the same high standards of health and safety as U.S. su

Iran has objected to the signing of some $8 billion in oil deals between Azerbaijan and U.S. compani

The Lukoil-led international consortium has started exploratory drilling at the Karabakh off-shore o

The Korean Air Boeing 747-300 jetliner shook violently before crashing into rocky terrain here, some

EAST COAST OVERSEASTO BE ALLIED AGENTNEW YORK - Allied Sea Services NV of Antwerp, Belgium,

In a new take on an old joke, the word at the U.S.-Mexico border now goes like this: If you build it

A strong first half for the cargo side wasn't enough to offset a sharp decline in passengers, leavin

SHIPS1 INJURED IN FIRE ABOARDBULKER OFF AUSTRALIA COASTWOLLONGONG, Australia

IMF: VIETNAM NEEDSNEW KINDS OF REFORMSHANOI - The International Monetary Fund's chief repres