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Martec International, which sells parts to the container-repair industry, says it is purchasing the

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

ING Groep NV, the largest Dutch insurance and banking combine, has announced it is buying Equitable

Assignment: Build an airport runway.Problem: No asphalt.Solution: Buy an asphalt plant.<

Chrysler's Cherokee Jeeps may look the same the world over, but many owners in China agree their ind

A new farm law that takes effect in October stops tenants from passing their leases automatically to

The Baltic Fund 1 LP, in White Plains, N.Y., is helping Lithuania, the largest Baltic state, become

Australian high-technology companies are likely to be a focus of Taiwanese investors under a program

Thirsty U.S. markets guzzled more oil than expected this spring, helping to halt a dramatic slide in

Russian reformers have succeeded in wringing long-stalled tax payments out of the country's giant ga

7RAZILIAN UTILITY GETS'B1' RATING FROM MOODY'SLONDON - Moody's Investors Service has assigne

The Federal Maritime Commission and ocean carriers on the Pacific remain at odds over the thorny sub

Consolidated Freightways Corp., one of the nation's largest union trucking companies, is giving all

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Large, well-financed Australian mining companies could be set to gain long-term from their smaller c

It's the good old summertime, when every red-blooded American becomes obsessed with golf. And you ca

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

Importers of textiles and apparel from Hong Kong will have to become more vigilant to guard against

BOEING COMMERCIAL JETSTOTAL 92 FOR 2ND QUARTERNEW YORK - Boeing Co. said Monday that it deli

LINCOLN NATIONAL TO BUYSTAKE IN MEXICAN INSURERFORT WAYNE, Ind. - Lincoln National Corp. has

NEW YORK LIFEKenneth A. Grubb was appointed president of the life insurance company's NYLife

BANK OF BOSTONRobert Scott was named managing director of global derivative sales. He was a

Train operating workers on Canadian Pacific Railway ratified a new contract that overhauls tradition

The Turkish government of secularist Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz promised on Monday to persevere wit

SHIPSPIRACY ESCALATINGIN BRAZILIAN TRADESCOPENHAGEN - The threat of violent

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John Chamberlain Moore, a former partner in New York maritime law firm Haight, Gardner, Poor & Haven

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Deep in the hills of the poorest country in the Americas a fortune in gold lies waiting. But to loca

Former workers at the Fore River Shipyard are growing frustrated with delays for construction of a n

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

As of July 7, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Another good week for U.S. stocks led to a 1.6 percent gain for The Journal of Commerce's index of t

July 7, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere, has become the 15th member of the Caribbean C

INDONESIA ADDRESSESHONG KONG VISA ISSUEHONG KONG - An early hitch in Hong Kong's handover af

The Indian government appears to be taking a somewhat aggressive attitude after resisting Western pr

July 7, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Tough new penalties are in place for U.S. and Canadian truckers if safety defects are found on their