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Thursday July 3, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

'We are struggling against drug barons who have at their command facilities that put ours to shame.'

SHIPSIMO RECEIVES AWARDFOR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTSLONDON - The International M

Cleaning up the contaminated grounds around the 30-year-old Connecticut Yankee nuclear plant could c

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is creating a new Japan office and assigning Wendy Cutle

IRAN, RUSSIA HOLD TALKSON NUCLEAR COOPERATIONDUBAI - Iran and Russia are holding discussions

Individual investors, the kind who have kept Lloyd's of London in business for most of its 300 years

ADIDAS SIGNS MARKETINGDEAL WITH NBA, WNBAFRANKFURT - German sportswear maker Adidas AG signe

Contract Freighters Inc., an international trucking concern in Joplin, Mo., is in Mexico for the lon

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 237.42 off 1.28

After 110 years, a Chinese customs house is getting its own name back as a little-noticed part of th

Preparatory work will begin within weeks at the site where two nuclear reactors will be built in Nor

Britain says it is investigating European Union claims last week that British beef is being illegall

U.S. government researchers said last week they found no E. coli bacteria in U.S.-produced radish se

A severed cow's head was discovered Thursday in front of the home of the president of the Japanese l

CONTINENTAL EXPRESSFred Cromer was named vice president and chief financial officer for Cont

Earl Hoekenga, former president and chief executive of former Ryder Truck Lines, has died of a pulmo

Word spreads fast across the office towers of New York City whenever this little ship goes by.

Thursday, July 3, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

With some prominent exceptions relating to shipper access, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway

July 3, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The European Commission is working frantically to prepare for its biggest day since it took office

Congo, the former Zaire, plans to target telecommunications, farming and road building as priorities

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The chief of the United Nations is calling for improved market access for the world's least develope

OFFERS TO BUY* GLOVES: LEATHER. Specifications: cow split, reinforced palm, denim back and c

Comparing the productivity of Asian ports with that of U.S. ports is no comparison at all. Asian por

Everybody complains about the weather.Employers Reinsurance hired its own climate scientist

It's the kind of export industry that rubs law enforcement the wrong way.Many cars stolen in

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

July 3, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 2, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

July 3, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

OIL STORAGE TANK CATCHESFIRE NEAR ALBANIAN PORTVLORE, Albania - An oil storage tank caught f

A Korean-owned factory in Vietnam that makes shoes for Nike Inc. recently issued a public apology to

He was caught with his pants down in a lavatory during a trans-Atlantic flight but insists he's inno

The Surface Transportation Board swatted down an effort by two Washington cities that sought more po

The Clinton administration's three-year report card on the North American Free Trade Agreement is ex