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Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said this week it will buy the worldwide ethyl and higher amines bus

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 21, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Boeing will go to Brussels next month and defend its acquisition of McDonnell Douglas.The me

Come midnight May 31, U.S. importers will again start paying tariffs on thousands of goods that no

Texaco Inc. may seek a French partner to shore up its struggling European refining and marketing bus

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The Teamsters have broken off contract talks with United Parcel Service and will honor picket lines

FLOODING LAWSUIT SETTLEDWITH DREDGING COMPANYCHICAGO - The last of one batch of lawsuits res

Marine hull insurance affords shipowners protection against physical damage and losses to their ve

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

ARCO PLANS OFFSHORE WELLNEAR ALASKAN SANCTUARYANCHORAGE - Arco Alaska Inc. plans to drill cl

Members of the Pacific Basin Economic Council failed to reach common ground at their annual meeting

Federal regulators are under mounting pressure to abandon proposed clean air rules that opponents sa

A-MARI-TRANSMichael J. Schuller was appointed chief operating officer of this ocean forwardi

P&O Nedlloyd, the container shipping line, said Wednesday it lost $31 million in its first three mon

May 21, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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

Talks to bring China into the World Trade Organization are at a standstill.According to a co

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The Organization of American States' trade unit has given hemispheric trade ministers a collection o

Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin unveiled a plan Wednesday that would allow banks, insurers and secur

SHIPSOPERATING REVENUE FALLSAT EVERGREEN MARINETAIPEI - Evergreen Marine Cor

When IBM Corp. started designing a logistics management software package, its executives pictured

The mammoth Chek Lap Kok Airport is on schedule for a much celebrated opening day in April 1998. But

Unionized employees of United Parcel Service from around the world will hold labor-unity rallies at

U.S. gasoline inventories rose by 800,000 barrels in the week ended May 16 compared with the previou

A long-delayed but serious blowup is looming between the United States and France over a pending mul

OFFERS TO BUY* STEEL. Ref: 3762. LPG cylinder steel sheets, pickled and oiled. Quality: BS 5

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Allen R. Wastler, transportation editor for The Journal of Commerce, is resigning from the newspaper

CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYSJoseph J. Schillaci was named executive vice president of sales and

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Efforts by the Port of Long Beach to build a container terminal on the site of a former Navy station

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday after the release of better-than-expected U.S. trade data for March a

U.S. exports in March soared to another record high as they outpaced imports and trimmed the trade d

Not only is the United States a nation of gabbers, but U.S. consumers pay 99 cents a minute - six ti

Domestic life and property/casualty insurers in Massachusetts are hoping they applied to state legis

Touching on the struggle homeowners have faced getting affordable coverage since Hurricane Andrew, F

As of May 21, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

AUTOMAKERS CONCERNEDOVER ALUMINUM PRICESATLANTA - As auto producers mull production of alumi