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With its fertile soil, tropical climate and abundant rainfall, Vietnam should be a mecca for U.S. co

The Volzhsky Pipe Works and the Kala Naft Co. of Iran called a press conference in Moscow this week

South Korean prosecutors moved to wrap up the Hanbo graft scandal, demanding long jail terms for 11

When cocoa exporters in Cote d'Ivoire presented a list of complaints to the government in February o

Rising world coffee prices that could provoke a consumer backlash led producing nations to decide Mo

DREWRY: TANKER RATESLIKELY TO KEEP CLIMBINGLONDON - Tanker freight rates could climb as much

BANK FORMS PARTNERSHIPWITH THE HARTFORDCHARLOTTE, N.C. - First Union Corp., the nation's six

Intermodal traffic blossomed in April, but most other freight flowers failed to bloom.Rail-t

The story headlined ''Single European market remains an elusive prey'' which appeared on Page 8A on

Pressure mounts to revamp the controversial rate structure of the California Earthquake Authority, t

AON GROUPPeter S. Christie was named vice chairman of the insurance brokerage group in Chica

Marine underwriters face an upturn in insurance claims after a sharp jump in the volume of tonnage l

Marking a major victory for the insurance industry, the California Supreme Court has ruled that a pe

Xerox Corp. came another step closer to leaving the insurance industry Monday when it announced the

The Transportation Intermediaries Association of Alexandria, Va. has tapped Robert Voltmann of the N

The clock is ticking toward an apparent June 16 application by Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp.

PLANESLUFTHANSA CARGO SUFFEREDLOSS IN FIRST QUARTERFRANKFURT - Lufthansa Car

With an eye toward expanding trade with South America's largest emerging market, Jacksonville Port A

May 16, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Grain, coal and iron ore may seem like robust and stable cargoes that would be straightforward to ha

For the week ended May 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 16

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1283 (May 16, 1997) Previous day - 1281The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane . . . it's a piece of a plane!Actually, Mick

PLM REPORTS INVESTORGROUP HAS BOUGHT STAKESAN FRANCISCO - PLM International Inc., a containe

Emery Worldwide announced Friday it is expanding its 2-year-old ''gold priority'' service to offer t

Back in the boom days of the 1960s, Germany's Kiel canal was the world's most heavily traveled artif

A pirate tale this be, a tale of bloodthirsty marauders who invade cargo boats, looting and attackin

Seventeen years ago, the Gdansk shipyard gave birth to the Solidary movement that freed Poland from

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NORTHEAST UTILITIESCUTS CONTRACTING JOBSWATERFORD, Conn. - Long troubled Northeast Utilities

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

As of May 16, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 252.77 up 1.39 w

May 16, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

May 16, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 16, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Eli Lilly & Co. said it agreed to sell its stake in DowElanco to Dow Chemical Co. for $1.2 billion,

May 16, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 15, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low