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The Russian government will protect foreign investment in the controversial Sukhoi Log gold-mining p

SEDGWICK SEES GAININ FIRST-QUARTER REVENUELONDON - Sedgwick Group PLC, the insurance brokera

Herb Schmidt is saying no about 100 times a day.That could mean headaches and higher rates o

RUSSIA SAID SET TO SIGNPACT WITH LONDON CLUBMOSCOW - A high-ranking official at the Russia's

Thursday, May 15, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 17, 1996 - May 15, 1997 (a graph)* A

Weeks of discussions among Senate Republicans, their Democratic counterparts and interested industry

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 251.38 up 0.08

A Philadelphia-based energy company says it would consider buying the troubled Maine Yankee nuclear

As the House Budget Committee moved Thursday to recommend a halt to federal funding for the Overseas

OFFERS TO BUY* PLASTIC SCRAP OF ELECTRICAL WIRE. Plastic (PVC) scrap of electrical wire, 100

Leaders of a seven-nation South Asian group, pledging to hasten the creation of a free-trade area, a

Retiring Maritime Administrator Albert J. Herberger appealed to maritime executives to support bipar

TOY-SHIPPERS GROUPSIGNS CONTRACT WITH AIEDARIEN, Conn. - Aie Express International said it w

May 15, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The shipping lines that specialize in the transportation of cars are grappling with the sort of prob

CAPITAL RE CORP.Philip S. Bonner joins the reinsurer in the new position of vice president o

The Surface Transportation Board rejected a bid by Conrail Inc. to delay consideration of a rate cas

It's been a long and winding road for Amtrak's Texas Eagle, which has experienced several brushes wi

Negotiations for the privatization of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines are not progressing well, and

AIRBUS, OTHERSTO STUDY100- TO 125-SEAT AIRCRAFTBEIJING - The European aircraft consortium Ai

The United States started proceedings in the World Trade Organization against Ireland and Denmark ov

The government's attempt to open the nationalized insurance sector received a boost from Parliament,

ROYAL DUTCH-SHELL GETSFLAK FROM ACTIVISTSLONDON - The Royal Dutch-Shell Group of Cos. came u

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 15, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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Transport tonnage on German inland waterways last year declined 4.6 percent on the year, to 227 mill

There's a lot of air cargo planes in the Asia-Pacific region these days.As a result, rates a

Luiz Costa understands the difficulty of exporting to his native Brazil.He's unfazed by the

LLOYD'S REPORT SUGGESTSEND OF SELF-REGULATIONLONDON - A report due out today on self-regulat

SHIPSEXCESS CAPACITY HAMPERSOOIL'S BOTTOM LINEHONG KONG - Orient Overseas (Internati

As of May 15, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

MASSACHUSETTS FACESYARD WORKER SHORTAGEBOSTON - Massachusetts faces a shortage of skilled sh

1281 (May 15, 1997) Previous day - 1281The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

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

Federal energy regulators have sent Northern States Power Co. and Wisconsin Energy Corp. back to the

Aggressive Korean line Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. is tying its regional expansion to Singapore with