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A bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature to make insurance companies pay legal fees in

To delay is to kill, the president of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said Friday in a letter urging the M

FORMOSA PLASTICS PLANSSECOND PLANT IN USTAIPEI - Taiwan's petrochemical giant Formosa Plasti

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Offers to buy* LENTILS, BEANS & PULSES. Pulses, red whole & split lentils, chick peas & gree

Friday, May 9, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

As of April 30, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docu

SHIPSSIZE OF NORWEGIANMERCHANT FLEET SWELLSOSLO - The size of the Norwegian-

The nation's largest proprietary container terminal, the 230-acre American President Lines terminal

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

CANADIAN FINDS OILOFF WESTERN AUSTRALIACALGARY - PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. said it has made

May 9, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.7

China is proposing to build what's billed as the world's first plant to convert coal directly into c

GLOSSARY:AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Stung by the outsourcing of U.S. jobs and recent moves by U.S. multinationals to expand the foreign

A buzz of anticipation about the future of Hong Kong's main telecommunications company ended with a

May 9, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

UAW SEEKS TO REPRESENTFEDEX DISTRICT'S LABORDETROIT - The United Auto Workers has petitioned

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 248.08 up 1.47 whi

U.S. Republican lawmakers last week renewed their effort to abolish the U.S. Energy Department, call

A Canadian mining company is putting $50 million down on a copper and cobalt contract that could hel

Insurance will be the focal point as Asian shipowners gather in Singapore today for the sixth time a

Waterfront employers in Southern California may complain about the cost of longshore labor, but a st

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 17, 1996 - May 9, 1997 (a graph)* An

THAI FIRM TO BUY STAKEIN 2 ELECTRONICS PROJECTSBANGKOK - Thai electronics concern Alphatec G

As of May 9, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, in a bid to avoid a recurrence of recent locomotive shortages,

French state insurer GAN, and its banking subsidiary CIC, are ready to be privatized, Didier Pfeiffe

May 9, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

An Australian utility undertaking a $20 million upgrade of one Vietnamese power grid sees it as a po

BMW, CHRYSLER TOUTJOINT BRAZILIAN VENTURECURITIBA, Brazil - BMW AG and Chrysler Corp. will l

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

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South Korea, yielding to mounting pressure from its trading partners, vowed on Friday not to discrim

The head of the International Air Transport Association is urging the Clinton administration to defe

MEXICO SAYS COMPANYMAY OFFER INSURANCEMEXICO CITY - Mexico's finance ministry has authorized

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A powerful new player has been created in the refrigerated cargo trades following the completion of

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 9, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Bre-X Minerals, the Canadian mining company whose stock was destroyed by revelations that its gold s