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MSAS Cargo International Ltd. has moved its Manila operations into a new office next to Ninoy Aquino

After some hard foreign policy lessons from his first term, President Clinton faced down domestic pr

The Department of Agriculture and a major hauler of U.S. food aid - often locked in controversy - fi

AMERICAN COMMERCIALBARGE LINES Brooke Bickerton was named manager of environmental affairs a

May 7, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/ 1 percent 1 percent 0.5 percentBuckley 27.

The North American steel industry joined hands Monday to form The Steel Alliance, with more than 70

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 246.04 off 0.30 w

U.S. officials are touting an independent power plant to be built near the Yucatan city of Merida as

While most railroads and their customers ponder the domestic implications of the $10.2 billion plan

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CHINA FLEET EXPANSIONSEEN EXPLOITATION MOVEAUCKLAND, New Zealand - China is building a fishi

Increasing the pressure in a case that has brought protests from the United States, a software compa

PORT OF ST. BERNARDREPORTS CARGO GROWTHCHALMETTE, La. - The Port of St. Bernard in Chalmette

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is handling containers full of controversy after a low intermodal

HARTFORD STEAM BOILERMichael A. Petruzzello has been elected second vice president, special

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose by 2.7 million b

Italy is likely to add more coal to its energy mix under an agreement signed with the United States

U.S. and European Union negotiators are struggling to meet a May 28 deadline for a series of product

NORWEGIAN OIL TANKERTO UNDERGO SEA TRIALSLONDON - The Sea Empress, the huge Norwegian oil ta

1269 (May 7, 1997) Previous day - 1264The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

May 7, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low Vol. Clos

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7 perc

The fate of a controversial case involving an insolvent insurer and at least $2 billion in environme

May 7, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 6, 1997*Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)__

May 7, 1997 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.b., ex

FRITZ COS. LAUNCHESAUTOMATED TAX REPORTINGSAN FRANCISCO - Fritz Cos. has created an automate

Another railroad union group is seeking a full-year regulatory review of the planned $10.2 billion a

As of May 7, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

Corporate welfare or savior of high-tech jobs?That's a question Congress, public-interest

Bremer Lagerhaus Gesellschaft - the stevedore for the Port of Bremen/Bremerhaven - is aggressively l

The European Commission decided this week to give shipowners some tax relief for operating under Eur

It's official.After years of painful inaction in the face of seemingly endless lawsuits from

The U.S. dollar fell Wednesday on fears of central bank intervention to support the Japanese yen and

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 10, 1996 - May 7, 1997 (a graph)* An

Piracy of new business software applications generally slowed last year but still cost U.S. software

FRENCH OFFICIAL BLOCKSEU WHEAT-EXPORT TAXBRUSSELS - French Commissioner Edith Cresson Wednes

''What other industry is under such scrutiny that the network news devotes time to reporting that on

OFFERS TO BUY486 COMPUTERS. Urgently need 350 computers 486, with 4 MB ram and 100 MB harddi

The United States and Mexico have agreed to examine the need for strengthening new rules that took e