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Arizona Sen. John McCain has been testing the waters in New Hampshire this month for a 2000 presiden

GERMANY LIFTS FORECASTFOR 1997 UNEMPLOYMENTBONN - Germany raised its unemployment forecast f

Mergers are the wave of the future, and shipping lines must accept the idea or founder on the shoals

Right city. Wrong airport.A Continental Airlines pilot misjudged the location of Corpus Chri

The Conservation Law Foundation of Boston has joined a power producer it once fought in a bid to buy

Senior health officials from 191 countries gave the go-ahead Monday for the World Health Organizatio

Business leaders and trade ministers from across the hemisphere begin four days of meetings today in

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''We will resist spending the tax dollars of strawberry workers and janitors and steelworkers and ma

This month, final consultations with the public are expected to be completed on the design of a Cana

Although international standards have been set for electronic commerce business-to-business transact

1279 (May 12, 1997) Previous day - 1275The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

A strong week for stocks across almost all the transportation sectors led to a 1.3 percent gain for

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

NEW JERSEY OFFICIALS CRACKCHIROPRACTORS' SCHEMEPASSAIC, N.J. - State officials busted an aut

San Francisco Superior Court Judge William Cahill has decided against granting immediate relief to u

RECORD PORK, POULTRYOUTPUT SEEN IN 1998WASHINGTON - U.S. production is expected to be at rec

Monday May 12, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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A yachtsmen from Rhode Island died and two others survived during a rescue born of a system intended

Any hope importers may have had that record-keeping would become less onerous under the new customs

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

When business leaders begin meeting today in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte before Thursday's

CHILE SPURNS MERCOSURFOR AMERICAS FREE TRADEBRASILIA - Chile considers free trade across the

May 12, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

DREDGING SET TO STARTIN PORT NEWARK/ELIZABETHNEW YORK - Dredging is expected to start today

The Navy's Military Sealift Command will hold a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating National Mariti

Ten years ago, much of the world was insured through government-owned entities.Now that ''fr

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Motorists in the San Francisco Bay Area pay up to 19 cents more a gallon for gasoline than their cou

EU MINISTERS CLEAR SPAIN,PORTUGAL EMU PLANSBRUSSELS - EU finance ministers Monday gave the g

TUNISIA, LIBYA SET PLANFOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINETUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia and Libya will set u

American International Freight, having outgrown its air cargo hub in Terre Haute, Ind., announced Mo

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The Mozambican seafarer has a sad tale to tell.He hit port the other night and called home,

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India isn't receiving much positive feedback on its proposal that a seven-nation regional group look