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OFFERS TO BUY* STEEL BILLETS SCRAP. Quote your best prices c.i.f. Alexandria, Egypt. Quantit

JAPAN SURPLUS SOARSAS US AIRS CONCERNSTOKYO - Japan unveiled figures on Thursday showing its

Foreign market share of Japan's computer chip market improved during the third quarter of 1996, reve

A House panel Thursday voted to revoke President Clinton's certification of Mexico's anti-drug effor

A Pennsylvania court has thrown Cigna's restructuring plan back to the state Insurance Department, 1

Voting strictly along party lines, the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee has approved and s

FIREMAN'S FUND TO BUYCROP GROWERS CORP.KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. enter

The tangled case involving Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Co.'s relocation to Bermuda and subse

ALLIANCE OF AMERICAN INSURERSJohn B. Lennes Jr. was named vice president and director of the

The Comptroller of the Currency made his strongest call yet for banks to sell insurance, securities

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush at a press briefing told reporters that the down

RADIATION CONTAMINATIONOF SOFT DRINKS FEAREDEDINBURGH, Scotland - Carbon dioxide used for so

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

SENATE PANEL APPROVESPENA FOR ENERGY POSTWASHINGTON - The Senate Energy Committee Thursday a

Trans-Atlantic carriers engaged in a long-running legal dispute with the European Commission may off

Delays continue on the rails and rivers as rampaging floodwaters hold transportation at bay in Kentu

APL GETS PAT ON BACKFOR USE OF INTERNETSAN FRANCISCO - Shipping line APL Ltd.'s use of the I

The United States will not open the U.S. border to Mexican trucking companies carrying international

Canadians invented and named the grain called canola.During the 1970s, plant breeders in Can

1419 (Mar. 6, 1997) Previous day - 1414The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

STUDY: MOST AIR TRAVELGROWTH TO BE IN CHINAHONG KONG - The world's highest air travel growth

MESA AIR GROUP INC.The company made a series of personnel appointments during a consolidatio

Mar. 6, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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Amtrak trains have been ordered to slow down through a beachfront area of this Vancouver suburb, whe

The top executive at Bath Iron Works told business leaders this week that the shipyard will likely r

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

With the passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996, lease financing structures for vess

Progress on Hong Kong's long-stalled container terminal No. 9 is ''so far, so good,'' but runs the r

For thousands of exporters, June 1 is a day that might better be scratched from the calendar. That i

Despite U.S. efforts to head it off, Iran has started tenders and equipment orders for a gas pipelin

Don't sit at the front of an aircraft. Terrorists frequently use the first few seats to direct their

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

Wednesday, March 5, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar declined on profit-taking Wednesday after failing to push convincingly above 122.30

China is poised to buy up to 100 Airbus passenger jets, signaling a long-awaited breakthrough for th

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A Navy advisory group recently completed back-to-back visits to Ingalls Shipbuilding and Bath Iron W

Northwest Airlines wants to reinstate service between Seattle and Malaysia.If approved by th