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Months before Congress is set to consider admitting Chile into the North American Free Trade Agreeme

The Port of Corpus Christi, continuing a push to broaden its cargo base from petroleum and related p

A docking pilot at the center of a federal investigation said he regularly scheduled his own drug an

Dockworkers in half of Japan's ports will refuse to work on Sundays starting this weekend to protest

March 13, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

''You can put a lot of makeup on this old lady, but she's still an old lady.''

The House Thursday overturned President Clinton's finding that Mexico is an ally in the war on drugs

The Polish government was not indifferent to the failure of Gdansk Shipyard, but the yard had to be

CABLE NEWS NETWORKOPENS BUREAU IN CUBAHAVANA - The Cable News Network opened its Havana news

The U.S. international payments deficit soared to $165 billion last year, the second-highest ever, w

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 15, 1996 - March 13, 1997 (a graph)

CHINA WARNED SURPLUSCOULD UPSET TIES TO USWASHINGTON - China was warned last week that its w

TRANSAMERICA TO SELLCONSUMER FINANCE UNITSAN FRANCISCO - Transamerica Corp. said Thursday it

A scheme to swindle an insurance firm unraveled after a car, falsely reported stolen, crashed, killi

CLEVELAND AIRPORT'SPASSENGER TRAFFIC RISESCLEVELAND - Passenger traffic last year at Clevela

US AIRWAYS EXPANDINGSUIT AGAINST PARTNER BAWASHINGTON - US Airways said Wednesday it is expa

1100 (March 13, 1997) Previous day - 1085The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thurs

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

EU SAYS FRENCH TEXTILEAID ILLEGAL; RULING DELAYEDBRUSSELS - The European Commission said on

Chinese leaders are becoming more ''sensitive'' to U.S. concerns about China's rising trade surplus

OFFERS TO BUY* SILICON & MANGANESE. Price should be c.f. & f.o. Iskenderun or Istanbul, Turk

Thursday, March 13, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

People strolling on the coast near a nuclear processing plant earlier this week were exposed to radi

Lauritzen Reefers, one of the world's biggest operators of refrigerated cargo ships, sees a further

March 13, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

GROUPS PLEAD CASEFOR INDIAN STOWAWAYLONDON - Politicians and refugee groups are urging a Bri

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 13, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The executives at the W.H. Miner Division of Miner Enterprises Inc. know what it's like to have thei

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on a strong retail sales report for February and reassuring comments f

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 12, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The management of the main risk factors and surveillance procedures with regard to bovine spongiform

Hong Kong's only full aircraft maintenance firm, coming off three grim years, bounced back to 46 per

In a move that would also affect U.S. truckers, Ontario's government and private industry are callin

1465 (March 13, 1997) Previous day - 1454The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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PRUDENTIAL INSURANCECO. OF AMERICA Steve Shulman joined the insurer as president and chief e

RUSSIAN OIL WORKERSSTRANDED IN ARCTICMURMANSK, Russia - About 120 Russian oil workers are st

Indonesia, already rich in energy resources, is revising plans to have a nuclear power plant operati

An international dispute about Massachusetts sanctions against Myanmar and Indonesia has sent U.S. t