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EU INFLATION RATE HITSRECORD LOW IN NOVEMBERBRUSSELS - The inflation rate in the European Un

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

Three new measures to protect intellectual property will go before Hong Kong's legislative assembly

Industry associations last week urged the government to quickly enact far-reaching recommendations t

JAPAN REPORTS DROPIN TRADE SURPLUSTOKYO - The surplus in Japan's broadest measure of trade f

The gate is up again at the Commerce Department for U.S. firms seeking to forge closer business ties

The four partners of the Airbus Industrie consortium formally signed an agreement Monday aimed at ma

Boeing Co. rejected a proposal from its biggest union, the International Association of Machinists a

Many in the insurance industry feel the European monetary union would be beneficial for business, bu

State Farm and Fireman's Fund are preparing for the next round in their separate legal battles with

As Northern Europe shivers in subzero temperatures, British and Continental insurers are bracing the

PERU SEEKS TO AVOIDA FURTHER INVESTIGATIONNEWARK, N.J. - Prudential Insurance Company of Ame

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SHIPSSEAWAY CARGO DECLINES,PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWWASHINGTON - St. Lawrence Se

Switzerland's Zurich Insurance Group announced Monday it plans to acquire all the remaining 34 perce

The nation's costliest intermodal project is getting a jump start from the newly streamlined Alameda

An APL Ltd. vessel subject to a walkout by its radio officer on Friday left Seattle on schedule earl

Direct Transit Inc., a troubled Iowa trucking company that saw its sale to Schneider National Inc. f

The Clinton administration will begin formal ''open-skies'' talks with four Asian nations next week,

Freightliner Corp., taking advantage of positive conditions created by the North American Free Trade

GREEK SEAMEN RENEWSTRIKE; PORTS PARALYZEDATHENS - Greek seamen Monday renewed the strike the

A tough week for the Japanese stock market hurt the two maritime sectors of the Journal of Commerce

A consortium led by P&O Australia Ltd. won the contract to build a container terminal at the Port of

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WALLENIUS LINES SETS UPOWN AGENCY IN SWEDENLONDON - Wallenius Lines, Europe's largest specia

ALCOA DIRECTORS DECLAREQUARTERLY DIVIDENDPITTSBURGH - The Board of Directors of Alcoa Friday

Three weeks ended Jan. 4, 1997, vs. similar 1995-96 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

Trusting that the technology has improved in the last 102 years, two partnersare digging and drillin

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 241.95 up 0.24 whi

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per to

A pesky wheat fungus, environmental activists, persistent ice jams and international politics conspi

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

A cooperative arrangement between Hyundai Merchant Marine and two Swiss-based oceancarriers is about

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

Jan. 13, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

For the week ended January 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Jan. 13, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 13, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Navigational charts covering the approaches to one of Britain's busiest oil terminals are unreliable

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Jan. 8, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel de