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The start of the Bering Sea Tanner crab season Wednesday could hit a snag resulting in impaired or d

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

BARRICADES SET AFIREIN PORT-AU-PRINCEPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Protesters set flaming barricad

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

India will soon announce a new oil exploration policy in a bid to shore up its declining crude outpu

CALIFORNIA CHANNELSMAY REOPEN SOONSAN FRANCISCO - Deep-water channels leading to the bulk ca

A long-awaited scientific study of truck driver fatigue shows that the time of day has more impact o

January 13, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and th

With prices for crude oil at their highest level in years and gasoline at the pump following suit, y

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The combatants in one of the Caribbean's largest boardroom battles have intensified a 2-year-old war

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

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

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

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

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

The International Rice Research Institute, which pioneered new high-yielding rice varieties in the 1

GILCHREST VOWSMARITIME SUPPORTBALTIMORE - The newly appointed chairman of a key House mariti

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The U.S. dollar rose Monday as fears about the health of Russian President Boris Yeltsin weighed on

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

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

Canadian 88 launchesbid for larger companyCALGARY - Canadian 88 Energy Corp. said Monday it

Nearly 400 barges, carrying a range of cargoes including grain, coal, petrochemicals and steel produ

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

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

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

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

Jan. 13, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Jan. 13, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Farmers whose bins were empty as they ruefully watched corn prices soar above $5 a bushel last year

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Oh, what a difference an election makes.After four years of keeping a lid on its criticism o

The president of CP Ships is in a buying mode.Raymond Miles said Monday that CP Ships, which

A Chinese court sentenced a U.S. businessman to 10 years in jail Monday for smuggling garbage and me

Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto today wraps up his eight-day trip to Southeast Asia with mi

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

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

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