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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

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

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

Imagine this - a tanker has just run aground in a terrible blizzard. In making the required notifica

ONTARIO HYDRO HIRESUS NUCLEAR EXPERTSTORONTO - Ontario Hydro has hired seven American expert

The world's gold producers will likely pay dearly for the steep fall in the bullion price and the de

As Norfolk Southern Corp. moves to appeal last week's unfavorable court decision, Conrail Inc. conti

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per

Jan. 10, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Northern Plains Resource Council, representing a coalition of ranchers, unions and American Indi

In an earlier day, when importers needed advice to navigate the labyrinth of U.S. customs regulation

Friday, Jan. 10, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

In another sign of recovery for the global chip industry, billings in the Americas market rose for t

The old Cold War spies may have come in from the cold now that the Berlin Wall is gone, but industri

''Japan has been saying 'Come on in. We welcome you,' while it has actually been closing the door. I