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

Although spared a postal rate increase this year, the nation's mailers said they expect one in 1998.

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Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula said it has formally challenged the Navy's decision to award a $1

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In the battle between U.S. sanctions and Iranian salesmanship, Tehran's fast-talking ''bazaaris'' ha

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Jan. 3, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Anti-nuclear activists are concerned that outgoing Maine Yankee President Charles Frizzle may not be

Greenland's unexploited oil and mineral resources could provide ''economic freedom'' that would allo

An Feng Steel Co. of Taiwan and Kingstream Resources of Perth, Australia, announced plans Friday to

Iraq will be reinstated into OPEC's quota system gradually when it is allowed by the United Nations

Longtime New York maritime lawyer Gerald Ullman, who led the fight against mandatory longshore rates

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WILLIS FABER NORTHAMERICA INC.Peter C. Hearn was appointed executive vice president of the r

The BBC said Friday it chose a consortium headed by Castle Tower Corp. of Houston as the preferred b

SAUDIS WON'T GO ABROADTO FINANCE BUDGET DEFICITRIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia will not

Indian trade and industry organizations are renewing their call for greater government coordination

Vietnam has revoked the license of the largest single U.S. investment, a $250 million tourist resort

PORTS OF AUCKLANDGEOFF VAZEYChief executiveNew Zealand is distant from many

NYK LINE (NORTHAMERICA) INC.KEITARO KANAMORIPresidentAlthough the U.

PORT OF LONG BEACHS.R. DILLENBECKExecutive directorDespite a softening of th

TRANS-ATLANTICCONFERENCEAGREEMENTHAROLD G. HOLDENExecutive directorI

SHIPSCOMPUTER GLITCH DELAYSKELANG'S CARGO CLEARINGKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A compute

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Friday, Jan. 3, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Denmark has become the world's largest producer of windmills, following the bankruptcy of a U.S. man

OFFICE LOOKS AT ASSETSOF NEW JERSEY BLUESTRENTON, N.J. - Attorney General Peter Verniero say

''Every single major carrier is in there trying to get into the market, but getting concrete deals i

SHIPYARDS REOPENAFTER WEEK-LONG STRIKESEOUL - Thousands of shipyard workers returned to work

Shoot, then shake hands.Last March China sent warships on exercises that amounted to saber r

AMERICANASSOCIATIONOF PORT AUTHORITIESKURT NAGLEPresidentPorts throu

ECUADORIAN LINEJOHN F. MYLOTTVice presidentWith mergers, acquisitions, confe

XTRA Corp.LEWIS RUBINPresident, chief executiveFreight transportation companies were

The world's largest private operator of port terminals ''wouldn't touch the Philippines after this;

As exporters and transportation providers in the Northwest began sifting through the damage wrought

LOMAK TO PURCHASEOIL ASSETS FROM COMETRAFORT WORTH - Lomak Petroleum Inc. said last week it

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 240.56 up 0.95 w

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 3, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)