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COSTA RICA TO SELL STAKEIN INSURANCE COMPANYSAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Rica will sell a 40

One year after the Clinton administration refused to open the Mexican border to trucking under the N

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Leftist guerrillas holding at least 200 hostages in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Peru thre

China's top judge has urged police to intensify their ''Strike Hard'' battle against crime next year

The question of whether APL Ltd. will remain an American-flag carrier or ''flag out'' and face a shu

RailTex Inc., the San Antonio-based short-line rail operator, is part of a consortium that won the r

Mayor Willie Brown named former Port Commissioner Doug Wong as acting director of the Port of San Fr

Dec. 18, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

British Nuclear Fuels PLC, French nuclear waste recycler Cogema and 10 Japanese electric utilities o

Japan's trade surplus confounded expectations and rose last month for the first time in two years, a

Car sales in Indonesia dropped 15 percent in the first 11 months of thisyear, according to an indust

SHIPSLIVERPOOL DOCKWORKERSFACE DEADLINE OFFERLONDON - Liverpool dockworkers who were

British Airways Wednesday said it will sell its stake in USAir, leap-frogging one certain objection

NIT LEAGUE UNVEILSWORLD WIDE WEB SITEWASHINGTON - The nation's oldest and largest shippers'

Dec. 18, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE CO.Craig Howie was named vice president, tax consulting and administra

Brazil is looking for a few thirsty investors. The Latin American giant needs to upgrade its water s

The world's largest operator of refrigerated cargo ships will be created from the merger of two exis

A new concession for tugboat operation at Mexico's busiest Pacific Port of Manzanillo will give Tran

Penske Truck Leasing Co. opened a revamped facility in Jacksonville, Fla., and signed a contract to

The reinsurance market in London expanded in 1995, according to statistics released by the London In

Sometime early next year - perhaps as soon as January - a 300-foot freighter will leave France with

Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. government plans to step up its efforts to help India modernize its power, telecommunicatio

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After digging themselves out of a monster winter storm, truckers and shippers from Missouri to Minne

Processing waste from ships may not be the most glamorous work, but it's big business - possibly ver

Dec. 18, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Dec. 18, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34

Heart attacks off duty. Breaking a tooth eating a Snickers bar. Falling out of chairs at the office.

The European Union is warning the Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. that their plan to merge an

In the last five years, investors have rushed to put their markers, and their money, on high-stakes

Although the U.S.-Mexico border has stayed closed to international trucking in violation of the Nort

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The European Commission decided Wednesday to maintain EU shipbuilding aid ceilings until the end of

PAL MANAGEMENT SETSDEAL WITH PILOTS UNIONMANILA - Philippine Airlines' management said in a

Concerns over the disposal of dredged material have raised yet another obstacle to construction of a

NORTHWEST CHAIN FINEDO6ER ALLEGED FREON SALESSEATTLE - THE PRICECOSTCO INC. MEMBERSHIP DISCO

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 18, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)