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Amid a swirl of contradictory reports from quasi-official sources on both sides of the Taiwan Strait

Amertranz Worldwide Holding Corp. reported a net loss of $1.5 million in its first fiscal quarter en

California voters in 1988 approved Proposition 103, mandating that insurance companies roll back rat

PROPERTY COVER OFFEREDNEW JERSEY SHORETRENTON, N.J. - Shore homeowners who have had problems

The new insurance grading system for building codes could improve the status of the building departm

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 8, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Planned swapping of product lists for tariff reduction between Mexico and the Mercosur customs union

As of Oct. 31, 1996Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

In the rush to accumulate overseas investment - which it has at a record pace - China frequently lef

''I held in my hands the potential for the most cataclysmic event of the insurance world.''

RUSSIAN EXPORTS UP,TRADE BALANCE POSITIVEMOSCOW - Russia had a positive trade balance of $28

The U.S Embassy in Tokyo said late last week Walter F. Mondale, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, will r

A Clinton administration campaign to persuade Europe to join a ''choir for democracy'' in Cuba has b

Congress is likely to become more involved in a U.S. agreement to provide nuclear technology to Nort

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 238.74 up 1.71 w

Nov. 8, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

MOTOROLA OFFER HASSOME STRINGS ATTACHEDKIEV, Ukraine - The U.S. communications firm Motorola

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 8, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

When financial institutions are advising their clients to steer clear of gold, leading gold mining e

Nov. 8, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

The European Union's Court of Justice will rule today whether Britain must comply with a regulation

Nov. 8, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

Internecine warfare has erupted in the ranks of Trans World Airlines employees, as the carrier's fli

U.S. and British negotiators hope to resume formal discussions on an ''open-skies'' aviation agreeme

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

A labor-environmental coalition organized by the Teamsters Union is running a series of advertisemen

1477 (Nov. 8, 1996) Previous day - 1433The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom has decided to build a $1 billion pipeline across the Black Sea to Tur

Nov. 8, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

CONRAIL INC.Raymond J. Rumsey was named chief engineer for roadway assets. He replaces Bruce

PILOT ERROR BLAMEDFOR DOMINICAN CRASHSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The crash of a char

For the week ended November 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equale

Three weeks ended Nov. 2, 1996, vs. similar 1995 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

A Nigerian airliner carrying 141 people from the country's oil-producing center crashed en route to

Howland Hook, the Staten Island container terminal that had been long idle before the Global Allianc

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, inspectors surveying the devastation fo

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

The number of ocean shipping lines trying to enter the government's new $2 million-a-ship operating

With the price tag in the bitter battle for Conrail Inc. now in the rarefied atmosphere of $10 billi

John Terpstra, executive director of the Port of Tacoma, Wash., for the past eight years, is suddenl