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Battered by low freight rates and growing competition, Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Faced with increasing demands for subsidies that it says are needed for social programs, the governm

As of Nov. 15, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 17, '95 - Nov. 15, '96 (a graph)* A

Vimpel-Communications AO became the first Russian company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchang

The port cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach last week released more than $5.5 million in funding f

Europe's chief trade negotiator is strongly backing China's membership in the World Trade Organizati

Commerce Insurance Co. has split ranks with its peers and decided not to keep money state officials

Texaco Inc.'s image may be tarnished but its profit outlook remains untainted by the turmoil of a ra

Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. energy utility industry may prove more of a rocky road rather t

Its jurisdiction covers three-fourths of the Earth's surface, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. It c

The voyage for the little can of beer begins at a brewery alongside the windmills of Holland.

INDIA ALLOWS 4 FOREIGNINSURERS TO OPEN OFFICESBOMBAY - The Reserve Bank of India said Friday

Nov. 15, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

EXPEDITORS ANNOUNCES2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLITSEATTLE - Transportation and logistics firm Expeditor

For the week ended November 9, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equale

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 17, '95 - Nov. 14, '96 (a graph)* A

The Environmental Protection Agency acknowledges it lost 200 confidential documents containing sensi

Despite U.S. attempts to play down the issue, human rights are likely to be a major topic of debate

Federal authorities this week ordered the city of Los Angeles to return $31 million in federal funds

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 14, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

EU'S BRITTAN CONSIDERSPUSHING CHINA WTO BIDBEIJING - European Commission Vice President Sir

Wente Vineyards, the export-driven winery hit with a boycott last week over alleged ties to the Myan

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lo

As of Nov. 14, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to present a new draft benchmark pricing formula f

Crystal ball-gazing is becoming the most popular pastime in the dry-cargo shipping trades as freight

Two U.S. Military Sealift Command fleet-support ships saved 19 Filipinos and an Australian on a spec

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Nov. 6, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

Mexico's second-largest insurer Seguros Comercial America this week approved the absorption of the c

SAFECO PROPERTY ANDCASUALTY INSURANCE COS.W. Randall Stoddard has been appointed chief opera

A further tightening of commercial practices at the world's oldest insurance institution may mean vi

Thursday Nov. 14, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

INDONESIAN CAR POLICYHALTS GM PRODUCTIONJAKARTA, Indonesia - General Motors' Indonesian plan

North America's biggest truckload carrier could be in line for even more business as a result of a m

Evergreen Marine Corp. will stay in the Port of Baltimore through at least 2002, the company said.

Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., the colorful, cigar-chomping chairman of the House Coast Guard and Mariti

Nobody likes flat beer. Except for TapTone, that is.The burgeoning demand for the company's

Lawmakers, academics and experts from around the world branded the United States the principal insti

While independent power developers hope to encourage lenders to accept higher risks for foreign proj