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1268 (Oct. 28, 1996) Previous day - 1256The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The Maritime Administration is thinking about making some U.S.-flag shipping rules more exporter-fri

Oct. 28, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Monday, Oct. 28, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The U.S. dollar surged to a 42-month high above 114 against the Japanese yen Monday, but it declined

OIL, GAS RIG NUMBERSROSE FOR LATEST WEEKNEW YORK - The number of rigs exploring for oil and

The need to establish a training and information network to promote sustainable development among me

As of Oct. 28, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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

SHIPSBRUSSELS TO REVIEWGERMAN YARD AID PLEABRUSSELS - The European Union will scruti

Assuming there is no appeal by the ousted Air Line Pilots Association, pilots at Federal Express Cor

The busy Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex was operating normally Monday as longshoremen complied

GATX LOGISTICS INC.The duties of Todd B. Carter, vice president for business development, we

On a rainy October afternoon, Rafael Ginnari surveyed the busy, crowded port in this city just outsi

The Journal of Commerce index of transportation stocks fell 0.47 percent last week to 3721.51, despi

When Russia shivers this winter, the oil drillers, sugar planters, government bureaucrats, and ordin

It's a bit like waiting for Christmas: Will it be a shiny new present or a lump of coal?Afte

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EVERGREEN SHIFTS CONTROLOF SERVICE FROM UNIGLORYLONDON - Taiwan's Evergreen Group will trans

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Oct. 23, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to retaliate against the United States for its law th

CHUBB MAY SELLLIFE, REAL ESTATE UNITS NEW YORK - Chubb Corp., last Friday, after broadly hin

The alternative insurance market is growing as large corporations once again look for for ways to cu

AETNA'S HMO PURCHASEDRIVES DOWN NET INCOMEHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna's third-quarter net income

Massachusett's Division of Insurance, whose policies affect the pocketbooks of most Massachusetts re

The world's largest insurer of shipowners' liabilities is in favor of reducing the maximum level of

Oct. 28, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 3, '95 - Oct. 28, '96 (a graph)* An

A year after signing several deals to assist China's coal industry, an American mining machinery com

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.26 up 1.36 whi

The Federal Aviation Administration has revised the information it gave The Journal of Commerce for

Germany may be in the driver's seat in the rush toward a single European currency, but most Germans

Russian President Boris Yeltsin has described as incomprehensible the International Monetary Fund de

CHINA BANKS SEEK OKFOR EXPANSION IN USWASHINGTON - Several large Chinese banks interested in

Canadian Minister of International Trade Art Eggleton said talks with Chile on a free-trade pact wer

Globalization of the textiles, clothing and footwear industries poses both challenges and opportunit

Reactions are mixed to this weekend's signing of an economic pact for 1997 between the government, b

American companies, looking to Thailand as an export platform to the region, are set to lift investm

''It's sort of like 'Hamlet' without the prince of Denmark.''