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Working to muscle Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. through bankruptcy's thickets, turnaround pro Joe Freema

The largest private landowner in the Mojave National Preserve says the U.S. government must follow t

On the heels of the Mexican government's about-face decision to avoid privatizing state petrochemica

S&P LOWERS CHUBB LIFECLAIMS-PAYING RATINGNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's Corp. has lowered the

Fritz Cos., in a long-term shift in strategy, is negotiating logistics contracts to receive a percen

Thursday, Oct. 31, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

ECU-LINE BEGINS SERVICEFROM BELGIUM TO SUDANANTWERP, Belgium - Ecu-Line NV said it is starti

In an unprecedented step, John Sweeney, AFL-CIO president, convened a national coalition of rail uni

''South Carolina's chest is all puffed up because of this. It is something to be proud of.''

The Thai economy is at a crossroads as labor-intensive industries give way to higher technology prod

It wasn't long ago that a dozen roses bought for Valentines' Day almost certainly were grown in an A

A court is to mark out the field of battle today for a constitutional fight that legal experts say c

Oct. 31, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

DATA TECH COSTS OIL, GASFIRMS $6 BILLION A YEARHOUSTON - Cambridge Energy Research Associate

Oct. 31, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Oct. 31, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Oct. 31, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Efforts by members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference to persuade three South Korean lines to joi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 3, '95 - Oct. 31, '96 (a graph)* An

EASTMAN NOT A PARTOF OLEFINS PLANNEW YORK - Eastman Chemical Co. Thursday said it does not p

The Clinton administration warned the Surface Transportation Board not to take a back-door approach

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In the past 18 months, 15 small earthquakes have shaken the remote Nevada desert where federal offic

AIRPLANE CRASHES INTO HOMESAFTER SAO PAULO TAKEOFFSAO PAULO - A Fokker-100 aircraft

Two Journal of Commerce subsidiaries - PIERS and Transax Data - are joining forces to form a single

Despite public opposition from the White House, hopes are high at the United Nations this week that

The U.S. dollar was mixed Thursday as the market entered a holding pattern ahead of today's release

Eight years in gestation, what should have been Hong Kong's first electronic data interchange system

Japan has given the green light to a big U.S. seed company to sell genetically engineered corn that

APEC MEMBERS DRAFTPLANS TO REMOVE BARRIERSMANILA - Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Coop

P&O CONTAINERS POSTSLOWER PER-TEU REVENUELONDON - Average revenue per 20-foot container earn

For the second time this year, the Port of Los Angeles will sell revenue bonds to help finance its m

Arthur F. Quern and Martin L. ''Larry'' Koppie of Aon Corp. died in a plane crash near Chicago on Oc

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

SEA SHIPPING LINECarmine A. Gerace was named vice president of sales and marketing for this

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

1311 (Oct. 31, 1996) Previous day - 1296The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

While Asian trade experiences a pause in its usually breakneck growth, South Korea is using the time

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

As of Oct. 31, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su