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A leading environmental group claimed Thursday that the nation's airports are a major source of nois

A senior Great Lakes region congressman wants to turn talk of creating a single U.S.-Canadian St. La

TRICON PARTNERSHIP,HANJIN CONFIRM ACCORDNEW YORK - Hanjin Container Lines and the Tricon par

Fans gearing up for Saturday's start of the World Series are used to seeing Dominicans on the major

The Port of Seattle plans to reduce its marine division's administrative costs slightly next year, w

Norfolk Southern Corp. apparently will fight the proposed merger of its Eastern rail rivals, CSX Cor

President Boris Yeltsin's firing of Russian security chief Alexander Lebed on Thursday may restore o

UGLAND INTERNATIONALTO BUY STAKE IN HUALLONDON - Ugland International Holdings PLC, the Norw

Union Pacific Corp. Thursday joined CSX Corp., Conrail Inc. and Illinois Central Corp. in reporting

Oct. 17, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1118 (Oct. 17, 1996) Previous day - 1095The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

China Ocean Shipping Co., one of the world's largest shipping lines, is closer than ever to moving i

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Thursday, Oct. 17, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The countries that build four-fifths of the world's merchant ships are close to establishing a stand

With 87 players, athletes from the Dominican Republic easily make up the largest foreign-born group

Acting Finance Minister Chaiyawat Wibulsawasdi said the ministry decided Thursday to grant full bran

Caribbean banana producers have accused the United States of attempting to ''destroy'' their economi

MEXICO INDUSTRIALPRODUCTION UP SHARPLYMEXICO CITY - Mexico's industrial production rose 12.7

French telecommunications giant Alcatel Alsthom SA said Thursday it won contracts worth $200 million

Despite high unemployment and a hesitant economic recovery, a German central bank official said Thur

BULK SHIPS TOP UK'S LISTOF SEPTEMBER DETAINEESLONDON - More than half the 23 ships detained

For the January to September 1996 period, foreign investment permits issued declined 31.6 percent wh

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORP.The board of directors elected Don DeFosset president of the tru

Iraqi saber-rattling. Arab-Israeli tension. Islamic militancy.None of it slows the ships of

France is questioning a European Commission attempt to make Europe's rail freight monopolies more co

As the liner shipping rumor mill continues to work overtime, United Arab Shipping Co. has denied spe

BANKBOSTON SUESTO SELL INSURANCEBOSTON - BankBoston has sued Massachusetts Insurance Commiss

An Allstate agent who says the company is an excellent one to work for, nevertheless has joined 277

St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. has won a case against A.P. Moller in the New Jersey state Supr

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners named seven members to the governing board of it

Economic statistics often contain conflicting signals, but all of the September manufacturing and ho

The Commerce Department said Tuesday it plans to nearly double its commercial centers in India.<

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

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Thursday on concerns about the political situation in

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 20, '95 - Oct. 17, '96 (a graph)* A

The United States and the European Union, despite a bitter dispute over Cuba, are forging ahead on o

ISRAEL'S TRADE DEFICITWIDENS WITH US, EUJERUSALEM - Israel's trade deficit with the United S

The recent rebound in the value of the dollar, spurred in part by massive currency intervention by t