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The Long Beach Harbor Commission Monday approved a lease with China Ocean Shipping Co. that indicate

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Oct. 30, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 9, '95 - Nov. 4, '96 (a graph)* Ann

The trillion-dollar global insurance industry, heavily regulated in the United States, is bound to b

Unocal Corp. is reporting a significant upward reserve revision in an offshore gas field in Myanmar,

November 4, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and th

Monday's slide in metal prices contributed to the weakest level that the Journal of Commerce's Indus

''That populist blush is sweeping over the whole Congress so that the corporatist wing is actually s

Five months after becoming a separate entity within the Redlich family empire, Marine Terminals Corp

The Surface Transportation Board has suspended a third attempt by the National Classification Commit

Loose lips stop ships.Saudi Arabian authorities late last week fined and extracted an apolog

The U.S. dollar rose against the Japanese yen Monday after a Pentagon spokesman said a U.S. F-16 fig

NAC RE CORP.Nicholas M. Brown Jr. was named the holding company's president and chief operat

Contrary to reports, the European Union has no immediate plans to haul the United States before the

Norfolk Southern Corp., despite talks with competing bidder CSX Corp., said Monday it will press ahe

The juice company that pulled drinks possibly linked to the E. coli bacteria that sickened dozens of

The vaunted House Merchant Marine Committee could be back in business if Democrats regain control of

China says it is determined to maintain Hong Kong's position as an international shipping center aft

Tarviz Shamshiri doesn't quite know which was the bigger hit, the one that smashed his car or the tw

For the week ended Oct. 26, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan has drawn the ire of Turkish business leaders, who are call

The world's major trading powers are close to clinching a deal in global talks to remove all import

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

Point, click and ship. Most of us have heard of this phrase and of the attempts by giants like Feder

COURT RULING DUEON AIR LIBERTE SALEPARIS - A French commercial court is scheduled to rule to

Monday, Nov. 4, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Slower growth in import prices has been a big help in holding down inflation, allowing the Federal R

1333 (Nov. 4, 1996) Previous day - 1323The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

In 1994, USAir Flight 427 slammed into the ground near Pittsburgh at 300 miles per hour, pulverizing

The two frustrated contenders for the job of making a former U.S. naval base into a new containerpor

A proposed global telecommunications trade pact could help ease the way for U.S. companies to merge

Monday Nov. 4, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Ford Motor Co. said it will no longer sell scrap metal onto the market, thus following the lead of G

COURT TO DETERMINEIF SUIT IS CLASS ACTIONWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court last week agreed to

CHINESE TROOPS TO ENTERHONG KONG ON JULY 1HONG KONG - Some 5,700 Chinese troops, along with

With a new finance minister scoring quick success, Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto intends to

EASTMAN CHEMICALTO BUY ABCO ASSETSNEW YORK - Eastman Chemical Co. Friday said it entered int

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 4, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Many of California's 300 workers' compensation insurance companies have over the past few years been

Ukraine, which already receives more U.S. aid than any other country except Israel and Egypt, is get