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

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

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

PHILLIPS TO BUILDNEW PLASTICS FACILITYBARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Phillips Petroleum Co. will buil

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

Everyone's talking about the new financial reinsurance products, but so far there's been little inte

Russian steel executives in meetings this week resisted recommendations for sizable cuts in their pl

Walk fast, runs the Russian adage, and you can overtake misfortune. Walk slowly, and it will overtak

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

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

When it opens next May at the Port of Los Angeles, the 230-acre American President Lines container t

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 17, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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

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

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

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

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

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

A group of independent tanker owners hope they can undo Washington state's oil spill prevention, equ

Oct. 17, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

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

DEREGULATION PANELEXTENDS ITS SCOPETOKYO - A subcommittee studying deregulation under the Ad

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

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

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

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

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

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

AIRFEDEX TO DROP PRICESON 2ND-DAY SERVICEMEMPHIS - Federal Express Corp. said it wil

AMERICAN RE-INSURANCETHOMAS E. SMITH joined the Princeton, N.J., reinsurer as senion vice pr

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

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

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