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As trade gets tougher and overseas investors have more options to choose from, Taiwan's government i

Last week in the New York and European money markets, Russia's President Boris Yeltsin died for two

A new approach to improving maritime safety by the U.S. Coast Guard is already paying dividends.

U.S. importers are spending millions of dollars a year on insurance for their cargo shipments, somet

JAPAN TO EASEPAPERWORK FOR 8 PORTSTOKYO - The Transport Ministry said it will simplify appli

Despite big sales declines, '96 may not be such a bad year for heavy-truck makers.Although S

A leading marine underwriter has called for classification societies to be given sole responsibility

Oct. 15, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Despite current uncertainties in the Greek economy, the total market for medical equipment and suppl

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HUNGARY DISMISSESHEAD OF PRIVATIZATIONLONDON - The Hungarian minister in charge of privatiza

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday stressed the urgency of establishing a comprehensive tax

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Trade executives from the western United States met their counterparts in the Far Eastern city of Kh

Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg-Sud, Germany's top two liner shipping companies, are to investigate cooperat

BOEING WILL DOUBLE737 TWIN-JET PRODUCTIONSEATTLE - Boeing Co.'s Commercial Airplane Group wi

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.49 off 0.21 wh

Participating in something as enormous and apparently daunting as the fast-growing global power busi

Oct. 15, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

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COMPANY PERFORMANCEPercentYear Closing ChangeHigh/ Price in P/E 52-Week 52-W

Transportation stock values fell last week following the example set by the Dow Jones Industrial Ave

Oct. 15, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Oct. 15, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Long before the leaves started falling from the trees, some people in Massachusetts were thinking sn

October 14, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and th

BILL AIMS AT HALTINGTRADE SECRET THEFTWASHINGTON - President Clinton signed into law a bill

The European Union will unveil plans today to enforce budgetary discipline in its planned single cur

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What nuclear inspectors have learned about problems at nuclear power plants in Connecticut and Maine

TOTEM OCEAN TRAILEREXPRESS INC.Caroline Higgins was promoted to Fairbanks manager, with resp

Cote d'Ivoire should announce in the next few months specifics of the sale of its Compagnie Ivoirien

They still talk about the time that bosun William Horton leapt into the water to save the day.

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Bob Dole has received $9,000 in campaign contributions from executives of Archer Daniels Midland and

RICE RESEARCHERSWIN FOOD PRIZEDES MOINES, Iowa - Two researchers who developed a high-yield

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADARUSSIA. Oct. 21-25. The U.S. Department of Commerce is leading

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 20, '95 - Oct. 15, '96 (a graph)* A

JAPANESE FIRMS MAY PAYTAXES ON OVERSEAS FINESTOKYO - The Finance Ministry plans to make taxa