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Exporters of fresh fruits and vegetables are profiting from sliding ocean freight rates, but many st

Just as sands shift with the tides, so do national standards that ports must meet in handling contam

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

Ocean carriers received a setback this week in their long-running fight with Europe's antitrust regu

SYDNEY REINSURANCE CORP.Siu K. Li was promoted to vice president and actuary of the company'

Barely three months into his position as president of one of the nation's largest trade associations

Oct. 10, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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FRENCH PARLIAMENTSEEKS 'BIG MAC' TAXPARIS - French lawmakers have proposed a higher tax on f

Consuming copious amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables is more American now than eating two slices

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

If you measure a law's effectiveness by the ease of enforcing it, compulsory auto insurance laws hav

Philip J. Brown Jr., former chairman of Marsh & McLennan Europe, and a pioneer in the globalization

For the record, hurricanes and tropical storms of the 1996 Atlantic season have been minor. The name

The Clinton administration expects its proposal for free trade in information technology products to

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed again Thursday, as traders kept a low profile ahead of today's re

The story headlined ''Railroads seen on right track for higher profits,'' which appeared on Page 1A

Thursday Oct. 10, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

With storm warnings of a ''hot autumn'' hanging like dark clouds over Germany, leaders from business

MITSUI O.S.K. LINES(America) Inc.Al Schyman was promoted to regional sales manager in Hong K

The insurance industry has greeted with dismay a recent Oregon Supreme Court decision that leaves a

Oct. 10, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

To avoid the threat of millions of dollars in penalties from the Commerce Department, a federally fu

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 13, '95 - Oct. 10, '96 (a graph)* A

WORLD COTTON PRODUCTIONFORECAST TO FALL IN 1997TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - The International Cott

The Bay Area World Trade Center is sponsoring a unique weekly forum where exporters can pose questio

1054 (Oct. 10, 1996) Previous day - 1044The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Germany's struggling DSR Senator Lines, which recently cemented details of its global alliance, also

As of Oct. 11, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The struggle between real estate and maritime advocates over San Francisco's future in shipping brok

Russian President Boris Yeltsin is expected to sign an order in the near future curbing price increa

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Benchmarking - the comparison of a company's practices and performance with those of other companies

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 10, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Nuclear energy critics urged federal regulators Wednesday to begin shutting down almost one-fourth o

The U.S. State Department Wednesday denied that China had violated a promise to the United States by

AGENCY PROPOSESRAIL SAFETY MEASURESWASHINGTON - The Federal Railroad Administration this wee

INVESTOR TAKES 5.3 PERCENT STAKEIN EMONS TRANSPORTATIONMINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota investor Mich

The Portland harbor pilot whose slip of the tongue was blamed for one of Maine's worst oil spills in

BALTIMORE DOCKWORKERSOK CONTRACT ON 2ND VOTEBALTIMORE - By a narrow vote, Port of Baltimore