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Looking for a hydroelectric dam? A Massachusetts utility is planning to sell five of them on the Con

Maritime subsidy legislation passed last week by Congress should prevent further shrinkage of the U.

Lloyd's of London is taking to the road in all sorts of ways in order to promote itself as a reforme

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BankBoston will open a new office in Lima, Peru, by the middle of this month to provide local bankin

GERMAN METALWORKERSBEGIN TALKS ON SICK PAYFRANKFURT - Unions representing German metalworker

Georgia depends on the huge Russian market for its exports of wine, tea and mineral water.Ot

Russia welcomed the better-than-expected credit ratings it received from three agencies that pave th

Fruehauf Trailer Corp., once the nation's leading truck trailer manufacturer, Monday filed for Chapt

Shipowners, seafarers and government delegates from some 50 countries are meeting in Geneva to updat

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1029 (Oct. 7, 1996) Previous day - 1023The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

KUWAIT OIL, EXXON SIGNTECHNICAL STUDY DEALKUWAIT - Kuwait Oil Co. and Exxon Corp. subsidiary

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

Oct. 7, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

A state senator wants to offer a $100 tax credit to North Dakotans who buy insurance to cover stays

To some, Maryland trucker Mark Gunther was a warm-hearted guy, the kind who would drive 150 miles to

The nation's largest parcel delivery service Monday launched another foray into the traditional less

In the largest financial takeover since China's economic reform began in 1979, the Guangdong Develop

Leonel Fernandez, the new president of the Dominican Republic, announced late last week economic and

A dispute over calculating market share is dividing the U.S. and Japanese computer chip industries a

SHIPSDATE SET FOR TACAHEARING IN BRUSSELSLONDON - Trans-Atlantic carriers will have

Alaska's boom-and-bust oil business is heading toward another uptick with the announcement last week

County commissioners and a university in this bustling border zone want Environmental Protection Age

A spokesman for Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig unveiled some of the agency's strategies f

South Africa's Agriculture Ministry Monday threatened to pull out of free-trade talks with the Europ

The waters may seem calm for now but rough seas remain for container shipping lines.Even tho

Oct. 7, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Monday Oct. 7, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

CHINA INSURER PAYS OUT$26 MILLION ON SATELLITEBEIJING - The People's Insurance (Property) Co

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

While most pundits have focused on how Hong Kong will fare after it reverts to China next summer, th

Chances are, most people cannot find Mongolia on the map. Not to worry - if needed, there are four f

Pakistan's first software technology park is being built in the capital of Islamabad to help the cou

Plans by the European Commission to introduce rail freight freeways across the continent have been w

As of Oct. 7, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.97 up 0.13 whi

Oct. 7, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

BRITISH EXPERTS TO RUNARGENTINE PORTLONDON - A British joint venture has won the contract to

PORT OF SAN FRANCISCOLewis H. Wiseman was named director of tenant and maritime services. He