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The Swiss franc plunged against the U.S. dollar Thursday after the Swiss National Bank cut its disco

In a stunning reversal of last month's negative vote, the International Longshoremen's and Warehouse

The mansions standing sentry over the Atlantic Ocean on these manicured bluffs remind one that being

BOESCH, CHIEF OF CARGOAT AMERICAN AIR, RETIRESFORT WORTH - William R. Boesch, president of A

SHIPSGREEK SHIPOWNERSTHREATEN LAYUPSATHENS - Greek shipowners could start laying up

Crowley Maritime Corp. is stepping up its campaign to force changes in Brazilian port operation and

USS CORAL SEASCRAP COMPANY INDICTEDBALTIMORE - A federal grand jury indicted the scrap compa

994 (Sept. 26, 1996) Previous day - 992The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 247.12 up 1.81

LEACH GIVES IN ON BANKLICENSING PROVISIONWASHINGTON - Language that would have given states

Virtually all meat is on a truck at some point between slaughter and dinner plate.But chance

Federal Express Corp. succeeded this week in attaching a controversial labor provision to an omnibus

Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

When Reza Mikailli, president of Unify Corp., realized that unlicensed copies of his firm's business

Ocean carriers handling U.S. meat imports and exports have fared poorly in recent months.Shi

When Hartness International's case packaging machines break down in places as far away as Scotland

''You're telling me we can hitchhike on foreign (ships) when we don't know what nations, ethnic or r

Sept. 26, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Archer Daniels Midland Co. acknowledged the Justice Department is considering indictments against it

The United States will use this year's International Monetary Fund-World Bank meeting to bolster eco

President Clinton is fond of taking credit for 200 trade agreements reached by his administration, b

An unseasonably cool and damp summer in much of the United States has cast a chill over the market f

The port authority illegally fired nearly 100 clerical and technical employees during two rounds of

A maritime arbitrator has ordered American President Lines to reinstate a shipmaster allegedly trans

Martin R. Shugrue, Jr., or ''Marty'' as he's known, bills himself modestly.''I'm just an une

The Sept. 23 story headlined ''Container maintenance firm Shore-Tech debuts'' (Page 2B) should have

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

GATX PULLING OUTOF JACKSONVILLE SEARSJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - GATX Logistics Inc. will cease ope

COURT RULING SOUGHTON QUEBEC SEPARATIONOTTAWA - Canadian Justice Minister Allan Rock Thursda

China must get serious about joining the World Trade Organization, Japan must do more to open its in

As of Sept. 26, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Sept. 26, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

U.S. researchers have found a way to detect mad cow disease with a simple test that could avoid the

NOL (USA) Inc.John Gibson was named marine operations assistant manager for this U.S. divisi

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 29, '95 - Sept. 26, '96 (a graph)*

Air carriers are being weighed down by the triple hit of soaring fuel prices, the return of federal

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

NRC PROBES ALLEGATIONSIT EXPOSED WHISTLE-BLOWERWASHINGTON - The Nuclear Regulatory Commissio

Sept. 25, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent