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SOUTHERN, GOGGINANNOUNCE MERGERATLANTA - Southern Freight Inc. and Goggin Truck Line Co. sai

1010 (Oct. 2, 1996) Previous day - 1003The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Oct. 2, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 31.

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

Panama and Bulgaria were given the green light Wednesday to become members of the World Trade Organi

Oct. 2, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

New York Mercantile Exchange - Oct. 2, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

BRITISH PORT TRAFFIC UPFOR 6TH CONSECUTIVE YEARLONDON - Traffic through British ports regist

An Aeroperu jet carrying 70 people crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Lima in heavy fog early Wednes

Labor unions are picking up some support in their fight to strip from a broad aviation bill a provis

In the eyes of their customers, trans-Pacific ship lines have hit a new low.Carriers moving

SEPTEMBERS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime t

Following an accord between Japan and U.S. negotiators to continue talks to resolve the insurance di

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday, hitting a high for the year against the Deutsche mark above 1.5300 i

Lloyd's of London has appointed a former deputy president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Kun

Hopes that Singapore's general insurance sector might help put the whole industry back onto a growth

Japan said Wednesday it would complain to the World Trade Organization over Indonesia's national car

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 244.20 off 1.43 w

Oct. 2, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

FOREST LINES INC.Mikael F. Hansen was named assistant vice president of traffic at this New

Bulk carriers accounted for nearly half the ships detained in ports in the Asia-Pacific region last

''The ILA knows it's in a fight. And the ILA knows how to fight.''

US CHALLENGES 4 NATIONSON TRADE PRACTICESWASHINGTON - The United States targeted four nation

The world's two most populous nations - China and India - expect further economic gains in 1996-97,

When it opens its doors in Atlanta Friday, a federal appeals court could succeed where several Congr

Gov. Fob James is a business associate of a Mobil Oil Co. lobbyist, but the governor said their rela

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, fell 100,000 barrels

The Port of Portland, Ore., is poised to expand private-sector involvement in the operation of its c

As part of the extended U.S. push to stem software and other piracy in Asia, another U.S.-based indu

A controversial federal agency with tremendous clout in the U.S. textile market has come under renew

The global trading community urged South Korea this week to open its markets in farm and services se

PANAMA CANAL AGENCYSETS HEARINGS ON TOLL PLANNEW YORK - The Panama Canal Commission will hol

Hangings and beatings have given Afghanistan's Islamic Taleban militia one of the world's ugliest im

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The European Commission, on the verge of ground-breaking talks with Washington to create an ''open-s

The Philippines' largest shipbuilder and repairer, striving to reverse a downturn in business, is bu

UKRAINE MINERS GETPAID - WITH BIKESKIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's government Tuesday came up with

ODYSSEY REINSURANCE CORP.James E. Migliorini joined the New York reinsurer's Hudson Insuranc

Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary said she will consider ways to prevent major price increases in home

An alliance of computer software producers said Wednesday it had identified about 100 companies usin