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As Bosnians prepare to go to the polls on Saturday, Sarajevo's streets are filled with armored perso

International peacekeeping will be the focus of a conference and exhibition at Madison Square Garden

FINANCIAL INCOME BOOSTSUNI STOREBRAND'S PROFITSOSLO - UNI Storebrand ASA, Norway's largest i

SENATE OKS LONGER STAYSIN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDBIRTHWASHINGTON - The Senate voted last week to

Washington state's insurance commissioner, Deborah Senn, ordered a group of European reinsurance and

A small army of insurance agents and claims adjusters descended on areas of North Carolina battered

The U.S. Court of Appeals last week upheld the 1993 conviction of a former California legislator who

Lloyd's of London submitted its accounts for solvency approval by the British Department of Trade an

There was more consolidation and merging activity in the international insurance scene last week, pa

IRAN CLAIMS NO HARMFROM US PENALTIESKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Iran's vice president said Thur

If Mexico's moribund economy is on the mend, don't tell that to truckers. They aren't feeling recove

American Airlines released a privately commissioned poll Wednesday that showed strong support among

The Port of Wilmington, N.C., was almost empty and strangely quiet Thursday morning.Workers

AIRFIRE CONSUMESFEDEX DC-10NEWBURGH, N.Y. - A fire that apparently started in a carg

JPA OFFICIAL RETURNINGTO PRIVATE INDUSTRYJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Thomas Delcomyn, the Jacksonvi

AMERICAN FREIGHTWAYSSETS FUEL SURCHARGEHARRISON, Ark. - American Freightways Corp. joined a

Turkey over the next few months will phase in several navigation rules for the Bosporus. The followi

Just how much rail competition will there really be after Union Pacific Corp. completes its merger w

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Sept, 5, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Four years of effort ended up a few words short.And that means Massachusetts' double-stack r

1072 (Sept. 5, 1996) Previous day - 1079The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The Russian tanker Marshal Vasalevskiy had been standing dead in the water at the edge of the Black

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HOFFA'S RUNNING MATEQUITS TEAMSTERS RACECHICAGO - James P. Hoffa, challenger for general pre

Thursday, Sept. 5, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

No longer boxed in by sky-high tariffs and nightmarish red tape, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. is rev

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday in anticipation of a strong employment report for August, to be releas

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

Efforts to reach an out-of-court settlement to a nagging lawsuit involving the Alameda Corridor took

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 8, '95 - Sept. 5, '96 (a graph)* A

The German economy rebounded more strongly than expected in the second quarter of the year, official

Witnesses offered the first public meeting of a White House panel on aviation security several steps

When Vance Huneycutt set up a distribution business for imported Mexican thread and yarn in Greenvil

The first U.S. small-business trade mission to Russia leaves here today for a weeklong visit to Mosc

Ministers of the 18-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have approved new initiatives des

''This takes a bad program and makes it worse.''

CREDIT LYONNAIS CHIEFTHREATENS TO RESIGNPARIS - Jean Peyrelevade, chairman of the embattled

In the first meeting of North American trucking associations since the United States failed to open

Mexico is poised to publish a modification of its truck size and weight laws that may end the contro