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Sept. 17, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The nation's airports could miss out on more than $1 billion slated for physical improvements if Con

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is seizing the chance to capitalize on Indonesia's fast-growing economy.

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U.S. steelmaker LTV Steel Co. has filed suit in Mexican courts alleging that the country's commerce

MINE UNION MEMBERSVOTE DECERTIFICATIONSILVER CITY, New Mexico - Members of a union at Chino

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 244.18 off 1.72 wh

Members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference Tuesday thrashed out strategy for improving cargo rate

Sept. 17, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

MANY BRITONS TRIMBEEF CONSUMPTIONLONDON - More than a third of Britons ate less beef after l

Tuesday Sept. 17, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Last time, I pledged to continue our quest for Information Technology resources to buttress your pro

A German engineering company is working on plans to repair the huge, leaky concrete shell sealing of

NORTH KOREA UPBEATAFTER INVESTMENT DEALSRAJIN, North Korea - North Korea won expressions of

The shipping industry must become safer and more environmentally friendly or it will face state-impo

1020 (Sept. 16, 1996) Previous day - 1030The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

A yearlong effort by public and private sector groups led to the return last week of 16 vehicles tha

Operations at the Port of Richmond, Va., and the Port of Albany, N.Y., have changed hands as part of

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Sept. 11, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel

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A windfall could be in store for ports that don't use the East and Gulf coast dockworkers union.

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ShipsEGYPTIAN STOWAWAYSUFFOCATES IN STEEL TRUNKCAIRO, Egypt - A 36-year-old Egyptian

Even as the North American Free Trade Agreement labors to build institutions, its environmental comm

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Sept. 16, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

BIG ENCHILADAS: ADM,GRUMA IN TORTILLA DEALWASHINGTON - A $280 million merger of the two larg

MINING CHIEF VOWSTO STAY COURSEPIKEVILLE, Ky. - The new acting chief of the U.S. Office of S

Cuba's nickel industry together with Canadian partner Sherritt International Corp. was seeking to sh

After years of cultivating their price-fixing case against agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland

Just when ocean carriers operating in the Europe-Asia trades were starting to experience more settle

Three major aircraft manufacturers competing for a huge order from state-owned Air India will soon b

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Mexico's Finance Ministry announced Monday a new $750 million bond issue, written by international f

It was supposed to be ''the rates, stupid'' when the world's maritime community gathered here this w

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An ambitious plan to eliminate tariffs for computers and other high-technology goods is on the rocks

With political pressures mounting against the government of President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon,