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IRAN WILL FILE COMPLAINTOF COVERT ACTION BY USNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iran will submit a case agai

Osman Aksahin, a Turkish exporter of ready-to-wear clothing who makes most of his money shipping to

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.The very name conjures up a glorious past dating t

If Matson Navigation Co. wanted to orchestrate the ideal public relations announcement to mark the s

The chemical arm of oil giant Occidental Petroleum Corp. is trying to block a shipping deal it fears

AIRMICHOT NAMED PRESIDENTOF FRANCE'S AEROSPATIALEPARIS - Yves Michot, the deputy hea

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Smell? What smell?The riddle of the weird odor began last weekend on the New Jersey Shore.Ne

BOEING STRIKERS SPURNCONTRACT DEAL IN CANADAWINNIPEG, Manitoba - Striking Boeing Co. employe

Cuban Transport Minister Senen Casas, an army general, died late Tuesday of a heart attack, governme

Planning a voyage this summer over sun-splashed interstates?Come to Philly and see the boile

Federal Express will submit plans for a temporary warehouse at Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek airport to t

LIBRA TERMINAL SAYSIT OUTSTRIPS SANTOS RIVALWEST CALDWELL, N.J. - Grupo Libra, owner of Naci

A story appearing July 18 on Page 1B, headlined ''Behemoth berth: Bayonne?'' incorrectly characteriz

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Aug. 7, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

POSTAL SERVICE HEADINGFOR 2ND $1 BILLION PROFITWASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service is about

JULYS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime traged

1061 (Aug. 7, 1996) Previous day - 1062The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Pittston Burlington Group, which operates air cargo carrier Burlington Air Express, posted improved

The environmental group Greenpeace Tuesday denounced the presence in the Panama Canal of a British-r

The Thai cabinet Tuesday accepted an amended Maritime Act that in part would require foreign confere

Federal officials will conduct an environmental review of a Michigan copper mine, one of several dem

AVERAGE RICE HARVESTFORECAST FOR JAPANTOKYO - The Japanese rice harvest for 1996 is expected

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

As of Aug. 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 Tuesday at 244.16 off 0.08 w

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

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

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 3 million barrels during the week ended Aug. 2, compared with the

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 7, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Aug. 7, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 7, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Aug. 7, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Wednesday Aug. 7, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Japanese companies are warily watching as Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits five Lati

FREEPORT-MCMORAN,ARCADIAN TO MERGENEW ORLEANS - Freeport-McMoRan Inc. and Arcadian Corp. of

The European Commission Wednesday approved the merger of the refining and marketing operations in Eu

US TANKER RUNSAGROUND NEAR KARACHIKARACHI, Pakistan - A U.S. tanker carrying 75,000 tons of

United Airlines has decided to convert four of its DC-10-30 planes to freighters for its planned U.S