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''I came here to change things, and change them I will.''

BANGKOK CABLE CO.ThailandAmount of contract: $9,533,680.Contract description: Alumin

Aug. 14, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

These are the key factors that auto carriers consider in choosing ports, according to some of the ca

MOST ROSTOV MINESSTILL CLOSED BY STRIKESMOSCOW - Seventeen out of 23 coal mines continued th

The first of China's new national life insurance companies appears to have been approved slightly ah

California's Insurance Department will lay off 95 of its 1,134 employees, with the Consumer Services

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Summer rail traffic continues to head in several directions at once without going much of anywhere a

JOURNAL OF COMMERCELAUNCHES WEB SITENEW YORK - The Journal of Commerce now has a site on the

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

The White House said Wednesday it was too soon to say whether Turkey would be punished for a natural

Pakistan is offering new investment incentives to foreign companies interested in the country's port

CHILE TO REMAIN CLOSEDTO IMPORTS OF US WHEATWASHINGTON - Chile is unlikely to import U.S. wh

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 249.91 up 0.61 wh

Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

Aug. 14, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 14, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Aug. 14, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

South Korea is proving a mixed blessing for the shipping lines that specialize in the transportation

Kansas cattle farmers are trying to organize their own cooperative to compete with the nation's larg

Mexican energy regulators have approved new rules for opening the natural gas sector over the next t

For Richard White, it's the end of the line.After 27 months on strike at Irving Oil's giant

A Hong Kong property company plans to build two berths and support facilities in China's southeaster

EQUITABLE BUYSDELAWARE INSURERDES MOINES, Iowa - Equitable of Iowa Cos. completed its purcha

The oft-postponed deadline for implementing overweight container rules has been delayed again, from

AUGUSTS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime trag

SUGAR LINE GROWSAT PARANAGUA PORTSAO PAULO - Dockworkers are back to work at Brazil's Parana

When President Jiang Zemin issued an appeal for faster state enterprise reform in May, his audience

Aug. 14, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Lock a bunch of economists in a room. Tell them to study the U.S. auto industry. Have them look at f

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 1.5 million barrels during the week ended Friday, compared with t

Maine's highest court Tuesday threw out a Fairfield man's $817,000 breach-of-contract judgment again

Another barrier has dropped between state-chartered banks and life insurers.At its monthly m

U.S. and Japanese negotiators geared up for talks today aimed at settling ongoing route and airline

Mexico abruptly changed the bidding rules and announced a three-week postponement in the privatizati

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