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There's a new kid on the docks in Philadelphia.David Wechsler, president of Maritime Interna

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUSSHRANK 38 PERCENT IN JULYTOKYO - Japan's trade surplus slimmed dramatic

Fears that South Korea would restrict beef imports following the second quarter's dramatic decline i

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 19, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

SHIPSTRI-CONTINENT EXPANDSCONTAINERSHIP FLEETHONG KONG - Tri-Continent Line, a unit

A British coroner ruled Monday that a 20-year-old vegetarian who died of the brain-wasting Creutzfel

DRAGON AIR EXPANDSSERVICE TO CHINAHONG KONG - Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. said it began s

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. said on Monday that one of its executives kidnappe

POWER FAILURE DOWNSSMELTER AT BHP COPPERSAN MANUEL, Ariz. - BHP Copper's smelter here will b

As of Aug. 19, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 249.55 up 0.96 whi

Aug. 19, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27

Charles Taylor Group, the London-based company that manages a number of insurance mutuals for shipow

Americans continue to spend more time and money commuting to and from work as job growth patterns co

Monday, Aug. 19, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A dispute over environmentally friendly product labels is emerging as a major issue in the first Wor

German authorities said Monday that they had arrested two men and were hunting a third on suspicion

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

S. AFRICA, SAUDISIN TRADE DISCUSSIONSJOHANNESBURG - Talks are under way on South African pur

AMERICAN GENERALRodney O. Martin Jr. was named president and chief executive officer of Amer

LIBRA GROUP EXPANDSON BRAZILIAN RIVERRIO DE JANEIRO - Libra Group of Rio de Janeiro says its

US SAYS EU WELCOMETO JOIN FILM ACCESS TALKSGENEVA - The United States said Monday that the E

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

Aug. 19, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

ACQUISITION, STOCK SPLITLEAD TO LOSS FOR HCCHOUSTON - HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. took a net

Monday Aug. 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Columbus Line USA Inc. said it is enhancing its ''relay'' service between eastern North America and

A 28-day blockade of a remote Wisconsin Central Ltd. branch line by a faction of Chippewa protesting

The U.S. dollar declined against the Deutsche mark Monday and rose slightly against the Japanese yen

''On his employment application, he answered 'No' on the question that asked if he had any convictio

Losing the two-horse race with Thailand for a General Motors Corp. plant was a bitter pill for the P

It only took 169 years, but The Journal of Commerce is now officially online. One of the most amazin

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 19, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Environmental groups say they will fight plans by state regulators to grant an offshore drilling per

Initially touted as a potential cure for 600,000 uninsurable Oklahomans, the Health Insurance High R

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 19, '96 (a graph)* A

Buoyed by strong performance among railroad stocks, last week The Journal of Commerce transportation

China said Monday that about 76,000 officials had turned over a total of $5.18 million worth of gift