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Friday Aug. 2, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

SHIPSTAIWAN'S MAIN PORTSREOPEN AFTER TYPHOONTAIPEI - Taiwan's main ports of Kaohsiun

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

COTE D'IVOIRE TRADERSPREDICT LATER COCOA CROPABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Cocoa traders in Cote

SONY, PHILIPS TO LICENSEDVD PATENTS TO OTHERSTOKYO - Sony Corp. said it has agreed with Phil

American Airlines and Canadian Airlines International agreed to an alliance of their cargo operation

A decision by the state-run homeowners insurer of last resort to drop animal liability from its poli

State transportation officials said Oregon's prove-it-or-lose-it system of enforcing a state law req

The Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's oldest railroad, plans to cut 25 percent of its track in Cana

China Ocean Shipping Co. is planning to increase its presence in the Europe/Asia trades within the n

LOTT SEEKS SUPPORTFOR MARITIME LEGISLATIONWASHINGTON - The Maritime Security Act providing $

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

While most of the world are cheering on the Olympic athletes in Atlanta, a prominent metals analyst

House and Senate negotiators sealed a deal Wednesday on the first major health bill to move through

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American President Lines expects to decide before the end of the year whether or not to launch a tra

A compromise appears to be in the works to settle a row between the Philippines and the United State

Aug. 1, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 241.99 up 1.48

The decision by East African regional leaders at a summit in Arusha to impose sanctions against Buru

By mid-August, Mexico will publish a list of 2,100 plots of land newly freed for mining, President E

U.S. businesses abroad are re-examining their security needs following the recent flurry of terroris

A Los Angeles Harbor Commission meeting this week that was designed to heal the wounds of embattled

Thursday, Aug. 1, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies Thursday, following the stock market higher.Tr

CUBA IN ITS FIRSTJOINT REAL ESTATE VENTUREHAVANA - President Fidel Castro opened Cuba's firs

Jordan and Algeria Thursday initialed an agreement envisaging the setting up a tentative one-year fr

Royal Nedlloyd Group and Royal/Dutch Shell Group have signed a three-year logistics contract.

U.S. insurers may come under pressure for not explicitly excluding terrorism risks from their commer

Federal Express officials are hoping government talks scheduled in Taiwan will allow them to establi

At least three dozen drilling wells dot the waters around Mobile Bay within three miles of land, but

AON RISK SERVICESBUYS COLOMBIAN BROKERCHICAGO - Aon Risk Services Cos., the retail brokerage

SANTA FE ENERGY WINSCONTRACT IN GABONHOUSTON - Santa Fe Energy Resources, an independent oil

SEDGWICK JAMES INC.Cheryl Satterthwaite has joined the insurance brokerage in Philadelphia a

Congressional legislation to enact a natural disaster insurance plan died this week when its author,

J.W. Kisling thinks big.Export sales of Mr. Kisling's small firm, Multiplex Co., have more t

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A North Korean economic minister stood before a group of capitalists and tried to convince them to i

A potential clash between the Department of Telecommunications and prospective private operators of

JAPAN TASK FORCE AIMSTO HELP CAMBODIA, LAOSTOKYO - The Foreign Ministry's special task force