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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

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

The war of words heated up twice this week over the California homeowners insurance availability cri

Canadian exporters often pay higher cargo rates on goods shipped via eastern Canadian ports than the

The largely state-owned Thai Airways International is aiming to embark on a program of partial priva

A raid on the British offices of a Greek shipping company by U.K. tax inspectors is sending jitters

Does the United States export $100 million worth of crime control equipment a year or $1 billion?

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

EVERGREEN SHIP RESUMESSCHEDULE AFTER ACCIDENTLONDON - The Ever Reach, an Evergreen Line cont

1062 (Aug. 1, 1996) Previous day - 1066The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

It is not often that maritime arbitrators are called upon to interpret the meaning of ''General Mari

Aug. 1, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

AIRCONTINENTAL AIRLINESGROUNDS DC-9 JETSCLEVELAND - Continental Airlines temporarily

After working past a midnight deadline and through the night to try to reach a new semiconductor tra

The fallout from TWA Flight 800 is hitting commercial freight.Most air freight moving on dir

''We are made the scapegoat for a situation that is out of our control.''