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Sprint champion Michael Johnson may get one; so could track and field star Jackie Joyner-Kersee. And

Twenty-three catastrophes causing $4.2 billion in estimated property losses made the first half of 1

Whatever the cause of Wednesday night's air crash, the catastrophe will spotlight airline liability

Two controversial health-care regulation measures have qualified for the Nov. 5 California ballot: t

That most English of institutions, Lloyd's of London, is learning the power of that most American of

The European Commission ordered an investigation Wednesday into a $48 million subsidy given to Breme

The Teamsters convention slowed to a crawl Wednesday, as the two sides at the bitterly divided meeti

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. should be broken up, a leading investment firm reco

Japan's life and non-life insurance industries plan to provide 40 billion yen ($362.5 million) and 5

Transportation Secretary Federico Pena and the department's top aviation official were pummeled with

One of China's youngest insurance companies scored a coup over the dominant state firm when it won t

MASSACHUSETTS DECIDESON TAX FOR UNINSUREDBOSTON - A conference committee of state senators a

19 VESSELS DETAINEDIN BRITISH PORTS IN JUNELONDON - Cypriot-registered ships accounted for f

Six months after her arrest, a Royal Dutch/Shell employee remains in a Chinese jail as authorities p

Despite recent problems affecting U.S. wheat shipments to China, the outlook for U.S. farm exports t

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

With losses soaring, China's lumbering state-owned industries are being offered new lifelines - alon

July 17, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1107 (July 17, 1996) Previous day - 1109The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

China is taking a big interest in the huge flow of scrap paper it imports for recycling - less for t

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The already secretive sugar freight market may try to veil its activities even further to protect sh

Following President Clinton's six-month delay in imposing Cuba sanctions, congressional negotiators

The U.S. dollar was mixed Wednesday, rising slightly against the Deutsche mark and falling against t

Wednesday, July 17, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

SHIPSvirginia internationalbuilding storage facilityRICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Interna

The European Commission plans to approve a $1 billion government subsidy to state-owned Air France n

Canada's CP Ships is acquiring a taste for expansion.Following last year's successful acquis

Thinking of a cruise? Think Bayonne.World City Corp., developer of what would be the world's

Under the watchful eyes of the state's trucking community, a politically connected official with no

July 17, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

As of July 17, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

ABB POWER PLANT LTD.AustraliaAmount of contract: $8,385,075.Contract description: El

The recent deadline extension to Aug. 13 for international bids on two long-distance telecommunicati

PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERSSTAGE STRIKE IN ISRAELJERUSALEM - Hundreds of thousands of Israeli publ

''I'm not saying it's Mr. Rogers' neighborhood, but it's a demonstration of democracy.''

Fuji Photo Film Co.'s purchase last week of Wal-Mart's in-store, photo-finishing business underscore

Fuji Photo Film Co. is launching an aggressive expansion of its overseas operations.By year'

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said in a recent report that 22 million people