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Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.The very name conjures up a glorious past dating t

INDIA'S PRIVATE AIRLINESCAN USE AIRBUS PLANESNEW DELHI - The Indian government has given app

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The U.S. dollar rose above 108 Japanese yen Thursday, still reacting to Wednesday's news that there

CAMEROON MOVESTO JOIN COFFEE GROUPLONDON - Cameroon has moved closer to joining the Internat

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 243.90 off 0.26

A congressional subcommittee's field hearing here Thursday generated controversy by trying to steer

IRAN WILL FILE COMPLAINTOF COVERT ACTION BY USNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iran will submit a case agai

1060 (Aug. 8, 1996) Previous day - 1061The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

An Israeli journalist pretending to be disabled smuggled a fake gun and bomb hidden in a wheelchair

When Mexicans think back on famous wars, the expulsion of French troops from Puebla and the Mexican

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 8, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Thursday Aug. 8, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Len Bennett, former president and chief operating officer of the Celadon Group, has started an asset

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 8, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Aug. 8, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Japan and the United States will hold working-level talks in Tokyo Aug. 15-16 in a bid to break an i

Once lauded along with the Hoover Dam as an American engineering marvel, a cloverleaf that winds tra

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 11, '95 - Aug. 8, '96 (a graph)* An

Commercial space applications are expected to rise in the next decade and surpass $500 billion, than

''I urge you to view each chapter as a port of call, as a place to be savored as though you were tra

A San Francisco-based diamond company's assets - which include a $20 million jet, luxury cars and a

Death, like birth, is a secret of nature, as the Roman philosopher Marcus Aurelius said. And making

SHIPOVERSEAS SHIPBUILDINGPOSTS PROFIT IN QUARTERNEW YORK - Overseas Shipbuilding Gro

A Chippewa protest against a Michigan copper mine is beginning to chill Exxon Corp., which hopes to

Caribbean governments say a freighter hauling nuclear waste from Japan to reprocessing plants in Bri

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma are on board in support of a $3.9 billion transit plan for the Puget

Aug. 8, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Japanese cash registers. Blood samples. Live turtles. Hundreds of pounds of gold glitter. All were a

British Airways and American Airlines fly about 7.1 million passengers a year between the United Sta

Methane is odorless, colorless and disastrous in coal mines. Also known as firedamp, the gas is resp

Aug. 8, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Intense competition in the Northwest power industry is pushing the Bonneville Power Administration i

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The Japanese government is leaning toward approving mail-order sales of automobile insurance, a move

As of Aug. 8, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Bob Wagman's two containers of sportswear are late.The steamship line says the ship has engi

STRANDED US TANKERFREED FROM SANDBARKARACHI, Pakistan - A U.S. tanker that ran aground while

JAPANESE TRADE SURPLUSSHRANK 26 PERCENT IN JUNETOKYO - The surplus in Japan's broadest measu

MALAYSIA WARNS USON TRADE SANCTIONSKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The United States cannot dictate