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Eric Ridder, publisher emeritus of The Journal of Commerce, died at his home in Locust Valley, N.Y.,

US, INDONESIA SIGNTAX CUT AGREEMENTJAKARTA, Indonesia - The United States and Indonesia on W

Wednesday July 24, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The Massachusetts Insurance Commission has tentatively scheduled a hearing Aug. 26 on a proposal by

A long-awaited court ruling over the fate of the nation's spent nuclear fuel could add the final pus

A deal that American President Lines struck with three labor unions hinges upon action in Washington

Maurice Tempelsman, the New York diamond dealer and chairman of Lazare Kaplan International Inc., wa

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 23, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High L

After years of indecision, legislation that would send high-level radioactive waste from the nation'

Hong Kong businessman Gordon Wu has won more breathing space for a long-stalled transport project in

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Less than a week after the crash of TWA Flight 800 that killed 230 people, Congress enacted a tough

DISNEY TO DISTRIBUTEJAPANESE MOVIESTOKYO - Walt Disney Studios agreed Tuesday to distribute

DEMIRER KABLOTurkeyAmount of contract: $10,515,793.Contract description: 154 kV unde

July 23, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

India's economic reforms are poised to continue their slow and steady forward movement under the Uni

Bolivia's new laws regarding reforms of the forestry and agrarian sectors should reduce corruption a

NIGERIA CONSIDERSSOME PRIVATIZATIONLAGOS, Nigeria - The government is considering a recommen

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ALLSTATE REPORTSMOST PROFITABLE QUARTERNORTHBROOK, Ill. - Allstate Corp. has reported that s

The government is setting out on a fresh voyage intended to shed state-owned Thai Maritime Navigatio

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADASOUTH KOREA. Aug. 11-15. The Korea Trade Center N.Y. is sponsor

State Farm Insurance is changing its underwriting guidelines to make it easier for inner-city homeow

Nine out of 10 financial executives at U.S. companies currently involved in buying and selling goods

It's turning 40 . . . and having a midlife crisis.The system, created by legislation in 1956

While negotiators from railroad labor and management wrestled late Tuesday with three contentious co

Washington state may still have time to export some sweet cherries to Mexico this season.Sen

Rob Quartel, the self-described rabble-rouser who heads the Jones Act Reform Coalition, figures the

California ports for many years enjoyed the benign neglect of the state Legislature, but they were t

Lufthansa, Germany's national airline, said it might take legal action against the European Commissi

The privatization trend sweeping Latin America's telecommunications sector has hit Colombia, where t

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 240.80 off 2.41 wh

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 23, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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Laos and Thailand agreed to a bilateral transport pact, a move set to further open trade and tourism

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Henry Janssen and Ravinder Thind were named executive vice presidents of Transax Inc., a wholly owne

The Coast Guard saved five fishermen and their boat Monday about 16 miles south of Nantucket, Mass.<

Searchers combed the Atlantic Tuesday, six days after Trans World Airlines Flight 800 blew apart, an