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The 162-year-old Rickmers Line is world-famous all over Xingang.And Dalian and Shanghai.Rick

The excited dockworker ticked off some of the terms of the new waterfront contract on the West Coast

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

The U.S. economy will slow in the second half, just as Germany and Japan are building a head of stea

MOTOROLA INC. PLANSCIRCUIT PLANT IN TAIWANTAIPEI - U.S. electronics manufacturer Motorola In

The derailed global telecommunications talks got a boost Friday with officials from more than 50 nat

A survey of more than 1,000 U.S. corporations found most were leaving themselves wide open to catast

SHIPSport of santosstrike settledLONDON - Workers at Brazil's Port of Santos returne

On a day of shock and grief over the midair explosion of a TWA jet, the families of Pan Am Flight 10

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 21, '95 - July 18, '96 (a graph)* A

CAMBODIAN OFFICIALSVISIT BEIJINGBEIJING - Cambodia's Second Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived i

High-speed trains will be put into service at the end of July between Guangzhou, capital of adjacent

MICROCHIP MAKERSFROM US, JAPAN TO MEETTOKYO - Semiconductor industry leaders of Japan and th

Overhauling Superfund has fallen as a priority issue as Congress rushes to finish votes on agency ap

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

Truckers are feuding with ocean carriers over a new three-year West Coast waterfront contract that e

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

The limited wage and price increases that have allowed the Federal Reserve Board to keep its foot of

SHIPBUILDER, STEAMERNAMED HALL OF FAMERSKINGS POINT, N.Y. - Shipbuilder Homer Ferguson and t

As of July 18, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

July 18, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

July 18, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

In the latest action in the Superior Fast Freight Inc. undercharge saga, a California U.S. Bankruptc

Only table.

Thursday July 18, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

The crash of TWA 800, the second-worst international aviation disaster in U.S. history, has raised a

The U.S. dollar was mixed as stocks and bonds rose Thursday on the prospect for no near-term rise in

Teamsters delegates gave one of warmest receptions of a badly divided convention to Labor Secretary

In its biggest decline in 16 years, Japan's overall merchandise trade surplus plunged 40 percent in

U.S. civil rights groups will escalate their protests against Mitsubishi Motors Co. until the compan

Revenue from tariffs on goods from Mercosur countries will fall off gradually as trade is liberalize

A delegation from Thailand will come to Washington Monday with fresh proposals to ease restrictions

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 18, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

FRANCE PROMISES SAFERNUCLEAR WASTE DEPOTPARIS - The French government pledged Wednesday to b

July 18, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%B

National Maritime Union President Louis Parise Sr., his son and another union official were released

Three railroad holding companies reported higher second-quarter earnings, with CSX Corp. and Union P

May 1996 April 1996 Cumulative 1996 EXPORTS* IMPORTS** EXPORTS* IMPORT

The European Commission cleared a controversial $646 million government subsidy to Compagnie General