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For more than a century, the road from the Mozambican coast to the South African heartland was a pat

SUMITOMO HIRES FIRMTO PROBE COPPER LOSSLONDON - Accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand was hired

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 248.67 off 0.70 wh

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

There is little prospect of a major expansion of private investment in tropical African countries, m

Wheat growers in up to nine states could get a chance to purchase a new type of insurance to protect

The House is moving forward this summer with a set of hearings on China that may lead to a proposal

Before long, drivers in Uzbekistan will be filling up with gas. Natural gas, that is.In what

The top two officials at one of the Philippines' largest copper mining firms officially stepped down

''This probe really underscores how deep fraud is in the insurance arena.''

The Czech Republic and Estonia are the two former Soviet bloc countries that have so far gone the fu

MERIDIAN REPORTS LOSSESFROM SPRING STORMSINDIANAPOLIS - Meridian Insurance Group Inc. said l

As of July 1, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Canadian health officials are not banning imports of U.S. strawberries and raspberries, but they are

Bulgarians, plagued by bank closures, bread shortages and a teetering currency, tightened their belt

The Caribbean Community has asked President Clinton to withdraw a U.S. complaint to the World Trade

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An unnoticed provision of a new anti-terrorism law could cut off most U.S. trade with Syria, imposin

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 7, '95 - July 1, '96 (a graph)* Ann

SHIPSNEDLLOYD LINESEXPANDING SERVICEATLANTA - Nedlloyd Lines (U.S.A.) Corp. is expan

What couldn't be done globally on maritime service trade perhaps can be done regionally, a Canadian

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Monday July 1, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A leading church insurer has dropped coverage for two black Tennessee churches destroyed in arson fi

Mexican financial markets reacted nervously Monday as government troops scoured the highlands of imp

Longshoremen closed the Sea-Land Service Inc. terminal in Long Beach at the weekend after negotiatio

P&O Containers Ltd. vessels have called the Port of Seattle and the Port of Portland, Ore., for the

Transaero Airlines, a privately operated Russian airline, is looking to expand its fleet in a big wa

Washington state's marine safety office is not likely to draft new rules governing financial respons

TEXAS OFFICIAL SETSINTERIM BANK RULESAUSTIN, Texas - Texas Insurance Commissioner Elton Bome

One of the greatest mysteries to international ocean shippers using liner vessels in the U.S. trade

Leaders of the world's largest industrial democracies gave a major vote of confidence in the fledgli

Four million Texans may be plaintiffs in a $109 million class action lawsuit against Allstate and Fa

'I've talked to Noah, and he said without Title XI, he could not have built the ark.''

BRITISH GAS SIGNS UPFOR RED SEA EXPLORATIONLONDON - British Gas PLC announced the signing of

With Russian voters poised to say ''nyet'' to a Communist as their next president, few observers are

CANADIAN FIRM TO DIGSCOTLAND'S 1ST GOLD MINEEDINBURGH, Scotland - A Canadian company has bee

June 28, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Friday, June 28, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

S. AFRICAN RACING YACHTCOLLIDES WITH TANKERHALIFAX - A South African yachtsman was making sl