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After 10 painful weeks of negotiating, the House Ways and Means Committee approved sanctions Thursda

They take them with their morning cup of coffee in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirat

European shippers and ocean carriers may be locked in battle over the behavior of liner shipping con

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lots

SHIPSHOUSE GOP DELAYSPORT DREDGING TALKSWASHINGTON - House Republicans abruptly post

The United States threw Japan a curveball Thursday, filing a longshot test case with the World Trade

As his poll numbers inch upward, fears that Russian President Boris Yeltsin will fail to win re-elec

The law of salvage is a phenomenon recognized only in admiralty law. Salvage developed in response t

STRIKE CONTINUESAT GDANSK SHIPYARDGDANSK, Poland - Work at the failing Gdansk shipyard remai

ALABAMA INSURERSWANT TO JOIN LAWSUITMONTGOMERY, Ala. - The State Employees Insurance Board s

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CHINA DENIES SALEOF MISSILES TO PAKISTANBEIJING - China on Thursday denied as ''totally grou

June 13, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

June 13, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Douglas A. Tilden was named president and chief executive of Marine Terminals Corp.He replac

A leading Japanese trading company is about to launch in Taiwan the first direct Internet link to Ja

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives who approved, but amended, U.S. participation in an intern

Retail sales, driven by more new car buying, rose 0.8 percent in May after a 0.1 percent dip in Apri

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1284 (June 13, 1996) Previous day - 1293The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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The United States is carefully developing plans to monitor and verify copyright enforcement in China

Outrage swept France on Thursday after the disclosure that Britain authorized massive exports of ani

A federal grand jury Thursday returned a nine-count criminal indictment against Sun Diamond Growers

Savannah Foods and Industries Inc. bought a AS400 rate management system from Cass Logistics Inc. In

Boyd Schwieder, a third-generation wheat farmer in Idaho Falls, Idaho, is one of the pioneers of a n

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 16, '95, - June 13, '96 (a graph)*

Trials involving ships operated with just one officer on watch during darkness are to continue until

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

''Contrary to some perceptions, we don't own the whole island.''

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday as short-term traders despaired of the currency's inability to sur

EXXON TO BUILDPROPYLENE UNIT IN TEXASHOUSTON - Exxon Chemical Co. plans to build a propylene

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 250.43 up 0.24

Trinidad and Tobago has approved an agreement with an energy consortium, including two U.S. companie

A coalition of electric utilities has reached an agreement that cuts its dependence on the Bonnevill

CPC International Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a federal antitrust c

South Atlantic hub cities rolled out gangplanks and jetways this week to two new transportation dire

Battle lines are being drawn over the Personal Responsibility Act, a controversial tort reform measu

U.S. gasoline inventories fell by 900,000 barrels in the week ended June 7, compared with the previo