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A wide-ranging but sketchy policy outline by India's new government offers some openings in key sect

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June 5, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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As poll numbers show a steady slide in support, Russia's Communists are split over a possible bid to

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Russian tax collectors have been going easy on big enterprises during the nation's presidential camp

FRANK H. KENAN, 83,COMPANY FOUNDER, DIESCHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Frank H. Kenan, a philanthropist

June 5, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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COFFEE GROUP TO KEEPLONDON HEADQUARTERSLONDON - The Association of Coffee Producing Countrie

John Q. Citizen looks nothing like the average U.S. multimillion-dollar corporation. And neither doe

With his twinkling eyes, soft voice and bald head, John Sweeney, AFL-CIO president, looks more like

The proliferation of trade agreements among Latin American countries is creating opportunities for U

DANZAS INTRODUCESTRANS-BORDER SERVICEBELLEVUE, Wash. - Danzas Corp. is linking Mexico to its

S.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime tragedies. Seamen'

The Agriculture Department, anticipating that the Asia Pacific Rim region may soon take more than ha

PILOT LADDERS UNSAFE,GLOBAL GROUP SAYSSAN FRANCISCO - Unsafe pilot ladders are a continuing

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Sea-Land Service Inc., the largest steamship line in the United States, is introducing double-lift h

A major effort is under way to slash the costs associated with transferring leased marine containers

SHIPSBALTIC SHIPPING VESSELWILL BE AUCTIONEDNEW ORLEANS - A Baltic Shipping Co. vess

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Wrestling with imbalance problems in the trade lane, three shipping companies serving southern Afric

Europe's railways launched a fresh challenge to the airlines this week with the start of a high-spee

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 250.05 off 1.69 w

Small and medium-sized firms in Sri Lanka said Wednesday they are being crippled by power cuts, but

U.S. gasoline inventories rose 1.9 million barrels during the week ended May 31, compared with the p

CSX Corp. and state railway freight operators in Germany and the Netherlands will form an intermodal

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Tuesday reported record net income for 1995/96 but its operating results de

In their latest attempt to draw public attention to working conditions in Los Angeles-Long Beach har

Malaysian International Shipping Corp. Bhd. is back on the expansion trail, signing contracts this w

WORLD BANK APPROVESLOAN FOR RUSSIAWASHINGTON - The World Bank board Wednesday approved a loa

U.S. insurers made more money in the first quarter of this year than the first quarter of last year,

Europe's combined truck/rail transport operators registered double-digit growth in their cross-borde

Two Senate panels set aside a traditional jurisdictional rivalry and established contingency funding

CHINA DETAINSUS EXECUTIVESHANGHAI - China said a U.S. businessman had been arrested on suspi

Northwest Airlines and Nippon Cargo Airlines announced an interline agreement to help them fill capa