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Elyse Lulkin, an English teacher from New York working here, says she pays $700 for her tiny studio

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Though dominated by foreign companies, Canada's property/casualty industry has barely ventured outsi

If the United States and South Korea want peace on the Korean peninsula, they should engage North Ko

Dana Corp., the first U.S. auto frame maker to win a major contract from a Japanese automaker, said

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JAKARTA TO SWAP PLANESFOR BURKINA FASO COTTONSINGAPORE - Indonesia is ready to swap domestic

A tax-break plan to encourage individual and industrial investors to buy shares in merchant vessels

NGC REACHES PACTWITH CHEVRON CORP.HOUSTON - NGC Corp. reached a definitive agreement with Ch

MEXICAN CATTLE BUYERSTO VISIT FLORIDAWASHINGTON - A team of Mexican cattle buyers will visit

SHIPSDINNER TO HELPRAISE FUNDS FOR EXHIBITNEW YORK - The third annual Maritime Hall

Shipping lines, truckers, railroads and shippers rarely agree.But the carriers and their cus

Colombia has set January as the target date for bids to construct a canal linking the Caribbean Sea

The Intermodal Association of North America is trying to fill a perceived void in transportation inf

Keeping track of documents can be an arduous task, unless you let your computer do the filing.

MISSISSIPPI LOCKSCLOSE AGAINST FLOODINGKANSAS CITY - Heavy weekend rain in the western Midwe

As its handover to China draws inexorably closer, Hong Kong is trying to shift the emphasis of its i

OVERVIEWThe economic growth and political changes that have taken place in Poland since 1989

''We don't know if either the bride or the bridegroom are going to be willing participants.''

POLLUTION LOOPHOLEBATTLED IN LOUISIANABATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Ji

One of the most memorable lines from any film - right up there with ''Here's looking at you, kid'' a

Earlier this spring, in the weeks preceding Passover, New York-based exporters of kosher foods learn

May 28, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Vietnam's president Tuesday called on the communist country to arm itself against control of nationa

There was little movement in The Journal of Commerce stock index last week, as 31 advancing stocks w

Injured people still use the courts to sue their insurance companies for higher compensation despite

Tuesday, May 28, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. Export-Import Bank, after months of internal debate, is due to vote Thursday on whether to

Japanese teen-agers using mobile phones for fun, not business, help account for the latest surge in

Fueled by a wave of consolidations that has made large bulk chemical truck carriers larger, many sma

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US DEMANDS S. KOREAREVAMP IMPORT SYSTEMSSEOUL - The U.S. Trade Representative is reportedly

Attorneys representing Texas Farmers Group said their client's double rounding of insurance premiums

A U.S. oil company has signed a production-sharing agreement with Barbados to explore for deposits o

1373 (May 28, 1996) Previous day - 1379The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

The U.S. shipbuilding industry has moved into a new era of growth, said the Maritime Administration'

The bitter fight between the European Commission and North Atlantic shipping lines is escalating.

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADAROMANIA. May 30-June 1: New York: Los Angeles; June 2-4: Connec

Optimism among tanker owners is wearing a little thin as the long-awaited recovery in freight rates

The bank's project cycle involves five stages: Identification, Preparation, Appraisal, Negotiation a