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1406 (Feb. 22, 1996) Previous day - 1419The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

MITSUBISHI LAUNCHESTHE U-CLASS EVER ULTRAKOBE, Japan - The Ever Ultra, the first of

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When it comes to intermodal, the whole system too often turns out to be less than the sum of its par

Consolidated Rail Corp. has received offers for all its lower-density routes in New England on the e

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The United States has proposed creating a safety consultation board that could do background checks

Like corn, wheat, copper and crude oil, electricity is about to become a commodity that trades in st

The decision by Germany's largest shipbuilder, Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG, to seek protection from cre

Canadian National Railways and Illinois Central said they will build and operate a joint intermodal

''K'' Line America Inc. is joining the growing number of U.S.-based ocean carriers opting to consoli

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Tankers are preparing to transfer oil from a crippled ship that spilled much of its cargo off Wales.

Feb. 22, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles ended 1995 with a surge in exports but declining imports, an

Pat Buchanan faces down the critics of his uncompromising trade protectionism by saying that ''No ec

U.S. workers' paychecks generally are better than many politicians claim, but wage cuts in some segm

Crowley Maritime has begun using bar pilots instead of its own tug masters to guide its oil barges t

Property Claims Services said Thursday the winter of 1996 has produced record insured property loss.

Sweden's consumer price index rose by 0.1 percent in January from December, the Central Bureau of St

With its landmark property/casualty restructuring agreement only two weeks old, Cigna Corp.'s P/C di

FEB. 29 PROCLAIMEDAPIW DAY IN NEW YORKNEW YORK - Ruth W. Messinger, president of the Borough

AIG REPORTS INCREASEIN QUARTER, YEAR PROFITNEW YORK - American International Group I

INSURANCE TESTING CO. (St. Paul, Minn.) - Kenneth Lane has been appointed executive vice president.<

Pat Buchanan's win in the New Hampshire primary, no matter how narrow, was front-page news in most o

State Farm Fire & Casualty and State Farm General Insurance Cos. said it is taking further steps to

Following several other Canadian insurers into the U.S. market, a major Toronto-based insurance hold

TIG Holdings Inc. announced Thursday it would shrink its work force by 28 percent and reorganize its

A new truckers group is challenging the right of the Federal Highway Administration to close down a

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Broken Hill Proprietary Co. has decided not to pursue negotiations with Iran on building a gas pipel

Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG, Germany's largest shipbuilder, began insolvency proceedings at a Bremen co

In the Old Testament, when King Solomon decided to split a baby in half between two women claiming t

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Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. released financial statements this week for the first time since it filed

Pat Buchanan's upset victory in New Hampshire has shaken the Republican Party and probably a few off

The head of a Japanese shipbuilding association said Wednesday it will ask the Transport Ministry by

The British government is under intense public pressure to explain why salvors took so long to dislo

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 24, '95 - Feb. 21, '96 (a graph)(2)

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