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A rate shift proposed by Allstate Insurance Co. will mean higher premiums for many of its southern N

Oman is hoping to cut its budget deficit during a five-year economic development plan by 68.6 percen

A past dispute with Canada over its restrictions on U.S. television broadcasting may be headed for a

W.R. BERKLEY CORP. (Greenwich, Conn.) - The board of directors elected John D. Vollaro president and

David B. Simmons, executive vice president since 1992 with the National Association of Insurance Com

The owners of defunct ANA Insurance Co., which once wrote liability automobile coverage in Louisiana

Zurich Insurance Group and the Insurance Partners investment group completed the first big merger of

It's late. It's dark. You're leaving an appointment at a client's office in a part of town you don't

A small port in the eastern state of Orissa is to be expanded and developed into an all-weather faci

South Korea's main economic goal for 1996 is to steer the slowing economy to a soft landing and keep

American Commercial Barge Line Inc. is launching a major initiative to create South American markets

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Sea-Land Service Inc. is chartering cargo space on Maersk Line ships in the Europe/Asia trades ahead

Australia-New Zealand Direct Line, the ocean carrier that 10 years ago hinged its business on interm

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PONDERING A STROLL"I wonder if my dad ever walked this corridor." _ James P. Hoffa, candidat

AIR FRANCE CARGO Sten GrotenfeltExecutive Vice PresidentWorldwide economic condition

3 REEFER OPERATIONS TO BE CONSOLIDATEDLONDON - The refrigerated cargo activities of

Officials at the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, broke out the champagne again this week when t

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

The report headlined "Budget Impasse, Shutdown Threaten Rail Labor Talks," which appeared Thursday o

For the week ended Dec. 30, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The California Assembly's transportation committee will consider legislation today to ease restricti

American and Singaporean companies will join with local firms to build an international airport in t

Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) Inc. has plugged a hole in its Southern Hemisphere network, creating

Roy Farrell, a World War II pilot who co-founded Cathay Pacific Airways using U.S. Army surplus tran

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STRUGGLING AIRBUS VOWS TO TAKE ON BOEING 747PARIS - Airbus Industrie, stung by archr

The Northwest Airlines jumbo jet was cruising at 35,000 feet off the coast of Japan on a flight to O

TURKMENISTAN TO EXPORT COTTON TO REPAY IRANMASHHAD, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan will

The United States is withdrawing its membership from the International Cotton Advisory Committee bec

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 245.49 up 0.46 w

Jan. 5, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Argentina's trade performance in 1996 will not be as stellar as last year. Still, the surplu

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It had to be one of the bigger bargains for a buck. A $3.5 million warehouse sold by Sears C

Thursday, Jan. 4, 1996 (Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCan

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '94 - Jan. 4, '96 (a graph) (2)

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

Large numbers of North Korean children will die of malnutrition in the next few weeks if rich countr