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

The government has decided against banning chemical dyes that may cause cancer and this may adversel

As of Apr. 7, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

The U.S. dollar, which lost 3 percent of its value against the yen last week, but strengthened again

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The chief lobbyist for U.S. importers and exporters reliant on ocean transportation sharply rebuked

STOWAWAYS ON THE RISE, INSURANCE EXPERT SAYSLONDON - Global recession and the collap

The United Nations approved by consensus Friday a deal setting up a procedure to reduce emissions of

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Texaco Inc. is negotiating with Engen, a South African firm, for the sale of the U.S. company's shar

CHINA OKS CONSTRUCTION OF 2 COAL-FIRED PROJECTSBEIJING - The State Planning Commissi

A meeting to decide whether liability for contamination by radioactive material carried by sea shoul

A majority of European Union members condemned Canada Thursday for what they said was continuing har

IRAN PRESIDENT SAYS PEOPLE SUPPORT TEHRANTEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Akbar Hash

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 6, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

The Clinton administration's plan to cut the Army Corps of Engineers could cost Maryland millions of

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A superior court judge this week approved a settlement in which the city of Los Angeles will keep th

MID-SHIP MARINE INC. (Port Washington, N.Y.) - Richard Churchman was named director of United Charte

The first commercial use of technology to weigh trucks traveling at highway speeds hit a bump in the

Thursday Apr. 6, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

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Australia's unemployment fell to 8.7 percent in March, its lowest level in more than four years.

MASS. HOUSE APPROVES TURNPIKE-TUNNEL BILLBOSTON - The Massachusetts House passed a m

COAST GUARD REVAMPS REBUILDING GUIDELINESWASHINGTON - The Coast Guard this week prop

Paul DeMariano's "swat team" is casing the port in Philadelphia. That's the term the preside

ASSOCIATED AIR FREIGHT (Philadelphia) - Mike Hess was promoted to the newly created position of vice

TALKS UNDER WAY TO END BOLIVIA STRIKENEW YORK - Negotiations have begun between Boli

Sounding another echo to the consumer electronics boom, worldwide sales of 16- and 32-bit microproce

"There's a feeling of isolation (in Jordan) and that we are now part of the U.S.-Israel combine, and

MOODY'S LOWERS HOME HOLDINGS RATINGNEW YORK - Home Holdings Inc. has had the rating

Slightly more than a year after the United States and Mexico put aside past conflict to join in a co

Exxon Chemical Co. and Fina Oil Co. have been ordered to pay $5.1 million in actual damages to a for

Wholesale gasoline prices have soared in recent weeks, in part because inventories felljust as the s

Newmont Gold Co. Wednesday sold its 10.7 percent interest in Southern Peru Copper Corp. to Asarco In

A U.N. agency has called on communist Vietnam to issue land-use certificates for all land in the cou

The U.S. Coast Guard is mulling structural changes to a couple Mississippi River swing-span railroad

Two ports on India's west coast are looking to increase container capacity by adding or allotting mo

The Port of Wilmington, Del., wants to put the brakes on the loss of car exports at itsdocks.