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Container volume at the Port of Long Beach soared 25.7 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, br

Some shippers are moderately optimistic that the Federal MaritimeCommission's antitrust inve

The U.S. military, stalled in its efforts to deliver maximum relief to more than a million starving

Ernest Connor, director of the New Hampshire State Port Authority, was named general manager and por

Russia's largest investment company admitted its virtual collapse Friday, telling investors it has n

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A proposal by American Airlines to form an international consortium topurchase and manage ai

It was a record-setting flight in more ways than one recently when a 3,200- horsepower diesel locomo

Russia has lowered taxes on imported alcohol and cigarettes and changed the way the taxes are assess

FILM INDUSTRY CREATES POLAND ANTI-PIRACY UNITNEW YORK - Taking advantage of the coun

China appears poised to tighten oil-import restrictions again as its domestic market remains in trou

For the second day in a row, Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas, was unable Friday to hold a scheduled vote b

Windsor officials have sued a Connecticut insurance company for failing to defend the town against l

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 232.20 off 0.38

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

Friday, July 29, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The bad karma surrounding American President Lines' vessel President Washington continues to build u

By the end of the year, there could be as many as four or five international insurance companies lic

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +16.537/25 104.97/26 104.97/27

South Korea posted its sixth consecutive monthly current account shortfall on Friday, but economists

Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. said its newly formed WC Canada Holdings Inc. subsidiary will

Increased revenue from rail operations was a major factor in the C$98 million (US$72.5 million) prof

Japan's Labor Ministry said Friday it has decided to put eight domestic airlines on a list of recess

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Although a formal peace agreement between Israel and Jordan may be some months away, the two neighbo

The dusty streets of Central Asia, where horses and donkeys still amble, are the unlikely setting of

July 29, 1994 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

July 29, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

Canada's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product at factor costs rose 0.3 percent in May to C$535

These fertilizer movements were the largest recorded from port documents, during the two weeks ended

With the summer sun baking the Texas countryside and the mercury in another climb over the 100-degre

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

The Cambodian consumer price index rose 13.7 percent in the January-May period, up from the 1994 upp

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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., angered by soaring rubber prices, threatened Friday to switch to alterna

The Clinton administration is close to endorsing a proposal to allow oil companies to export the cru

The striking white-collar oil workers' union Pengassan said Friday it was advising Shell Petroleum D

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER POSTS $2.2 MILLION LOSSAlexander & Alexander Services reported

The Lloyd's of London insurance market says it is considering changes to its unusual accounting syst