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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 226.73 off 3.30 w

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Northern Yemen, locked in civil war with southern secessionists, announced that its forces this week

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

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

Russia's key Black Sea oil terminal at Novorossiisk will be closed to large tankers for between 20 t

A lack of state and private funding has halted restoration of the Battleship Texas, putting at risk

Dutch seaports handled 366 million tons of cargo in 1993, down 3.4 percentfrom 378 million t

A French deputy in the National Assembly unveiled a plan Wednesday to eliminate substandard vessels.

Two union leaders serving on the board of the new unified Philadelphia-Camden port blasted other por

RUSSIANS TO IGNORE TURKISH SHIPPING RULESRussia will ignore the regulations imposed by Turke

The Port of Long Beach is trying to settle a dispute with three neighboring cities that are attempti

A rare cooperative effort between barge and rail regulators and industry representatives is under wa

For many Americans, the 1994 World Cup soccer games came to life with the surprise U.S. victory over

In thousands of carloads Union Pacific 136.1Burlington Northern 132.0

With only six months remaining before oil tankers are required to have certificates of financial res

The leaders of the seven largest industrial nations will meet in grand style in Naples this weekend,

New contract rules put forward this week by the Trans-Atlantic Agreement will give smaller members t

Cargo volumes and rates are beginning to pick up for U.S. passenger airlines and freight forwarders

European shippers working to outlaw the Trans-Atlantic Agreement said they will wait for an official

A North American group of "alternative" traders plans to launch a marketing logo that will identify

China outlawed labor by children under 16, set an eight-hour workday and promised a minimum wage in

The Indonesia government is likely to issue a new banking rule to force small banks to merge so as t

Japan's Fair Trade Commission ordered a Tokyo-based ladies' wear wholesaler to refrain from labeling

U.S. exports of canned and dry soup reached a record $73 million in 1993, nearly five times the leve

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Russia's economy may still be stuck in reverse, but at least some Russians are enjoying life in the

RUSSIA PROMISES INVESTORS BETTER DEAL ON TARIFFSMOSCOW - Russia plans to grant prefe

As Vietnam and the United States edge closer to formal diplomatic ties, Vietnamese business are plan

A.M. Best Co. lowered Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.'s ''A++" rating in 1994 due

Alexander Howden, a Lloyd's of London reinsurance broker, expanded July 1 into the German region via

The French government looks set to grant shipowners further exemptions from national-insurance contr

A deadline has passed in the merger of Conseco Inc. and Kemper Corp. that makes it more expensive fo

Two former presidents of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York have been elected to the boar

NEW YORK APPROVES INSURANCE RATE HIKESThe state Insurance Department has approved rate hikes

Greenville-based Liberty Corp. said Tuesday it had signed a tentative agreement to buy Integon Life

The legal battle has begun over Florida's tough new anti-tobacco law. State officials said T

The upturn in the U.S. economy is trickling down to the air-cargo industry. For the fifth straight m

President Clinton said Wednesday a new $50 million fund would be set up to promote private-sector in