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In an effort to compete more effectively against global shipping agencies, three regional shipping a

Along the flood-ravaged Mississippi River this month, bright autumn-colored leaves that decorate tre

Mergers are cutting the number of rival stevedores and thus trimming competition at the world's larg

The real costs of the 13-week-old strike at the General Chemical Co. soda ash plant west of here won

Increased demand for vinyl-based building materials has helped drive up chlorine prices 35 percent t

Friction over rate discounts is building between ocean carriers that jointly set prices for moving g

Monday, Oct. 25, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The American Trucking Associations has begun sending out patrols on the Capital Beltway around Washi

Air France employees dug in their heels Monday, voting overwhelmingly to continue their strike today

Singapore Airlines Ltd., the world's most profitable carrier, reported lower earnings Monday, but an

While China's special economic zones in the south and Shanghai on the east coast make most of the no

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Oct. 25, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Brazilian pulp and paper producer Aracruz Celulose says it avoided losing some $80 million in export

New York cotton futures are predicted to reach almost 70 cents a pound by spring or summer if world

Atlantic Richfield Co. Monday said it will cut 900 to 1,000 jobs in an extensive reorganization of a

Pharmaceutical companies' costs will rise an estimated $14.5 billion during the next five years beca

Monday Oct. 25, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The European Community is expected to lend Lebanon $72 million toward the cost of building a new por

Christiania Re. Corp., one of the oldest reinsurers in the United States, is attempting to raise mor

Royal Insurance Holdings PLC is expected to post a pretax profit of UK50 million (US$73.5 million) t

A federal oceanographic agency should take a closer look at using private contractors for at least s

The creation of the new ruble zone may be delayed by two years, Vladimir Mashits, a Russian economic

Muller Weingarten Corp., a German machine tool company, said it will open its first U.S. plant in Ci

Leaders from seven railroad unions in British Columbia began telling 1,600 workers Monday why they f

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Oct. 25, 1993 Copper Total, 96,513. Gold Total, .2,361,080.Silver To

U.S. Justice Department officials declined to comment Monday on reports the department and the U.K.'

The European Commission still may suspend the Trans-Atlantic Agreement if shippers prove it is serio

The Port of Oakland has been promised a new schedule for digging out its shipping channels by the Ar

The Russian government is planning to set up a gold exchange in Moscow before the end of the year, a

Western refiners that account for about 6.8 million metric tons (7.48 million tons) of the world's a

The first scientific tests comparing ride quality of double-stack equipment have found wide variance

Leif Lidholm will step down as North American director of Italia di Navigazione (Italian Line) as of

The Port of San Francisco has apparently taken another body blow from itstrans-bay rival.

A federal judge permanently blocked members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes from r

Australia's Qantas Airways was forced Monday to withdraw U.S. advertisements showing a man relaxing