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With the latest maritime casualty still fresh in their minds and the shipping community under intens

In many ways, Pierre Jean Gerber is the epitome of the successful, young, white South African. A har

Florida's agriculture commissioner has asked E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. to resume paying for crop

The Department of Transportation Friday dismissed 10 bids by U.S. airlines toserve the Unite

Foreign airlines, particularly those from Europe, are cashing in on booming air cargo traffic follow

About 4,000 tons of gasoline are thought to have leaked from the British- owned tanker that was invo

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

R&L May Steamship Agency Inc. gambled and lost last week on its bid to receive stevedoring and cargo

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 207.08 up 0.09 which compares

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago6/4 6/3 Change % Change: 5/11

June 4, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

An undergarment manufacturer has notified its Lloyd's of London underwriters it expects to be filing

Germany Tuesday will ask its European Community partners to defend the Trans- Atlantic Agreement's c

The march toward a Greater China comprising Hong Kong, Taiwan and China apparently is occurring alre

June 4, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Foreign Trade Data Users Group. June 10-11. First West Coast meeting. Port of Los Angeles Board Room

The trucking industry must work more closely with the port community to ensure safe driver, chassis

The Subsidies Committee of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, with U.S. consent, agreed to

Swiss provisional first-quarter 1993 real seasonally adjusted gross domestic production fell 1.1 per

Leading business groups that support the proposed North American free-trade agreement have joined fo

The former auditor for Vista Chemical Co. and one of his card-playing friends were found guilty of 3

Seaboard Marine Ltd. is venturing into a new niche - the roll-on, roll-off market between Miami and

The government plans to lower import tariffs, allow more foreign access to domestic service markets

Business analysts who have been bullish on Poland are even more enthusiastic in the wake of the coun

June 4, 1993 Copper Total, 107,999. Gold Total, .2,231,335.Silver Total, .271

Britain is making a new political push for debt relief for the world's poorest countries following a

Insurers, reinsurers and some underwriters at Lloyd's of London that wrote commercial general liabil

Rail securities analysts were at a loss Friday to explain the sharp sell-off in rail stocks that str

The proposed European Community energy tax, to be discussed by finance ministers from the 12 member

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California winemakers are taking a cautious view of U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor's recent

Russia will work to alleviate port congestion and speed the flow of U.S. grain under a $700 million

Japanese trading companies have been active receivers on floating rate ''differential" swaps denomin

Question: How many European countries does it take to change a light bulb plug? Answer: 18.E

An organization grouping 27 major international mining companies said last week it had adopted a cha

GERON APPOINTS CHIEF, COMPLETES FINANCINGMENLO PARK, Calif. - Geron Corp. has appoin

The U.S. property and casualty insurance industry's consolidated net income dropped to $4.47 billion

A civil racketeering case by 120 American investors accusing Lloyd's of London of breaking U.S. secu

Truckload carriers and intermodal marketing companies are normally the Hatfields and McCoys of surfa

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