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Ocean carriers have stepped up their efforts to compete with air freight companies for such goods as

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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 202.34 unch which compares wi

Policyholders at Florida's second-biggest insurer are in for a double surprise when their policies c

Congress can do little to help stem the tide of multibillion-dollar losses in the airline industry,

The increase in insurance rates that's hit shipowners in the past year is forecast to spread to othe

ITT HARTFORD REPORTS THIRD-QUARTER LOSSHARTFORD, Conn. - ITT Hartford, subsidiary of ITT Cor

China's international containership line, China Ocean Shipping Co., is the latest - and perhaps fina

As Colombian coffee growers switch to other crops, 1992-93 (October- September) coffee production wi

Relieving the crowding in the Chicago Board of Trade financial futures pits dominated member concern

The world's largest maker of elevators Thursday signed its third deal in China. This one inv

The European Community on Jan. 1 will launch a giant single market for goods, people, services and c

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

CHINA EXPECTED TO BUY US COMPUTER EQUIPMENTChina plans to buy up to $2 billion worth of U.S.

Rising traffic at Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, British Columbia, will push the Pacific Northwest's

British Airways will support a full "open-skies" agreement with the United States if Washington agre

Britain and Denmark today will block a planned $1.1 billion European Community subsidy to promote hi

Truckers may have failed to achieve many of their objectives in the U.S. Congress' major transportat

In a reversal of an earlier decision, the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that ma

Belgium said Tuesday that it will impose a tax on beer, colas and sparkling water containers by the

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said that a new accord to finance French grain exports to Russi

Tenneco Inc.'s recently formed natural gas division in Houston has signed a deal to buy Louisville,

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The Inter-African Coffee Organization, meeting in Abidjan, has decided to concentrate on technical q

BOARD EXPECTS INCREASE IN GHANA COCOA OUTPUTACCRA, Ghana - Continued replanting of cocoa at

The Overseas Private Investment Corp., the federal governmental agency that insures and finances Ame

Increased transportation regulatory oversight may be coming with the Clinton administration, but shi

Salomon Inc.'s Phibro unit said Tuesday its $116 million investment in a major oil field in Siberia

Maritime safety would be improved if governments devoted more time to enforcing regulations, a tanke

New York Mercantile Exchange Nov. 18, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

Wednesday Nov. 18, 1992 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Nov. 18, 1992 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Crude oil inventories dropped 6.9 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 13 compared with the previo

Metal prices Wednesday gained on constructive U.S. trade data. Silver and platinum were most

Rising tides and plummeting cargo volume may leave this Caspian port all washed up. The Casp

1224 (Nov. 18, 1992) Previous day - 1207 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

More than 60 longshoremen in the Port of Boston donated their time to load toys aboard a ship bound

Two Indian ports are seeking to attract private Indian and foreign capital to their expansion projec

Bangladesh still has in place bureaucratic shackles and rules that hamper foreign investment, but of

CORCORAN ELECTED NITL CHAIRMANATLANTA - Robert M. Corcoran, general manager of traff