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Rhode Island business regulators may make changes to the state's 7-month-old banking law that curren

Salvage experts say that proposals from liability insurers to reform how ship salvage operations are

Turkey's total wheat imports for 1996 rose by 21.6 percent to 1.97 million tons, according to a repo

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, declined by 3.6 milli

Zurich Insurance Co. has taken a 25 percent holding in struggling Thai Metropole Insurance Co., refl

RADIATION LEVEL HIGHAT JAPAN NUCLEAR PLANTTOKYO - The Japanese state-run Power Reactor and N

Executives at Arco Alaska Inc. are trying to find the source of sea water bubbling up next to some o

It seems obvious. Since freight forwarders and shipping lines communicate with each other electronic

The Russians never needed U.S. aid in building nuclear weapons, but this week they're enlisting thei

STUDENTS LEND A HANDWITH SEA-LAND'S HELPFALMOUTH, Ky. - Sea-Land Service Inc. loaned a conta

Last summer, ocean carriers could have earned $1,100 for shipping a 20-foot container from Italy to

Intermodal truckers are pressing the federal government to make equipment owners legally responsible

Coast Guard officials in New Orleans are hoping that the mighty Mississippi River will be open for b

Japanese shipping analysts said Tuesday's agreement by domestic maritime groups to improve Japan's p

With environmentalists stronger than ever, the only hope to make dredging projects a reality is to e

SEA-LAND UPGRADES ITSUKRAINIAN CARGO SERVICELONDON - Sea-Land Service Inc. is increasing the

CONTINENTAL BEGINSHOUSTON RENOVATIONHOUSTON - Continental Airlines has begun $190 million in

ATLAS EXTENDS TWO CARGOPACTS WITH CHINA AIRLINESGOLDEN, Colo. - Atlas Air Inc. said it exten

1493 (March 19, 1997) Previous day - 1490The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

March 19, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

International Container Terminal Services Inc. has big plans for Mexico's modest Pacific Coast port

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Riding a 39 percent increase in highway truckload shipments, intermodal marketing companies particip

APPEALS COURT RULESAGAINST JAPANESE FIRMSBOSTON - A federal appeals court ruled Monday that

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Jamaica's troubled financial services sector has been hit by the failure of another institution.

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The Monsanto Co. drug that increases milk production in dairy cows passed its third anniversary on t

Access to all Japanese markets should be basically liberalized, the outline of a major deregulation

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 17, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

March 18, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

VENEZUELA PETROCHEMICALSSEE NEGATIVE GROWTHCARACAS, Venezuela - The Venezuelan petrochemical

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 22, 1996 - March 18, 1997 (a graph)

The Clinton administration wants a $9 billion hike in the operating authority of the Overseas Privat

Tuesday March 18, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

MEXICO REBUFFS BIDTO SCRAP CHINA TARIFFSMEXICO CITY - Mexican commerce officials rejected a

Russia has inflamed the fevered Caucasus with reports of secret arms shipments to Armenia through Ir

''We will continue to have our own trade and economic policies, we will continue to be a separate cu

Vietnam and China both laid claim to a potentially gas-rich area off the central coast of Vietnam wh

Nearly a year after initial agreement, Thailand and Myanmar (formerly Burma) formally signed a 30-ye