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The Clinton administration has named its picks for a 21-member panel that could determine the future

The U.N. sanctions committee has approved 11 more import contracts for Iraq, raising to 26 out of mo

Friday March 14, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Russia's troubled mining company Norilsk Nickel, one of the world's largest producers of nickel and

Faced with a growing gap between electricity generation and demand, the government of Bangladesh is

Plans by U.S. environmental regulators to raise air quality standards will prove to be ''enormously

JAPANESE RADIATION LEAKCOVER-UP SUSPECTEDTOKYO - Operators of a damaged nuclear reprocessing

UPS REACHES AGREEMENTWITH WEB SITE PROVIDERSLOS ANGELES - United Parcel Service has reached

DECISION FOCUS INC.Robert Phillips was named president and chief executive of this Mountain

A former Nuclear Regulatory Commission official pleaded guilty Friday to afederal charge of illegall

Ocean freight rates for bulk commodities such as coal, iron-ore and grain could jump before the end

Shipping companies should cultivate new vehicle shipment markets in Asia and Latin America because J

Canada will retain its restrictions on advertising in foreign magazines despite a World Trade Organi

SECTOR FEBRUARY '97 INDEX PERCENT CHANGE PERCENT CHANGEFROM FEBRUARY '96 FROM

Lower rates for most freight services contributed to the unexpected 0.4 percent February decline in

OFFERS TO BUY* STEEL BILLETS. Urgently need steel billets in sizes: 100x100x6-9m, 125x125x6-

OFFERS TO BUY* STEEL BILLETS. Urgently need steel billets in sizes: 100x100x6-9m, 125x125x6-

An agreement purported to settle the controversy over Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Co.'s offs

Lawmakers have tried to overhaul Florida's homeowners insurance market since Hurricane Andrew caused

French Finance Minister Jean Arthuis has fired the starting pistol for the race to take over GAN, th

OLD GUARD POSTS PROFITFOR QUARTER, LOSS FOR YEARLANCASTER, Pa. - Old Guard Group Inc., a pro

Britain's ports are investing substantial sums expanding and upgrading their container handling fac

A brand new port scheduled to open this summer in Sardinia is set to shake up the Mediterranean con

Lou B.M. Bracco Gartner circles the lower end of the wall map with his finger, showing the location

For more than a century, Hamburg's HHLA and Bremen's BLG port operators have survived in spite of wa

Back in the days when East Germany was communist Europe's economic powerhouse, the Baltic port of Ro

A job as insurance manager of a port or marine terminal should carry the following health warning: N

OIL COMPANIES TO MERGEDOWNSTREAM OPERATIONSLONDON - Oil companies Elf Oil UK and Gulf Oil (G

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

As of March 14, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

After a year in detention on charges of stealing state secrets, a senior Chinese executive of one of

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 245.06 off 0.07

March 14, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Reaction has been slow and muted from the industry to the purchase of Johnson & Higgins by Marsh & M

California insurers and trial lawyers are squaring off for a big fight over two new legislative prop

In their battle to remain competitive in the global semiconductor industry, U.S. chip makers are pus

The House Banking Committee's plan to put a financial modernization bill before the full House for a

Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa said Thursday that the International Monetary Fund had approve

Tanker operators are now able to obtain up to $1 billion worth of oil pollution cover, underwriters

Two weeks after the Justice Department settled a case in which Jews were excluded from a U.S. govern