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Premiums for nonlife insurance in South Korea are starting to tumble, and the life sector will see m

SHIPSGREEK TANKER SPILLS OILOFF VENEZUELA COASTCARACAS, Venezuela - A Greek

The weather was still raging round the country Monday, after a brutal weekend of tornadoes and flood

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As of Mar. 3, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 242.41 off 0.31 wh

Mar. 3, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 3, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

German police detained more than 100 anti-nuclear activists across the country as controversial ship

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Mar. 3, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 30.

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TURKEY GETS BIDS TO BUILDPIPELINE FOR IRANIAN GASANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's state-owned pipel

Mar. 3, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

March 3, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Monday Mar. 3, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

TENNECO TO BUY BACKUP TO 5 PERCENT OF ITS SHARESGREENWICH, Conn. - Tenneco Inc., which has s

Taiwan has agreed in principle on a formula for opening its market to rice imports once it is allowe

An Energy Department analysis indicates that Washington's Hanford nuclear facility is better suited

KLM MAY SELL STAKEIN NORTHWEST AIRLINESMINNEAPOLIS - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has proposed s

KUWAIT SAYS IRAQI VESSELFIRED ON PATROL BOATCAIRO - Kuwait has lodged a complaint with the A

Pilots for U.S. cargo airlines are asking the government to force their employers to put expensive c

Mexico's central rail terminal created a formal operating committee that includes representatives fr

Shippers have taken advantage of a range of special devices to lower their contract rates. Here are

Unocal is drawing fire from union oil workers for dismissing a resolution asking the firm's external

Friday Feb. 28, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

GROUP LENDS SUPPORTIN MEATPACKING LAWSUITThe National Association of State Departments of Ag

Freight forwarders and banks have been trying to mesh their operations more closely for more than a

U.S., French and Japanese firms are fighting for stakes in a project to build a $340 million gas con

RAILNEW YORK TO CONDUCTHEARINGS ON RAIL MERGERALBANY, N.Y. - The state Depar

U.S. aviation negotiators may soon have a new message for their Japanese counterparts: It's all or n

Maersk Inc. and two Brazilian exporters have hooked up to ship what they call the ''first-ever contr

A slightly rumpled, seemingly unsure chief executive will provide visitors here with a world-class s

Paul Wegener is a man with a mission.As chairman of the Forwarders' Automation Committee of

Prospects for a peaceful agreement between railroads and motor carriers over future truck size and w

1443 (Feb. 28, 1997) Previous day - 1454The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Feb. 28, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Officials said China's first domestic airmail route opened between this industrial city in northeast

A nuclear power plant accident in Indonesia would make the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown ''look like a ted

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