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Many in the insurance industry feel the European monetary union would be beneficial for business, bu

State Farm and Fireman's Fund are preparing for the next round in their separate legal battles with

As Northern Europe shivers in subzero temperatures, British and Continental insurers are bracing the

PERU SEEKS TO AVOIDA FURTHER INVESTIGATIONNEWARK, N.J. - Prudential Insurance Company of Ame

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SHIPSSEAWAY CARGO DECLINES,PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWWASHINGTON - St. Lawrence Se

Switzerland's Zurich Insurance Group announced Monday it plans to acquire all the remaining 34 perce

The nation's costliest intermodal project is getting a jump start from the newly streamlined Alameda

An APL Ltd. vessel subject to a walkout by its radio officer on Friday left Seattle on schedule earl

Direct Transit Inc., a troubled Iowa trucking company that saw its sale to Schneider National Inc. f

The Clinton administration will begin formal ''open-skies'' talks with four Asian nations next week,

Freightliner Corp., taking advantage of positive conditions created by the North American Free Trade

GREEK SEAMEN RENEWSTRIKE; PORTS PARALYZEDATHENS - Greek seamen Monday renewed the strike the

A tough week for the Japanese stock market hurt the two maritime sectors of the Journal of Commerce

A consortium led by P&O Australia Ltd. won the contract to build a container terminal at the Port of

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WALLENIUS LINES SETS UPOWN AGENCY IN SWEDENLONDON - Wallenius Lines, Europe's largest specia

ALCOA DIRECTORS DECLAREQUARTERLY DIVIDENDPITTSBURGH - The Board of Directors of Alcoa Friday

Three weeks ended Jan. 4, 1997, vs. similar 1995-96 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

Trusting that the technology has improved in the last 102 years, two partnersare digging and drillin

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 241.95 up 0.24 whi

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595per to

A pesky wheat fungus, environmental activists, persistent ice jams and international politics conspi

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 13, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

A cooperative arrangement between Hyundai Merchant Marine and two Swiss-based oceancarriers is about

Jan. 13, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Jan. 13, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

For the week ended January 4, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Jan. 13, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 13, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Navigational charts covering the approaches to one of Britain's busiest oil terminals are unreliable

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Jan. 8, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

Reacting cautiously to a report that a nuclear waste processing plant may be causing leukemia in chi

Jan. 13, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

GILCHREST VOWSMARITIME SUPPORTBALTIMORE - The newly appointed chairman of a key House mariti

Imagine this - a tanker has just run aground in a terrible blizzard. In making the required notifica

1511 (Jan. 13, 1997) Previous day - 1507The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Jan. 13, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

ONTARIO HYDRO HIRESUS NUCLEAR EXPERTSTORONTO - Ontario Hydro has hired seven American expert