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BRITISH EXPERTS TO RUNARGENTINE PORTLONDON - A British joint venture has won the contract to

PORT OF SAN FRANCISCOLewis H. Wiseman was named director of tenant and maritime services. He

Maritime subsidy legislation passed last week by Congress should prevent further shrinkage of the U.

CHINA INSURER PAYS OUT$26 MILLION ON SATELLITEBEIJING - The People's Insurance (Property) Co

GATX Logistics Inc. has developed a trucking yard management system that allows shippers to electron

Thai Airways International, in a move to expand cargo services amid rising shipments, has entered a

County commissioners and a university in this bustling border zone want Environmental Protection Age

A $10,000 treatment for a runny nose. A hysterectomy on a 16-year-old boy.Two examples, expe

To the relief of small Florida companies, rates for workers compensation insurance will drop an aver

Lloyd's of London is taking to the road in all sorts of ways in order to promote itself as a reforme

A state senator wants to offer a $100 tax credit to North Dakotans who buy insurance to cover stays

To some, Maryland trucker Mark Gunther was a warm-hearted guy, the kind who would drive 150 miles to

A spokesman for Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig unveiled some of the agency's strategies f

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The nation's largest parcel delivery service Monday launched another foray into the traditional less

Monday, Oct. 7, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The U.S. dollar declined Monday, particularly against the Japanese yen, in lackluster trading.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 13, '95 - Oct. 7, '96 (a graph)* An

Three of the world's biggest oil companies - Texaco Inc., Shell Oil Co. and Saudi Aramco - are talki

Cuba's hard currency crisis is worse than ever and urgent action is needed to remedy the situation,

South Africa's Agriculture Ministry Monday threatened to pull out of free-trade talks with the Europ

BankBoston will open a new office in Lima, Peru, by the middle of this month to provide local bankin

Mexico's three largest political parties Monday awaited election results in polling that took place

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GERMAN METALWORKERSBEGIN TALKS ON SICK PAYFRANKFURT - Unions representing German metalworker

''We are, I suppose, unequivocally ambivalent.''

While most pundits have focused on how Hong Kong will fare after it reverts to China next summer, th

In the largest financial takeover since China's economic reform began in 1979, the Guangdong Develop

Chances are, most people cannot find Mongolia on the map. Not to worry - if needed, there are four f

GM'S CANADIAN STRIKEAFFECTS US WORKERSTONAWANDA, N.Y. - The effects of the Canadian strike a

Leonel Fernandez, the new president of the Dominican Republic, announced late last week economic and

HIGH COURT WON'T REVIEWRULING IN SEAT BELT CASEWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday let sta

Georgia depends on the huge Russian market for its exports of wine, tea and mineral water.Ot

A dispute over calculating market share is dividing the U.S. and Japanese computer chip industries a

Infrastructure weaknesses in Eastern European countries could actually end up being one of the regio

Pakistan's first software technology park is being built in the capital of Islamabad to help the cou

Russia welcomed the better-than-expected credit ratings it received from three agencies that pave th

The Supreme Court Monday rejected Chrysler Corp.'s appeal involving an import-duties dispute with th

SHIPSARRANGEMENTS MADETO PAY, RETURN ALBA CREWPORTLAND, Ore. - Crewmembers o