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Washington's latest confrontation with Baghdad, if it lasts or escalates, may cause pain for consume

Pipeline operators have disaster plans to deal with oil spills, but most haven't put on paper any pr

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PRATT & WHITNEY PICKEDTO SERVICE AVIANCA JETSFARNBOROUGH, England - Avianca, Colombia's nati

CP Rail System may disclose the winner - or winners - of auctions for two commercially attractive Mi

Kansas City Southern Railway has petitioned the Surface Transportation Board to block Burlington Nor

Thousands of New Jersey truckers will risk steep fines if they travel out of the Garden State this w

The Port of Portland, Ore. commission forwarded a $585 million port transportation improvement plan

ALLSTATE UNIT TAKING ONNATIONWIDE COMPANYCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is

The ''People on the Move'' item on Swiss Re Services that appeared on Page 8A on Friday, Aug. 30, sh

Actor Danny Kaye once said of the funeral of movie mogul Harry Cohn, ''Give the people what they wan

Investing in U.S. Treasury bonds currently earning 7.4 percent would have produced the same rate of

The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Ltd., the fourth-largest P&I club in the wor

Mexico's insurance market could be boosted in value by 30 percent when an annuities industry is kick

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MITSUI O.S.K. LINESOPENS UNITS IN BRAZILTOKYO - Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

LUFTHANSA MAY PUSHFOR WAGE, BENEFIT CUTSFRANKFURT - Lufthansa German Airlines must save abou

August blockades over customs procedures at the busy Texas border city of Laredo have had the uninte

The unspoken secret about South Korea's car imports is that as many as 20 percent enter the country

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Escalating fears about food safety in Japan following an outbreak of the deadly bacteria E. coli is

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It could easily have been San Diego.In 1895, Capt. James Griffiths of Seattle read that a Ja

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

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday amid continued worries about the wobbly stock and bond markets.

Germany pledged Wednesday to freeze 91 million marks ($61 million) in aid to the Volkswagen automake

Massachusetts Gov. William Weld hailed the passage of a state tax credit to offset the federal harbo

Sept, 4, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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The Mexican government announced Wednesday that it is offering 70 billion yen (approximately $640 mi

JAPAN OFFICIAL TO VISITJAKARTA FOR CAR TALKSJAKARTA, Indonesia - Japan's trade minister will

1079 (Sept. 4, 1996) Previous day - 1085The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum must accelerate liberalization in the fast-gr

US READY TO RESUMEAVIATION TALKS WITH UKWASHINGTON - The Transportation Department is ready

Hurricane Fran Wednesday bore down on Charleston, S.C., home of the South Atlantic's busiest contain

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North Korea's public attitude toward its prosperous neighbor to the south is nothing if not belliger

Hyundai Merchant Marine has linked its two trans-Atlantic services with a new Asia-Mediterranean-Mid

Taiwan and the Czech Republic are near a deal to co-produce five- to nine-seat AE-270 commercial jet