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This seems farfetched: A high-voltage line sags near a tree and cuts power to millions across the Am

The World Gold Council said Thursday gold demand in second-quarter 1996 totaled 645 tons in the coun

AEI FORGES ALLIANCEWITH ISRAELI FORWARDERDARIEN, Conn. - AEI has a global alliance with Flyi

Crew error was blamed for the grounding of the Norwegian tanker Borga at Milford Haven last year, ac

Iraq has pumped and loaded oil into one of its own tankers at the Mina al Bakr terminal in the Gulf

The world's largest operator of containerports emerged the winner Thursday in a hard-fought battle t

PRUDENTIAL FIRES EXECUTIVEFOR TOSSING DOCUMENTSNEWARK, N.J. - A top Prudential Insurance Co.

Lloyd's of London cleared another hurdle Thursday on the way to implementation of its controversial

The United States and Canada, which have feuded often in recent years over the St. Lawrence Seaway,

When the New York Mets take the field against the San Diego Padres tonight, they will be making base

The article headlined ''Catastrophe risk index proposed in Bermuda'' which appeared on Page 8A on Tu

Like the opening of Russian ''mastroushki'' dolls within dolls, another barrier to foreign insurers

Homeowners insured by the Joint Underwriting Association may soon have to pay $1,000 instead of $500

The oft-postponed deadline for implementing overweight container rules has been delayed again, from

If Dan Foster has an uneasy feeling or if one of the drug-sniffing dogs so much as turns its head, h

Continuing the consolidation trend within the insurance industry, Munich Re, the world's biggest rei

SHIPS9 FIRMS PLACE BIDFOR FRENCH CARRIERPARIS - Nine maritime companies placed offic

First it generated a strike by longshoremen protesting its alleged anti-union attitude.Now i

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For 16,000 shippers, their long nightmare is over.Lloyd T. Whitaker, trustee for defunct tru

AUGUSTS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime trag

Summer rail traffic continues to head in several directions at once without going much of anywhere a

JOURNAL OF COMMERCELAUNCHES WEB SITENEW YORK - The Journal of Commerce now has a site on the

U.S. and Japanese negotiators geared up for talks today aimed at settling ongoing route and airline

SUGAR LINE GROWSAT PARANAGUA PORTSAO PAULO - Dockworkers are back to work at Brazil's Parana

Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Raymond Burns was used to driving a truck 3,000 miles a week, but now he can hardly find his way fro

Mexico abruptly changed the bidding rules and announced a three-week postponement in the privatizati

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the Deutsche mark Wednesday on comments from Bundesbank Chief E

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 14, '96 (a graph)* A

The White House said Wednesday it was too soon to say whether Turkey would be punished for a natural

CHILEAN CHAMBER OKSACCORD WITH MERCOSURVALPARAISO, Chile - The lower house of Chile's Congre

When President Jiang Zemin issued an appeal for faster state enterprise reform in May, his audience

Political uncertainties rocked Thailand's financial markets Wednesday after a party of the governing

''I came here to change things, and change them I will.''

ARROW AIR APPROVEDAS DEFENSE CARRIERMIAMI - Arrow Air was approved as an authorized carrier

MATSUSHITA ELECTRICMAY STALL PLANT PROJECTTOKYO - Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.

A leading Japanese bank said Wednesday it has agreed to a $1 million settlement with U.S. regulators