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Futures contracts on Latin American Brady bonds totaled 2,745 contracts, according to estimates on f

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

South Korea's crude oil imports in February reached 70 million barrels, up 48 percent from the same

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether some of the world's largest drug makers have c

More than 3,000 people are stranded in the central Philippines by a torrent of possibly toxic mine w

The closure of the Ka'u Sugar Co. brings an end to sugar production on the Big Island, and also leav

Russian company Evikhon and the Anglo-Dutch multinational Royal Dutch/Shell Group Wednesday agreed t

MANUFACTURED GOODSIMPORTS UP IN JAPANTOKYO - Japan's imports of manufactured goods i

The German shipping group Hamburg-Sud will change the name of its sales, marketing and logistics org

South China's booming Guangdong province near Hong Kong hopes to put eight to 10 more nuclear reacto

Despite continued declines in log export volumes, the Port of Longview, Wash., last year posted reco

Overall cargo volume was on the rise again at Virginia Port Authority terminals through the first tw

An international team of divers and marine archaeologists has embarked on a dangerous quest to haul

Mar. 27, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

1430 (Mar. 27, 1996) Previous day - 1428The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sumitomo Marine and Fire Insurance Co. said Tuesday it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary for

It's possible to ''steel'' a look at the future.The business of steel trading is changing th

Memorabilia from an 18th century mutiny on the British Bounty naval vessel fetched nearly $215,300 a

Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has increased its available employment practices liability limits to $

Major Japanese life insurance companies plan to cut payouts to policyholders in fiscal 1996, startin

Many U.S. ports are enjoying brisk business in steel. Exports are expected to approach last year's t

Profits of U.S. property and casualty insurers rose 85 percent last year as the industry recovered f

Despite the continuation of tougher rules, insurance agents in Malaysia keep expanding.A rep

California voters Tuesday defeated three propositions that had direct or indirect implications for t

State insurance regulators were disappointed in Wednesday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court letting

Steel manufacturers are downplaying prospects of a U.S. economic slowdown in 1996, believing that th

In a series of raids on stores and delivery vans, police seized 6,477 fake CD-ROM discs worth at lea

Foreign steel producers can expect a difficult time penetrating the U.S. market this year.A

Switzerland's most wanted fugitive, financier Werner Rey, has been arrested in the Bahamas and will

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 26, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

MITSUI TO REORGANIZEOPERATIONS AT TWO PORTSTOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K Lines said it will reorganiz

A cruise ship passenger survived a night-time tumble from the deck of a cruise liner Tuesday and swa

They would fill more than 40 freight trains, each a mile long.If they were used, that is.But

China's beleaguered textile sector is rethinking its strategy as rising costs and tougher competitio

Days before the opening of the busy summer season, the United States and France on Tuesday resolved

As talks between the United States and Canada on this season's salmon fishery allocations get under

No one said it was going to be easy. And it isn't. Forging an Americas free-trade agreement by the y

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Independent Pier Co. - one of the oldest stevedoring companies in the Philadelphia port - filed rece