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J.P. MORGAN DOWNGRADES RATINGS FOR 3 STEEL FIRMSU.S. investment bank J.P. Morgan Wednesday d

EARNINGS STATEMENT SENDS SWIFT STOCK INTO FREE-FALLNEW YORK - The stock of Swift Tra

The 1994-95 sugar crop is poor, and imports seem likely to avert anysurge in prices. The gov

Less than two weeks after proposing to build a refinery complex, Thai Petrochemical Industry PLC (TP

The weakness in natural-gas prices, dominating markets since last May, took center stage at an energ

Mar. 8, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 234.68 up 1.61 wh

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When the cruise ship Achille Lauro burned and sank late last year in the Indian Ocean, it was of mor

Like a teen-ager who just got a driver's license, Polish Ocean Lines is revving the engine, raring t

Russia is in the final stages of drafting and adopting a new Merchant Shipping Code. But reg

U.S. inland waterway and coastal barge companies are embarking on a three- year program they say is

The U.K. government may further investigate why the British-built bulk carrier Derbyshire sank witho

American President Cos. named L. Dale Crandall, an accountant with Price Waterhouse, as chief financ

Profit fell 15 percent at a container leasing firm owned by China's state- owned shipping line after

While shippers have been waiting for truck rates to come down as promised by proponents of interstat

Seaborne trade rose 13 percent last year over 1993 to 1.2 billion Hong Kongdollars (US$154 m

COAST GUARD ADOPTS PERMANENT TANKER RULESWASHINGTON - The Coast Guard has adopted as

Forceful comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan reversed the decline of the dollar on

The electronics sector of Malaysia, its fastest-growing industry, will get a US$100 million boost ov

The European Union Wednesday expressed confidence that its candidate, Renato Ruggiero, next week wil

"The Mexican spectacle eclipses the comparatively bland mixture of sex, raw murder and race that pla

FISHERMEN HAVEN'T LEFT DISPUTED SITE, EU SAYSBRUSSELS - European Union fishermen hav

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For much of last year, pundits wondered how far off the mark Chinese Premier Li Peng would be in his

With skepticism rampant abroad about the low levels of unemployment reported by China, the governmen

The Asia-Pacific region last year attracted an estimated $53 billion, or 66 percent of the record $8

PAKISTAN, SINGAPORE SIGN INVESTMENT PACTSINGAPORE - With Prime Ministers Benazir Bhu

Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings is in the United States this week to discuss trade and invest

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DUFF & PHELPS PUTS ING UNITS ON WATCHNEW YORK - Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. has

A former vice president of the Travelers Insurance Co. has been hired as executive director of the K

The wave of Republicanism rolling across the country bodes well for the insurance industry's near-te

MILD WEATHER LOWERS UK PETROLEUM USELONDON - U.K. consumption of petroleum for energ

China International Marine Containers Ltd. reported year-end profit attributable to shareholders of

EU PROBES CHARGES OF FERRY PRICE-FIXINGLONDON - Investigators from the European Comm