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PLAGUE SEEN TO COST INDIA $300 MILLION IN EXPORTSNEW DELHI, India - Foreign quarantine again

As of Oct. 5, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Major components of the 1990 farm bill should remain mostly intact in the 1995 bill, speakers at a K

Romanians are celebrating their renewed most-favored-nation status in fine fashion. Through

U.S. wheat exporters see good prospects for increased American sales in Asia this year as a prolonge

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

NIGERIA TO BOOST IMPORTS OF SUGAR AFTER FLOODSLAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's sugar imports are s

It pays for truckers to check their loads. Just ask Jerry Goldsberry, traffic manager for Baja Boats

Oct. 5, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

German firms have won contracts worth a total of US$63.6 million for what may become the Philippines

New international standards for the multibillion-dollar leisure boat industry, close to being finali

"Collecting the Port: Recent Acquisitions of the South Street Seaport Museum." Through Oct.30. New Y

Scientists reported Wednesday that they had created a new polymer that could transform the computer

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 230.30 off 0.74 w

The United States accounted for nearly a third of all overseas premium income earned by British insu

1693 (Oct. 5, 1994) Previous day - 1677 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Great Eastern Shipping Co., India's second-biggest shipowner, reported an 85 percent lift in profits

The long-dormant Fore River Shipyard, which once employed thousands of people, got a breath of new l

Managing directors of 10 top London shipbroking companies reached a consensus at a meeting here this

South Africa's seven deep-water ports handled a total of 11.63 million tons of cargo in August, vs.

Donald Fleming, former top manager of the Port of Seattle's marine division, was tapped to replace C

The 18,633-deadweight-ton bulk carrier Manessi rescued 24 crewmembers of the 4,252-dwt. refrigerated

DOCKWORKERS STRIKE AT GUADALOUPE PORTSDockworkers at the ports of Pointe-a-Pitre and Basse T

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The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, responding to pressure from human rights groups, ag

Thomas Sowell of Stanford University, Lou Dobbs of CNN, and Fred Barnes of The New Republic magazine

NCCI APPOINTS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERBOCA RATON, Fla. - The National Council on Comp

For the second year running, New York-based Eveready Insurance Co. ranked as the poorest performer i

Rampant rate-cutting is threatening the stability of the S$1.2 billion (US$804 million) property/cas

The Environmental Protection Agency, which helped build a coalition of businesses and environmentali

An insurance pool for drivers who cannot obtain coverage on the open market has requested a 73 perce

Anti-dumping provisions in the Uruguay Round global trade agreement do not go far enough in safeguar

Marsha D. Egan has been elected secretary treasurer of the Society of Chartered Property Casualty Un

Western German unemployment in September fell to 2.453 million people from 2.531 million people in A

The number of unemployed in eastern Germany fell to 1.041 million in September from 1.105 million in

In their own variation on one-stop shopping, more U.S. customs brokers along the Mexican border are

Lloyd's of London investors, rather than the market itself, are expected to bear the brunt of the Br

The prime sponsor of a bill that would legalize casino gambling on riverboats in Pennsylvania says h