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FINNISH DELEGATE TO HEAD INT'L COFFEE ORGANIZATIONLONDON - Harri Maki-Reinikka, Finn

Oct. 3, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Russian officials, seeking to raise confidence in the beleaguered ruble, are seeking $6 billion from

Living next to the Shell Chemical Co. plant never worried Dwight Barnhart. A deadly explosion and fi

Nightly news images of Haiti show a nation of horrendous poverty, an embattled, seeminglybarren half

Continued favorable weather in the Northern Hemisphere is likely to boost world 1994-95 cotton outpu

Weyerhaeuser Co. officials are hoping that Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin's visit here l

US, CANADA EXECUTIVES PUSH EXTENSION OF NAFTAHALIFAX, Nova Scotia - Business leaders

Despite reaching agreement with the International Monetary Fund on an economic reform plan and subse

Oct. 3, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

1656 (Oct. 3, 1994) Previous day - 1656 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

On Francis Ivancie's last day as a member of the Federal Maritime Commission, Chairman William Hatha

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

Members of the West Coast of South America Discussion Agreement will introduce a bunker fuel surchar

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In the article "Large ILWU Local Trying to Kill GATT" which appeared on Page 7B Sept.27, Julie Harri

Britain, France and Germany last week ratified amendments to two international conventions that will

TIDEWATER BARGE LINES (Vancouver, Wash.) - Michael H. Rike was promoted to operations manager, overs

Gov. Pete Wilson vetoed a politically sensitive homeowners' insurance reform package last week that

German insurance giant Allianz agreed last week to take over the German, Swiss and Italian direct in

A headline over a story in the Insurance Agency & Company Relations special report on Page8A Monday

Barge rates have risen considerably as farmers and carriers brace for what is expected to be a bumpe

TIERRA DEL FUEGO TO GET SHIPYARD-PORT COMPLEXBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The province

FRANCE'S AXA BUYING CANADA'S BOREALPARIS - French insurer Axa said Monday it was buy

A state contract to build three new super-ferries will determine whether Todd Shipyards Inc. can mai

The trade agreement reached Saturday between the United States and Japan to open the $320 billion Ja

A key ruling is expected today in the largest compensation claim by Lloyd's of London investors, kno

Moody's Investors Service, which lowered ratings at Continental Corp. and its property and casualty

The health of the nation's workers compensation insurers is expected to deteriorate as the economy i

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Sept. 30, 1994.

The European Union will attempt today to defuse an internal power struggle that is threatening to de

Head of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Peter Sutherland said Monday legal and legislativ

Dirty money is being laundered through Canadian stock exchanges and brokers, but industry officials

The failure of the steering committee at the International Monetary Fund to make greater funds avail

The long-awaited Iron Highway intermodal technology will move from the test bed to the railbed in th

The U.S. Customs Service announced a reorganization Friday designed to move more resources into port

In the first clear sign that independent tanker owners will be able to get the new financial respons

Country Statistic Panama 57.6Liberia

The House gave its approval late Friday to a largely symbolic bill that would give U.S. trade negoti