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Cypriot Tanker Capsizes En Route to TurkeyCAGLIARI, Sardinia - A Cypriot tanker carrying sul

Chernobyl, South Africa, Brazil and OPEC were big names in futures trading during 1986, a year marke

Exports of Indonesian natural rubber in 1987 are expected to bounce back from this year's slump, tha

WORLD BANK ECUADOR - $31 million for improved water service in Guayaquil. The loan is for 17

December in Greece is when the politicians join battle over the economy, in the context of the annua

Zhao to Visit Pakistan BEIJING - Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang said he expects to visit Pakist

One out of four Belgian families relies on a second, unreported income to make ends meet, a newspap

Shippers say they are not thrilled about a 10 percent rate increase proposed by two conferences in t

Getting hold of a camel in London is a lot harder than it was 10 years ago. Despite all the

Ciba-Geigy Corp. began a major construction-expansion project at its Newport, Del., quinacridone pig

Alberta Expected to Sell Three Grain TerminalsVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Three inland gra

Fewer cars and trucks rolled off U.S. assembly lines in 1986 as automakers - especially General Moto

GENERAL NEWSTurbulence, the theme of the steel industry over the last decade, is still the w

The Reagan administration's budget for fiscal 1988 will call for a 20 percent increase in spending o

Commercial airline pilots often fight intense drowsiness and sometimes even fall asleep while flying

When a helicopter ambulance plowed into an Oregon wheat field the same day one crashed in Tennessee,

Negotiations between Long Island Lighting Co. and New York state officials are continuing as the Jan

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

The Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act of 1986 is a separate act that became law whe

Hurt by declining productivity, a worsening labor shortage and rising production costs, the Hungaria

The U.S. dollar continued its week-long decline against major foreign currencies Wednesday in tradin

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Jack Block, whose chubby face won him the title of Carnation Milk's Baby of the Week during the Depr

Taiwan has about 40,000 trading companies, but the government's efforts to foster large trading hous

The Wayne Newton libel case is causing concern in the news media, stirring fears that a record $19.3

Inventories of key petroleum products held by refiners, importers and at pipeline terminals declined

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A maritime union that was formed last year to organize deck officers now represents over 400 workers

Ellerman Begins Service To the MediterraneanMOBILE, Ala. - British-based Ellerman Line began

A number of maritime unions appear to be elbowing for position to crew a group of U.S. Navy ships be

After hours trading occurs regularly in Chicago Mercantile Exchange Futures pits, and is generally o

COORDINATION NEEDED. Burt Rutan, designer of the remarkable Voyager aircraft, and president

Medicare Abandons Payment Delay PlanUnder mounting pressure from Congress, federal Medicare

JANUARY 6-7 - Insurance Crisis Conference - San Francisco - Laventhol & Horwath certified pu

IDB HONDURAS - $12.4 million to help finance a rural development program benefiting 4,300 lo

ICC Adopts Final Rules On Lease ExemptionsThe Interstate Commerce Commission adopted final r

The Massachusetts Port Authority continues to land-bank waterfront property with deepwater berths fo

Flota Mercante Grancolombiana SA wants the Federal Maritime Commission to reject complaints from O.

The Maritime Administrative Bar Association joined carrier interests to oppose intervention by the s

California truckers will have until March 1 to prepare for new state trucking regulations, the state