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Tuesday May 4, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

FUTURES - May 3, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - April 30, 1999 All life-of-contract highs

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Developing nations - and parts of Europe - face a ''very significant threat'' of being marginalized

The intense debate over leadership of the World Trade Organization could damage U.S.-Thailand relati

The first Western-owned, Western-managed cold storage warehouse has been established north of Moscow

Ship disposals and cost-cutting helped China Shipping Development Co. return to profit, and manageme

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde delivers today on a promise he made to cargo middlemen

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 192.29 off 0.09 wh

May 4, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unle

he U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a $1 million working capital loan to Calaway Trading Co., Ellens

ith a relentlessly high international trade deficit pounding the nation, the U.S. Department of Com

Ambac's first-quarter net rises 11.4 percentNEW YORK - Ambac Financial Group Inc. had first-

Devastating tornadoes too numerous to count roared across Oklahoma and Kansas on Monday afternoon an

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

April 30, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE

The European Union complained in a global trade forum Monday that a U.S. countervailing duty investi

Canada's IPL Inc. said it won a five-year, 10 million Canadian dollar (US$6.75 million) contract fro

Compagnie Maritime d'Afretement-Compagnie Generale Maritime won'tbelong to either of the trans-Pacif

Computer giant IBM Corp. is putting its Brazilian logistics business in Panalpina Inc.'s hands.<

Harvey Software Inc. introduced a package shipping software program called SHIP eLINK designed to wo

NORTH AMERICASociety of the Plastics Industry Western Region Conference. May 5-7. San Diego,

Delphi Financial Group Inc. has sold its troubled Unicover Managers Inc. unit, which manages reinsur

Swiss Re Life & Health America Inc. signed a definitive agreement with Nationwide Mutual Insurance C

1095 (May 4, 1999) Previous day _1091The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

The government of this western Australian region plans to set up a union-free port south of Perth th

The Romanian Senate Tuesday called for a ban on wheat exports, but an Agriculture Ministry aide deni

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 2, 1998 - May 4, 1999 (a graph)* An

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Just as U.S. companies won approval to sell nuclear technology and expertise to China, the once-prom

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Nearly five years after an Alaska jury awarded $5.3 billion in punitive and compensatory damages to

Opposition leader Mireya Moscoso, who rose from a lower-middle-class family to own a coffee plantati

United Airlines Cargo opened a cargo consolidation center Monday at the Dallas/Fort Worth Internatio

Penn Motor Express, a subsidiary of Arnold Industries Inc., completed the renovation and expansion o

Russian government officials and American meatpackers have been asking, ''Where's the beef?''

May 3, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.

May 4, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.3

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 3, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low