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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 188.59 off 0.43 w

As of April 28, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

FUTURES - April 27, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - April 26, 1999 All life-of-contract hig

It's 1 p.m. at the Northeast distribution center that Menlo Logistics runs for office furniture m

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

A tender to sell a 30 percent stake in Poland's dominant state-owned insurer Powszechny Zaklad Ubezp

A lawyer representing plaintiffs in the racial discrimination lawsuit against Boeing Co. claims that

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 27, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 27, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

hoever coined that increasingly popular - albeit nebulous - term, ''less is more,'' certainly

Major players in the supply-chain management software market (in order of rank by AMR Research)<

vergreen Marine Corp. will revise its service between the east coasts of the United States and South

1029 (April 28, 1999) Previous day - 995The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Beleaguered British fashion and fabrics retailer Laura Ashley Holdings PLC said Wednesday it was sel

o, what is really happening on the French banana run? It's been almost a year since news broke that

Federal Express Corp. wants the lion's share of flights to China that are opening to U.S. carriers,

Rail service is back on track in Guatemala, three years after the last train was run.The nex

upply chain management software takes raw information and shows you how to manage the movement of go

Shipper interests see several positive features in a draft bill from the U.S. Department of Transpor

Norfolk Southern Corp. on Wednesday posted first-quarter net income of $112 million, down 15 percent

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After a preliminary dialogue to gauge interest, Chile and South Korea are in the final stages of dis

Representatives from several affluent countries have declared they wanted to do more to help the poo

Automobile insurance received the most attention from state legislators in 1998, according to a new

Efforts to move a banking reform bill through Congress intensified this week as industry groups and

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush is claiming victory in the latest battle in the

Azerbaijan on Tuesday signed oil-production-sharing agreements with three U.S. energy companies to d

April 28, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-

After a bruising 1998, the largest shipyard in southern China is looking for an improved 1999.

Describing it as a ''missing link,'' Citibank is offering an Internet-based electronic commerce syst

Cinesite (Europe) Ltd. announced Wednesday that it acquired Effects Associates Ltd.Cinesite

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

Contract Freighters Inc., the truckload carriers specializing in moving freight between Mexico and t

The Surface Transportation Board has extended the comment period on environmental impacts arising fr

April 28, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

'It's like a shoe-horn exercise. Many of the containerterminals are full already.'

April 27, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE

U.S. and European Union trade officials continue to spar over beef to bananas but have left unresolv

Bausch & Lomb Inc., the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, said on Wednesday it is selling its sunglass bu

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