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well-known industry group - a veritable ''who's who'' of the high-technology, telecommunications,

ith nearly a third of its exports headed for financially-troubled Brazil, Argentina will undoubt-

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYALUMINUM INGOTS_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

March 30, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Standard & Poors' said that two years into the emerging-market debt crisis, the average credit quali

The European Commission Tuesday approved a proposed joint venture between AT&T Corp. and British Tel

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 29, 1998 - Mar. 30, 1999 (a graph)*

Air Foyle, a leading British cargo airline, has applied for rights to fly within the United States i

New York Life International Inc. has made another payment in its nearly $1 million program of financ

India may allow multilateral funding agencies such as the Asian Development Bank to pick up equity i

TNT Post Group NV has acquired 100 percent of the shares of holding company Nuova Tecno SpA for 145

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 29, 1998 - Mar. 29, 1999 (a graph)*

March 29, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 26, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

European Union wheat plantings will fall by around 2 percent to 13.65 million hectares (33 million a

Pakistan announced a 10 percent across-the-board cut in import tariffs as part of a package of measu

China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, should eliminate restrictions on individual foreig

COLUMBUS LINE USA INC.Tim Stout was promoted to vice president for Miami/Caribbean/Mexico. M

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending March 22, 1999 as supplied by the bunker fuel

Marsh & McLennan Cos. filed an application last week with the Treasury Department's Office of Thrift

Senate Democrats offered last week an alternative to a Republican bill to overhaul Depression-era U.

Munich Atlanta Financial Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Munich American Reassurance Co., said l

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A dockworkers' strike on Friday only slightly affected operations at the Port of Valparaiso in centr

Hyundai Merchant Marine's new terminal at the Port of Tacoma won't be opening next month as planned.

'This is absolutely a sick industry.'

March 26, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

simmering pay dispute between Ca- thay Pacific Airways Ltd. and its pilots could temporarily grou

936 (March 29, 1999) Previous day - 948The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

The Hong Kong division of China Ocean Shipping Co. defied a soft economic environment to post 5.3 pe

The International Trade Commission has recommended that President Clinton impose temporary barriers

Members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement have unanimously approved Mediterranean Shipping

Russian state company Tekhsnabexport and Canada's Cameco, France's Cogema and Germany's Nukem compan

Almost two months have passed since President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon unveiled an ambitious pl

The Federal Maritime Commission, concerned that a proposed carrier plan on the North Atlantic will t

Monday March 29, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Central Tractor Farm & Country Inc. and Quality Stores Inc., the nation's second and third largest f

March 29, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE

A fatal fire in the Mont Blanc tunnel between France and Italy has forced thousands of motor carrier

The Federal Railroad Administration, in the wake of another high-visibility accident at Conrail Inc.