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

A Chinese-built ship has joined the overseas and coastal shipping services of state-run Myanmar Five

Total global business privatization activity dropped by 26 percent to $114.5 billion in 1998 compare

Mar. 5, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 5, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

FUTURES - Mar. 5, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 4, 1999All life-of-cont

Mar. 8, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HI

Lars Carlsson, president and chairman of Concordia Maritime, brought one of his large, old tankers t

A strong week on many of the world's markets lifted some of the weaker members of The Journal of Com

A parliamentary committee last week approved major changes in the proposed legislation to open India

Slovakia needs to improve its economic management to redress the country's fiscal and current accoun

roposed European Union rules on jet engine mufflers known as hush kits are creating echoes that will

Mar. 8, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

HOBBS, FLAGG JOIN FINE AIR AS MAINTENANCE, IT EXECUTIVESFINE AIR SERVICES INC. announced tha

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, moving to focus more on Asia-Mexico trade, is dropping out of the

Homeowners Direct Corp.Charles L. Kliner was appointed chief executive of this direct writer

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

Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ended a weekend meeting at the Thai

American Bankers Insurance Group is being sold to a Belgian-Dutch banking and insurance group for $2

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 5, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

So you're thinking of selling out. Jack Edwards is the man to see - if you own a small or medium-siz

An Indian parliamentary committee on Monday backed changes in legislation that will allow the countr

Royal & SunAlliance USAreports premium growthCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Royal & SunAlliance USA repor

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 3, 1999 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

Several last-minute deals could re-shape the Canadian National Railway-Illinois Central Corp. merger

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 8, 1998 - Mar. 8, 1999 (a graph)* An

European Union agriculture ministers will meet for the third time in as many weeks today in search o

As of Mar 8, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

European airlines are protesting pending U.S. regulations that would force them to match U.S. securi

Gasoline prices rose for the first time since September, though an industry analyst cautioned the in

Speeding by more than 5 mph will cost truck drivers more if the South Carolina Trucking Association

At roads of Central Europe, German motor carriers are complaining that Austria, Czech Republic and R

The top executive of the International Underwriting Association of London, the world's largest assoc

The governor of the Bank of Thailand, Chatumongkol Sonakul, said Monday his nation's recovery will t

The privatization of the sugar and telecommunications sectors targeted for the end of 1998 has been

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

Transportacion Maritima Mexicana, long known as Mexico's premier ship line, will increasingly depend

The oddly named ''hairy root'' might help University of Illinois scientists solve a multimillion-dol