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Mar. 1, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HI

Bill Kirven has been appointed Colorado's insurance commissioner, succeeding Jack Ehnes.Mr.

978 (Mar. 1, 1999) Previous day - 964The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 26, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 182.95 off 1.79 wh

Railroad and trucking trade group executives continue to say they're willing to discuss issues of mu

The United States and Europe may be stepping back from a potential trade war over new European Union

A federal grand jury has accused Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. of falsifying oil discharge records on

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

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsNov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.July Aug

A Senate panel plans to hold hearings this month into a series of export control problems that have

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the official trade promotion body of the territory, has org

Chinese brokers and stock exchanges tested their computers for the ''millennium bug'' late last mont

f you're shipping products by air across the Atlantic, now is a good time to get extremely low rates

s Laurence Jacobs rides his bike through fields of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme along the sceni

Principal Financial Group reported net income of $693.0 million for 1998, up 52.8 percent over the $

Monday Mar. 1, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Moves to liberalize the Philippine retail energy sector could have benefits beyond the obvious for U

Ontario's Ministry of Transportation has developed a written test for truck drivers.''Throug

Greenbrier Cos. said it has completed refinancing $30 million in senior term notes.The move

Talgo Inc.'s tilt trains are now running on Amtrak's new Cascades service between Seattle and Vancou

Stevedoring operations at the Port of Antwerp and insurance businesses helped the Belgian maritime c

A cargo ship carrying a controversial shipment of nuclearwaste has left France and will pass through

European Union agriculture ministers Monday postponed marathon negotiations on cuts in farm subsidie

Businesses importing from China should be prepared to abandon hardwood packaging and pallets because

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

The home-field advantage isn't what it used to be, especially for the Port of Hamburg.Instea

Air cargoagency namesVaughan JonesAir Cargo Partners, a British-based air cargo gene

Marsh & McLennan Cos. has formed Marsh Inc., a holding company for its risk and insurance services t

Atlanta-based Southern Co. has signed a cooperation agreement with State Power Corp. of China, which

Mar. 1, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

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The new round of global trade talks, reforming the current dispute settlement system and China's mem

Canadian publishers, embroiled in a long-running trade dispute with the United States over split-run

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 24, 1999 assupplied by the bunker fuel de

China is describing the slight strengthening in the yuan against the U.S. dollar as a good beginning

Representatives of the European Union's 15 member states were set to discuss the latest U.S. proposa

As part of Indonesia's attempt to unravel huge holdings by the family and cronies of former Presiden