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The Port of Hamburg, staving off the impact of economic turmoil in Asia and in Russia, continued its

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

The fire that followed explosions aboard a container ship chartered by Maersk Line was extinguished

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802 (Feb. 8, 1999) Previous day - 800The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee last week gave some of the portfolios he holds to governm

French telecommunications company Alcatel and U.S. electronic group Motorola Inc. signed a worldwide

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

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

A long-running feud between the two Lebanese brothers at the helm of French ocean carrier CMA-CGM ha

Keep it simple.That's been the mantra for Atlas Air Inc., an all-cargo carrier that has mana

laude Morin, managing director of Air Canada Cargo, is hoping that 1999 will turn out to be less tur

Cargo Week '99. March 1-5, Geneva, Switzerland. Sponsored by the International Air Transport Associa

South Korea's external debt was halved last year, while foreign direct investment jumped in January,

The trade aspects of the European Union, South Africa trade and development agreement, on which a co

Trinidad and Tobago's expanding methanol sector is keeping a wary eye on California.The gove

Africa has been forgotten in efforts to limit the contagion effects of economic instability in Asia

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 3 - Feb. 8, 1999 (a graph)* Annual

A newly formed council composed of California and Arizona citrus growers is vociferously opposing a

Congress faces an array of pressing questions on international trade and transportation this session

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

A proposal to form a new cooperative agreement among ship lines on the North Atlantic trades will be

Monday Feb. 8, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A joint venture of two American companies began production and supply of natural gas in Bangladesh a

Feb. 8, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead P

Late last year, an insurance training center run by Chubb Corp. in New Jersey graduated several Russ

Chubb Corp. said that it will buy Executive Risk Inc. in a transaction valued at $850 million, or $7

Shareholders in Irish Life PLC have voted in favor of a merger with Irish Permanent PLC.Iris

Feb. 8, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

''When you have a man or a woman laboring under this kind of debt and then you say to them these are

The Economic Strategy Institute said that the dumping of steel products in the United States by fore

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will travel to Washington at the invitation of President Clinton

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Feb. 3, 1999 as supplied by the bunke

The Japanese economy hit bottom last fall and will pick up in the second half of the fiscal year sta

Canada's unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent - its lowest level since June 1990 - from 8 percent t

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

The drama of defiant fishermen battling killer storms may be gone, but there's a new battle over cut

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

Thailand's insurers, already battered by falling premiums and bad investments, face a government red

Taiwan's China Shipbuilding Corp., taking a beating from rival Asian yards, says it will try to expa