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The Coast Guard is requiring new retrieval systems for runaway oil barges, and sources say similar s

The massive Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft issued a profit warning Thursday, saying that it

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 20, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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

FUTURES - Jan. 21, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 20, 1999All life-of-co

Koch Agriculture Co., a unit of Koch Industries Inc., said it is introducing a new crop insurance po

(Census basis - in millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)TRADE BALANCE EXPORT

Highly dependent on foreign capital, Singapore's economy should lure an acceptable amount of oversea

A competitor of U.S. ports - the Port of Quebec City on the St. Lawrence River - overcame a four-mon

President Clinton and several of his Cabinet officers are very worried about a global backslide towa

Union Pacific Railroad continued its march back in the fourth quarter of 1998, but a onetime account

Continuing global trade problems and weak ocean freight rates, along with weaker rail results, drove

IBM has started supply chain service.''Supply chain management has become one of today's mos

Mobil Corp. has been asked by the Federal Trade Commission to supply additional information on the o

'You would have to go back to paper. I don't want you to go back to paper.'

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 20, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Poe & Brown Inc. had record earnings for 1998. Net income for 1998 rose 23.5 percent, to $23.1 milli

David Jennings was appointed commissioner of the Department of Commerce, which regulates insurance i

The International Trade Commission demonstrated this week that it is willing to sometimes keep an ol

Some 49.0 percent of German Swiss and 72.3 percent of French Swiss citizens are in favor of Switzerl

China's largest domestic express and parcel company is expanding its joint venture with United Parce

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While lowering New York's franchise tax to a cap of 2 percent on gross property/casualty premiums wo

(Census basis - in millions of dollars)NOVEMBER 1998 OCTOBER 1998 CUMULATIVE 19

British insurance company CGU has signed an agreement with its subsidiary, Marlborough Underwriting

The U.S. trade deficit jumped in November to $15.5 billion, as imports hit record highs and exports

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

Heavy-truck makers polished off their biggest year ever with record sales in December, pushing the i

Circle International Group's board of directors has named David I. Beatson chairman.Mr. Beat

Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp. now say they will divide Conrail Inc. on June 1, three months l

Con-Way Transportation Services on Feb. 1 will begin offering customers guaranteed delivery by a cer

U.S. crude oil inventories declined more than 2 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 15, as compar

Jan. 20, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 189.47

A judge last week gave families pressing lawsuits arising from a deadly 1996 jet crash in Florida's

Citing the ''unprecedented malaise gripping the Japanese economy,'' analysts at Moody's Investors Se

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

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsOct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June

China's market watchdog, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, revoked the licenses of two fut