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Firstmark Corp. plans to sell its principal subsidiary Southern Title Insurance Corp. to Old Guard G

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Dec. 2, 1998 as supplied by the bunke

898 (Dec. 7, 1998) Previous day - 908The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

The volume of German manufacturing orders fell 2.5 percent in October compared with September, with

The Caspian Sea oil rush could be on the verge of turning into an exodus as oil prices plunge and po

Having experimented in some big cities, China is now taking the decisive step to ban production of l

Dec. 7, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

Medical coverage seems to be next on the agenda for China's reformers, as they continue to dismantle

Thailand's auto industry is targeting the markets of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand as part

As three of the nation's biggest insurance trade associations shape their legislative agendas her

President Clinton is canceling tariff barriers he imposed two years ago to protect U.S. broom produc

Last year the U.S. Postal Service didn't deliver for its prime customers - shippers of catalogs a

The Greek government is looking to sell a core stake in Olympic Airways to a strategic investor by n

Amertranz Worldwide Holding Corp. has announced that shareholders have voted to change the name of t

Monday Dec. 7, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Proponents of the 4 billion Canadian dollar (US$2.6 billion) Alliance natural gas pipeline to Chicag

In Washington State's Puget Sound, dotted with timber-covered islands and blessed with boatloads of

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The companies comprising Southwest Marine Holdings, a large Navy contractor, will operate under the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 30 - Dec. 7, 1998 (a graph)* Annual

South Korea's Daewoo Motor Co. is proceeding with a auto assembly venture in Russia after receiving

FUTURES - December 4, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - December 3, 1998All life-of-

Officials said that the third phase of expansion of Dongdu wharf in southeastern Xiamen is under way

Hong Kong's largest container handler is hoping to increase its stake in Europe in addition to inter

Europe's ambitions to build a single aerospace powerhouse have collided with plans to overhaul Airbu

At first glance, air freight seems an unlikely player in Richard Branson's sprawling $5 billion empi

Bouby Grinn has a good reason to smile these days.As the primary architect of KLM Royal Dutc

British Airways begins the first phase of operations at its new $425 million cargo terminal at Heath

As foreign direct investment slows to a trickle, major donor countries are pressing Vietnam to speed

ALLIANCE SHIPPERS INC.The Palos Park, Ill., company made two executive appointments.Charles

A federal appeals court rejected three companies' claim that they can avoid paying for the cleanup o

Dec. 7, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 195.10 off 0.30 wh

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

U.S. Navy spills in port for fiscal 1990-97, based on an Associated Press analysis of Navy data. Spi

Analysts are generally confident that the South Korean government is taking a firm initiative on cha

As of Dec 7, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

In a new sign of consolidation in the trade between South America's east coast and Northern Europe,

Dec. 7, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p