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Fruit and salmon exports across the Pacific could benefit from two World Trade Organization rulings

'I can't tell you how happy I am to report that UP returned to profitability.'

President Clinton is ''committed'' to passage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act when Congres

Mexico expects next month to exempt certain Asian manufacturers in Mexico from tariffs on key compon

Taiwan and the United States are expected to touch on the controversial issues of rice and meat duri

Toyota, Japan's biggest car manufacturer, will launch a centralized ''virtual warehouse'' next month

Early next year, the South Korean government will set up an International Finance Center consisting

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions, Russia's largest trade union organization, has adopted a

Thousands of workers for Greece's partly privatized telephone company OTE began a five-day strike Mo

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. A

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 19, 1997 - Oct. 26, 1998 (a graph)*

Eugene R. Bailey was named director of operations. He was general manager of operations.Mr.

Delta Air Lines expects to name a new cargo chief within 30 days, top officials of the carrier said.

Airborne Express is ready to mark a new era on Nov. 13, when the company adds the first of a dozen B

Penn-America Group Inc. has reported third-quarter 1998 net earnings from operations of $2.1 million

More than 170 insurance companies have obtained regulatory authority to start writing workers' compe

Life-assurance company Irish Life and mortgage bank Irish Permanent have confirmed that they are eng

Seventy-eight percent of human resources professionals reported they are doing more to accommodate e

Economic problems in Asia will lead to a slight slowdown in the growth of air cargo volume, accordin

Marsh & McLennan and Sedgwick Group said the European Commission approved their proposed $2 billion

Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Ltd. has opened Lloyd's Aegis Energy Syndicate 1225. It

Insurance professionals can now look for a new job confidentially without leaving their home or offi

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development has embarked on a project to revitalize the northern So

Hans Toggweiler, the new president and chief executive of Danzas Corp., will start on Dec. 1. Mr. To

Oct. 26, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

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

970 (October 26, 1998) Previous day - 978The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Defense and Transportation departments are best-suited to resolve the costly and environmentally

Canada's Kazakstan Goldfields Corp. is recommencing an arbitration claim for $64.8 million against t

Oct. 26, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21

Oct. 23, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 23, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

International Petroleum ExchangeOctober 23, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

As of Oct. 26, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Oct. 26, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 203.81 up 0.32 whi

October 26, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represe

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

FUTURES - October 23, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Ocotber 22, 1998All life-of-

Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Saud Nasser al-Sabah said he would push for further oil production cuts