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October 30, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represe

After decades of benign neglect, the U.S. Supreme Court seems to have rediscovered customs and inter

China has agreed to accept U.S. wheat donations to aid flood victims along the Yangtze River, despit

'We will maintain the purchasing power of the real. We are not going to alter the exchange rate.'

The European Union is taking eight member-governments to court for signing liberal aviation agreemen

Two influential figures are calling on the health-care insurance industry to embrace computer techno

Oct. 30, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

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A Georgia bill that would exempt insurers there from using filed rates, rating plans, rating systems

With winds as high as 120 miles per hour, Hurricane Mitch smashed into the coast of Honduras on Wedn

Decisions to build and expand ports should be based on the economic and operating realities of custo

PeopleSoft Inc. has completed its acquisition of Intrepid Systems Inc. of Alameda, Calif.The

The U.S. Customs Service would reduce most penalties for Customs brokers who make mistakes in classi

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Thursday Oct. 29, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Oct. 28, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

International Petroleum ExchangeOctober 28, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oct. 29, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 203.03 up 0.09

Three of Wall Street's top insurance analysts last week gave a bearish short-term view of the proper

Volvo Canada's car assembly plant, shut down for almost a week by workers staging a sit-in to push f

The Nigerian government may keep to its pledge to merge the dual exchange-rate regime in the country

A new cargo terminal building attached to Zia International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is expecte

Air China has added a flight to its route between Beijing and Kuwait.The flight, which start

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

954 (October 29, 1998) Previous day - 959The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Port of Karachi this weekend will open a container terminal, providing a much-needed boost to Pa

'We'll never see anything like this in my lifetime.'

Taiwan's Yangming Marine Transport Corp. has become the first Taiwanese ocean carrier to have a ship

Oct. 29, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21

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

The World Bank, which lends billions of dollars a year for global development projects, has set up a

Analysts turned thumbs down on Brazil's $80 billion multiyear fiscal package announced Wednesday, sa

U.S. importers may not like the idea of paying even a fraction of the estimated $1 billion to bring

As of Oct. 29, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

After decades with a single telephone company, and only a couple of years with a handful, Hong Kong

Kiichi Miyazawa, Japan's finance minister, said his ministry has a plan to dispatch a special missio

Gaza International Airport has shiny new terminals, a control tower ready to be filled with state-of

You'd think that with all the bad news about its economy, its reputation for having a near-impenetra