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985 (October 7, 1998) Previous day - 980The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Wednesday Oct. 7, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

The Port of Karachi Wednesday was paralyzed by a violent strike called by the Mutahida Qaumi Movemen

The United States drew international criticism in 1995 for issuing more than two dozen trade restrai

From ''highway robbers'' in the Alps to Green politicians in Bonn, German motor carriers have sudden

The Japanese government is considering spending more than 1 trillion yen ($8 billion) to provide eac

''Multilateral alliances for (air) cargo aren't as easily snapped together as they are on the passen

The Census Bureau is willing to make only minor changes to its controversial new rules for the shipp

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 202.93 up 0.86 wh

Despite what some fear will prove disastrous to domestic firms, Taiwan plans to open its shipping ma

Chilean authorities will seek a negotiated solution to their complaints about the U.S. decision to s

Union officials and the management of Levi Strauss are seeking ways to fend off massive job cuts at

October 7, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

The European Union filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization Tuesday against India's alleg

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Asian financial leaders are promising to press ahead toward overcoming the economic crisis sweeping

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 6, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Oct. 6, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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Intermodal operators at West Coast ports will make it through the peak season in fine style, but the

President Daniel Moi Wednesday officially opened Kenya's third international airport at Eldoret in t

The Federal Maritime Commission says it will levy stiff fines if importers can prove that shipping l

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China's foreign exchange watchdog, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, has offered firms a

India will receive a World Bank loan worth 53.76 billion rupees ($1.25 billion) for the Bombay Urban

The second public share offering in state-controlled France Telecom will not be launched until marke

Actual foreign investment in Vietnam fell sharply in the first nine months of this year to $1.1 bill

The Federal Maritime Commission said it will accept comments until Oct. 23 from shippers, transporta

Indonesia's exports rose 1.5 percent in July from a year earlier, reversing months of negative expor

Sauer-Sunstrand Inc., a maker of hydraulic power systems and components has awarded Emery Worldwide

Insurers are expected to pay $2.5 billion to victims of Hurricane Georges in Puerto Rico, the U.S. V

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 88-11 to approve a ''motion to proceed'' on a major overhaul of b

Private life and health insurance premiums are projected to continue their upward path in most of th

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 28, 1997 - Oct. 6, 1998 (a graph)*

India's Ministry of Finance has asked all state-owned banks to provide a report on how they are tack

Manugistics Group Inc. said Goodman Fielder, one of Australia's largest food manufacturers, and Agor

Bangladesh apparel exporters, already reeling from countrywide floods over the past two months, are

Officials said the captain of a Philippine ferry that sank last month killing at least 70 people was

The Russian economic turmoil has begun hitting some central European freight forwarders so hard that

House maritime leaders who recently said they would make next year's Congress the ''ocean shipping C