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General Sales Manager Christopher Goldthwait of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that U.S. po

October 5, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Washington politics, courtesy of Sen. Jesse Helms, is again holding up the nomination of a chief tex

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As Russia wrestles with crises on all fronts, its new leaders are facing the question of whether the

Taiwan's largest shipping line, in a sign of the increasing thaw in relations between Taiwan and Chi

DHL Worldwide Express today will officially inaugurate a hub facility in Panama City.The hub

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway has launched a new attack on Union Pacific Railroad, citing

The United States and 21 other nations released three reports Monday aimed at building a more effici

The British trading company Inchcape PLC said Monday it sold its Russian bottling unit to Coca-Cola

A manager of the nation's largest federal crop insurer and two other insurers are accused of a schem

Near Dongdaming Road in Shanghai, where more than 80 percent of the city's port agencies and shippin

Intended for Asia, they've wound up in Arizona.About two dozen Boeing jetliners are sitting

Wall Street's weakness continued to plague The Journal of Commerce Stock Index as transportation sto

American Freightways Inc., the interregional hauler of consolidated freight, is taking a 5.5 percent

The merger of the Sweden's BTL Group with Germany's Schenker International has created the largest t

International Petroleum ExchangeOctober 2, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

Oct. 5, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

German chemicals and precious metals group Degussa said Monday that it would close its precious-meta

Louisiana Senator John Breaux, the senior maritime lawmaker in President Clinton's Democratic party,

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

Consolidation of insurance brokerage firms will result in higher prices for corporate insurance buye

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 28, 1997 - Oct. 5, 1998 (a graph)*

New York Mercantile Exchange - October 2, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Talks to eliminate all duties on information technology products remain stalled because of continued

Oct. 5, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21.

Saudi Arabia and Venezuela plan to propose to OPEC in November extending the oil cartel's current ex

Planes may be faster than ships, but the aviation industry seems to be following the lead of the

Less than three weeks after Hurricane Georges inflicted billions of dollars of damage on this U.S. c

Potential white knights to rescue crippled Philippine Airlines seem to be down to Hong Kong's Cathay

Equitas released last week its Group Report & Accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 1998,

The head of the International Monetary Fund said he was troubled by the arrest and apparent beating

Preliminary results on Monday showed reformer Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso returnin

The chief financial officer of Zurich Insurance Co. resigned over an investigation into possible ins

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. M

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

FUTURES - October 2, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - October 1, 1998All life-of-con

By a stroke of geographic luck, most of the 41 industrial parks that are the backbone of the Dominic

U.S. and Canadian trade experts, a rung or two below senior officials who make decisions, are to mee

Walter Cronkite, longtime CBS News anchor, will be honored today for his commitment to maritime hist