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A closed high-yield market is presenting financial executives with a quandary: What to do with thems

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

Sept. 24, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIG

911 (September 24, 1998) Previous day - 906The Baltic International Freight Futures Market i

826 (September 24, 1998) Previous day - 813The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thu

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

Hurricane Georges is coming, but Tom Paelinck isn't worried.His company, Seaboard Marine Ltd

Germany's DSR-Senator Lines and its United Alliance partners plan to bolster their competitiveness i

Arizona Republican John McCain next week will attempt to go where no other Sen- ate maritime reforme

Commercial users, pointing to increased marketing options and lower shipping costs of grains and oth

China is poised to cut interest rates to ensure that consumer spending is keeping up with the massiv

U.S. importers, faced with the reality that untreated wood pallets and other packaging will be banne

Aggressive niche operator CP Ships will overnight become the leading carrier in the U.S.-Australasia

In a move that shows how rapidly the ocean shipping business is responding to impending deregulation

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

As expected by Brazilian domestic manufacturers and feared by exporters to Brazil, the government ha

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 14, 1997 - Sept. 23, 1998 (a graph)

Unemployment is projected to dramatically increase this year in the Asian nations hit by the economi

California began another battle in its war against dangerous agricultural pests Tuesday as officials

The European Union Wednesday announced a summit of heads of state and government of the EU and the c

Duff & Phelps assigned Singapore an ''AA'' rating for its foreign currency obligations and an ''AAA'

A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday in the industry suit against Massachusetts' sanctions on M

Four people have been arrested and charged here as alleged members of a ring that stole automobiles

With the last of nine negotiating groups wrapping up their first round of bargaining next week towar

Leading international business leaders took the offensive Wednesday to counter increasing protection

Mexican and U.S. trade officials are still negotiating a Mexican request to increase the import leve

FUTURES - September 22, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - September 21, 1998All life

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

'While this proceeding may ultimately result in prosecutions, our immediate aim is to put a stop to

Cigna International bought an 80 percent interest in Isapre Unimed SA, a health-care company in Chil

Chile's Interior Ministry said daylight savings time would begin midnight Saturday, Sept. 26, two we

As of Sept. 23,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 202.78 up 1.06 wh

September 23, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily repre

French insurer AXA will sell its holdings in Fidei, a French portfolio manager, to Leucadia National

International Petroleum ExchangeSeptember 22, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Sept. 23, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

Sept. 23, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unl

Toyota Motor Corp. has taken another 10 percent chunk of a mid-sized Japanese nonlife insurer, feedi