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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 195.35 off 0.83 wh

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

Western economists are urging drastic steps, including currency restrictions, to save Russia's sinki

August 31, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

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

ZURICH GROUPJeffrey Tretin has joined the Swiss insurance group as vice president of underwr

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Aug. 31, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

Aug. 31, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24

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

New York Mercantile Exchange - August 28, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH

Canada's largest steelmakers are appealing the July expiration of a 5-year-old duty on cold-rolled s

Canadian gold shares were hit hard Friday after the yellow metal slumped to its lowest level in almo

The U.S. Department of Energy has reached a deal with Mexico's national oil company, Pemex, to excha

Electric and gas utilities, faced with losing their monopoly service territories, are moving into te

Aug. 31, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Wheat fills Kansas elevators and is piling up on the ground. The corn harvest is just around the cor

Monday Aug. 31, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

State-owned Air France, to be partially privatized late this year or in early 1999, will increase it

Landair Services Inc. is splitting into two companies, separating its truckload division from its Fo

The board of directors of American Freightways Corp. has adopted a shareholders' rights plan in whic

The Journal of Commerce Stock Index tumbled 158.57 points, or 3.87 percent, last week to close at 39

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The Port of New Orleans has entered into a cooperative port relationship with the Port of Colombo, S

Emery Worldwide has expanded its guaranteed, next-day ''Gold Priority'' delivery service for compani

Hanjin Shipping last week took delivery of its sixth 5,300 TEU post-Panamax container vessel from Ha

Union Pacific is spending $6.3 million on track improvements in parts of Arkansas and Texas. It will

Brazilian customs workers decided in assembly to suspend a nationwide strike in order to open negoti

The identity of the Panamanian leader who will receive the Panama Canal from the United States on De

Pakistan National Shipping Corp. is hoping to take advantage of its domestic ownership by offering a

817 (August 31, 1998) Previous day - 816The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

It's south on Route 13 past Formy's BBQ, past the towns of Machipongo and Oyster. You turn right at

The Navy has launched a pre-emptive strike in defense of the Jones Act, the cornerstone maritime law

ONGOINGAssociation of Ship Brokers and Agents. Applications for home study course, ''Basic P

The remaining crew of a freighter stranded for nine months in a Canadian port finally flew home to I

Aug. 31, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsMay Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Fe

Norasia Lines and Mediterranean Shipping Co., two of the major European non-conference operators ser

Can a freight forwarder also be a shipper?The answer is important, because forwarders prepar

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