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Detection of workers compensation insurance claims has always been left to claims adjusters, but tha

The FBI is quietly working with the California Highway Patrol to combat a rising tide of freight los

Germany's Lufthansa Cargo AG carrier recorded a modest increase in profit in the first half of this

Remember the movie scene before the big gunbattle when one cowhand says, ''It's quiet,'' and the oth

Jiufeng Dong, a former merchant seaman, wants to put his stamp on the maritime industry as he overse

The Mexican government is expected to announce the concession to build a privately operated refriger

772 (August 27, 1998) Previous day - 749The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursd

Aug. 27, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Freight forwarders were scrambling Thursday to place cargo with other carriers as Northwest Airlines

Key movements in20-foot ocean container unitsMay Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb

816 (August 27, 1998) Previous day - 816The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

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The rising tide of toys, apparel and other consumer goods sweeping across the Pacific offers a tempt

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

The Clinton administration's plan to replace the invalidated harbor maintenance tax with a new tax d

Dave Simbari and Henry Bruce saw an opportunity in the market for supply-chain management software.

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United Meridien International will start exploration drilling in block CI-105, the country's first d

Russia's debt restructuring program isn't expected to have any impact in Asia, because Russia doesn'

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

Mexico's leftist opposition has accused the country's ruling party of funding the 1994 election camp

Shell International said Wednesday that there was no progress in lifting ''force majeure'' on its ex

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Michel Camdessus traveled to Crimea Wednesday to meet

In quarterly beef talks scheduled in Seoul, U.S. trade representatives are expected to urge South Ko

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Jamaican business will pay dearly for the millennium bug.Government officials and businessme

Acting Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin held a meeting Wednesday with members of the government on

Representatives from the Philippine government and an International Monetary Fund mission began meet

Toyota Motor Corp., the first automaker to offer a hybrid gasoline-electric vehicle to consumers, sa

'We're making it on the inbound side, but losing it outbound.'

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 10, 1997 - Aug. 26, 1998 (a graph)*

U.S. exports of resorcinol, a critical ingredient in the manufacture of tires, are a bright spot in

South Korea will sell up to a 15 percent stake in state-run Korea Telecom as shares or depository re

OFFERS TO BUY* LEATHER GARMENT ACCESSORIES, BAG ORNAMENTS, BAG ACCESSORIES. We are a leather

FUTURES - August 21, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - August 20, 1998All life-of-co

Aug. 26, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24.00

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 199.77 off 0.91 w

International Petroleum ExchangeAugust 25, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

As of August 26,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s