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China is scaling back production and investment at many onshore oil fields, including one of its big

Cuba is considering closing a large number of its 156 sugar refineries, at least temporarily, the we

Aug. 17, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ministers are consulting ''very intensively'' about th

'It (imported oil) is certainly bigger than anything contributed by Asia.'

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Monday Aug. 17, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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The commissioning of two ammonia plants in Trinidad and Tobago has made the country one of the world

The Surface Transportation Board set the final schedule for reviewing the proposed merger of Canadia

Lasers decidedly outpaced winners last week in The Journal of Commerce Transportation Index, with Fl

SANCTIONS SLOW HUGHES'INDIAN PHONE PLANSNEW DELHI - The head of the Indian unit of Hughes El

John J. McMullen Associates Inc. was purchased by the management and a newly formed employee stock o

RAIL UNION ENDSSTRIKE AGAINST CONRAILPHILADELPHIA - Service has returned to normal on Conrai

A large U.S.-based multinational automotive parts maker has rebutted, chapter and verse, a wide rang

The Federal Maritime Commission's investigation of China's container shipping policies has given new

Indonesia's financially strapped flag carrier Garuda has been allowed to cut short long-term aircraf

United Parcel Service posted second-quarter earnings of $458 million, up 34.7 percent from the $340

China is hinting at further relaxation in its legal sector, a move that would permit overseas firms

NJ INSURANCE REGULATORRESIGNS FOR SPORTS POSTTRENTON, N.J. - Elizabeth E. Randall has resign

AMERICAN RE'S EARNINGSSOARED IN SECOND QUARTERPRINCETON, N.J. - American Re Corp. had net in

The new manager of 33 formerly government-run airports in Argentina has presented a long-awaited and

OFFERS TO BUY* INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS, INKJET PRINTER CARTRIDGE. Our Australian principal clien

American International Group Inc. plans to expand its operations in Bulgaria, the company's Sofia re

The National Grain and Feed Association on Sept. 1 will unveil the terms of an agreement with U.S. r

The auto industry has traditionally been a major customer for air freight providers. But that relati

Grupo Tribasa will make its initial payment today on the southeast railroad, the third and final pie

Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson has asked state agencies to work on contingency plans for thousands of p

A court-appointed officer has found that acting Teamsters President Tom Sever committed ''very serio

Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York (MONY) has announced that its board of trustees adopted the co

Recently introduced federal legislation will provide companies that disclose Year 2000 remediation e

Visitors to the Port of Los Angeles will notice a large land mass rising slowly out of the water in

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Aug. 10, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Thailand's long-becalmed project to create a merchant marine hit another sandbar when shipowners cal

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784 (August 17, 1998) Previous day - 783The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Aug. 17, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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