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Under fire from rail labor unions and facing a continuing U.S. investigation of his outside business

The latest statistics on U.S. apparel imports from Asia show that China and Taiwan appear to be payi

The International Monetary Fund urged Sri Lanka on Wednesday to rein in inflation and accelerate eco

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 26, 1997 - Aug. 12, 1998 (a graph)

As of August 12,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

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

China has raised value-added tax rebates from 9.0 percent to 11.0 percent on several exported produc

Leonard Howard, a former financial editor of The Journal of Commerce and a partner in the investment

CANADA GRANTS CREDIT TOMEXICAN MINE OPERATIONOTTAWA - Canada is granting a US$75 million lin

Will China devalue the yuan, or will it stand tough and ride out the tsunami of pressures washing ov

A major Honduran business association said it has asked the government to ban a U.S. labor activist

Aftter signing a new trade deal with the United States, South Korea is preparing to ease or scrap a

'Logistics is increasinglybeing viewed as a competitive tool and an integral part of a compa

Labor Secretary Alexis Herman plans to raise safety and health concerns an automotive plant in Tijua

China's state enterprises, most of which are big money-losers, shed 3.53 million workers over the pa

Belgium's Interbrew CA and Venezuela's Cisneros Group have broken off a proposed $2 billion venture

Japanese testing requirements for farm commodity imports violate World Trade Organization rules, U.S

Recent steep declines in U.S. agricultural exports are largely caused by fundamental problems, some

Coors Ceramics Co. plans to close a plant in Tennessee and relocate the operation to Colorado.

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

Summer here usually spells trouble for the ozone layer - and for anyone who likes to breathe.

OFFERS TO BUY* MINERAL WATER EQUIPMENT. We would like to get information and prices on equip

CNA, HANSEN & KLEININ STRATEGIC ACCORDCHICAGO - CNA has signed a strategic investment agreem

Weeks of disastrous flooding along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River will generate huge damage

Great Lakes grain shipments, limping along so far this year, are expected to break into a sprint by

CNA and Coface S.A. have formed a company, Worldwide Credit Managers LLC, that specializes in the ma

ST. PAUL COS.John Berger, president of F&G Re and head of the combined North American treaty

In the latest stage of its wholesale revamp of the financial sector, South Korea's regulator on Tues

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury has awarded $760 million in punitive damages to 38 present and for

BARWIL AGENCIES (NA) INC.Oystein Pedersen was appointed vice president of this division of W

The acute shortage of empty shipping containers that is causing headaches along the Pacific Rim appe

During the first week of October, Cosco Container Lines, Yangming Marine Transport Corp. and Kawasak

McAllister Towing and Transportation Co. will be divided in a deal that will make Brian A. McAlliste

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780 (August 12, 1998) Previous day - 783The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Aug. 12, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 202.90 off 3.16 w

Proving that every action has an opposite reaction, last year's snarled rail services in the Southwe