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DAYS BEFORE THE BREAKUP,POST OFFICE FETES CONRAILWASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service used a

Wednesday Aug. 19, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Russia's economic crisis will have only a ''limited impact'' on Latin America, where financial syste

GAINSCO BUYS LALANDE,FLORIDA AUTO INSURERFORT WORTH, Texas - Gainsco Inc. will acquire Lalan

International Petroleum ExchangeAugust 18, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

Aug. 18, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Private oil refinery development in Indonesia may finally get off the drawing board amid recent move

Ray Kelly wants it all.Like pro athlete Deion Sanders he wants offense and defense. Baseball

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

U.S. farm exports tumbled nearly 5.8 percent to $25.8 billion in the first half of 1998, compared wi

Friends Provident, a British mutual insurance and funds company, agreed Tuesday to buy British insur

August 19, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Aug. 19, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

Aug. 19, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24

The container shipping industry is heading toward a new spate of mergers and takeovers.The n

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A U.S. direct marketing firm defiantly denies that it has broken Mexican law by selling Mexican vote

OFFERS TO BUY* PLAIN POLO: We are interested in the purchase of 100 percent cotton and 65-35

Bank of Korea, the South Korean central bank, on Wednesday announced measures to expand export finan

HCC'S EARNINGS JUMPEDIN SECOND QUARTERHOUSTON - HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. reported net ear

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 202.62 up 0.07 wh

MSAS TAKES CONTROL OFIRELAND'S CASSIN GROUPBURLINGAME, Calif. - MSAS Cargo International Inc

GENESSEE & WYOMING INC.Genessee & Wyoming Inc., a short-line rail holding company, named Pau

Union Pacific Railroad will break up the management of its operations on Sept. 1 in an effort to bri

Hong Kong's long-stalled Container Terminal 9 will go ahead late this year, increasing capacity equi

790 (August 19, 1998) Previous day - 785The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 3, 1997 - Aug. 19, 1998 (a graph)*

Ralph H. Chew, a businessman and leader of two U.S. export groups, died of a heart attack at his hom

The badly sagging Canadian dollar is a double-edged sword for both American and Canadian industries

The California Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, ruled this week that employees who are fired b

More than a dozen varieties of higher-yielding rice growable in flood-prone regions of Asia are now

As of August 18,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The fact that the evidence was, quite literally, planted did not save Japan Airlines from embarrassm

PLANESBRITISH GROUP SEEKS ACUT IN AIRLINES' FLIGHTSLONDON - British Airways

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Paul Winfield has been promoted by P&O Nedlloyd North America to executive vice president and region

Following a strong 3.8 percent expansion of the German economy during the first quarter of 1998, gro

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With economic crises still roiling Asia, and now Russia, Federal Reserve policy-makers Tuesday opted

Mexico wants to increase the volume of trousers and skirts made from fabric and yarn produced outsid