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As of August 3, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 206.00 up 1.25 whi

August 3, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

* Noon Monday - The U.S. dollar was higher, despite warnings from Japanese officials about an excess

ONGOINGAssociation of Ship Brokers and Agents. Applications for home study course, the ''Bas

Canadian National Railway, the transcontinental railway in Canada whose operations reach deep into t

PARTIAL SETTLEMENTREACHED IN TEXAS SUITPORT ARTHUR, Texas - Commissioners of the Port of Por

The union representing more than half of BellSouth's employees said Monday its members voted overwhe

Taiwan's main air carrier is boosting its maintenance capacity in hopes of winning orders from abroa

The rates for consolidated cargo on the North Atlantic seem to be sinking to new lows.'

A Towboat pilots union Monday - on the same day that it ended a faltering four-month strike on the M

The U.S. spirits and beer industries are going global.Exports of bourbon and other distilled

Ocean, the British-based international freight company, made a major breakthrough in the U.S. domest

Current textile quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

GROCERY MANUFACTURERSBACK EU-US PARTNERSHIPWASHINGTON - Trade barriers and red tape could be

China is moving to put more of its railborne goods into containers while speeding their movements an

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending July 29, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Business has been brisk since the new San Mateo County Cargo Theft Task Force set up shop in March i

After seven years of extensive studies and legal battles, the Port of Long Beach this week is schedu

Maersk Line is taking on Panama's trucking unions in a move that could have repercussions for other

Community protests have stopped the burning of medical waste on Oahu, so the island's 10 major hospi

Doug Gronau knows he probably won't be getting that shiny new tractor next year.One year aft

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 31, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Aug. 3, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

Aug. 3, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24.

HONG KONG SUFFERS ASASIA CRISIS TAKES TOLLHONG KONG - Hong Kong's economy shrank 2.8 percent

CMS ENERGY TO BUYCNGL FOR $155 MILLIONDEARBORN, Mich. - CMS Energy Corp. a utilities, oil an

Venezuela is deeply divided over the issue of oil production cuts and is unlikely to commit to any f

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 31, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH L

July 31, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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

Aug. 3, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

The United States' Export-Import Bank signed a $1 billion short-term trade financing program with Th

General Motors, focused on recovering as quickly as possible from the devastating effects of a two-m

While much of the industrialized world frets over the ''millennium bug'' and warns of computers goin

Monday Aug. 3, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Alfonse D'Amato said Monday that his committee is making progress

With its trade growing, especially with South Korea, one of the main ports in China's eastern Shando

Heavyweight U.S. banks and other overseas banking players have rushed into the Philippines banking s

A ground-breaking cruise service between South and North Korea took a step closer to reality last we