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

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 3, 1997 - Aug. 17, 1998 (a graph)*

Aug. 14, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Aug. 17, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24

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

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

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

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

Fine Air intends to do some cherry-picking when it takes over Southern Air Transport for an undisclo

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

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

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

COMPANY PERFORMANCEWEEKLYFRIDAY'S PERCENTAGE P/E 52-WEEK 52-WEEKS

August 14: 783

Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday that he is optimistic East Asian countrie

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

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

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

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

AMERICAN AIRLINES ORDERS15 BOEING 777SAmerican Airlines has ordered 15 more Boeing 777 aircr

The Far Eastern Freight Conference, a rate-setting group of 17 ship lines, is making a desperate bid

After weeks of financial turmoil, Russia sharply devalued the shaky national currency Monday in a mo

Gregory D. Storey will become the new editorial director of The Journal of Commerce, effective Aug.

PHILIPPINE CAR OUTPUTSLIDES ON SLOW DEMANDMANILA - Car manufacturing in the Philippines plun

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 202.63 off 0.18 wh

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

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

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

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

In Brazil today, it is lights, camera, action as campaigning begins for an Oct. 4 election in which

As China seems increasingly unlikely to reach 8 percent economic growth this year, Premier Zhu Rongj

August 17, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Mexico's export manufacturing sector known as maquiladoras exported $25 billion in goods and investe

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

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