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OFFERS TO BUY* LABORATORY EQUIPMENT. Laboratory equipment, ergonomics and safety management

Feeder operators calling at the Port of Madras have extended a congestion surcharge until the end of

GE CAPITAL BUYSKEMPER REINSURANCESTAMFORD, Conn. - Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. of Long Gr

Australia's general insurance and reinsurance firm QBE Insurance Group Ltd. is moving into China as

July 30, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Friday July 31, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Better late than never.The United States and Ukraine must believe in that old proverb, becau

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

''Fare- well, my darlink,'' Olga snarled in her guttural Siberian accent, as she eased Ivan - or

WORLD BANK PLEDGESFUNDS FOR INDIAN FARMSNEW DELHI - The World Bank pledged $129.9 million in

Ever since the Clinton administration failed to win trade negotiating authority from Congress last y

OFFERS TO BUY* ABRASIVE PAPER. Universal Abrasivindo Industrial manufactures the best qualit

AMERICAN GENERALTURNS ITSELF AROUNDHOUSTON - American General Corp. reported profit of $264

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 30, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH LO

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush's former chief deputy came under fire last week

EC PANEL TO APPROVEP&I GROUP'S LOWER LIMITSLONDON - The International Group of Protection an

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

More than one in three outside directors of companies have been sued in connection with their board

BY JOHN HELMERJOURNAL OF COMMERCE SPECIALThe United States Ambassador to Russia, James Colli

As of July 31, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 207.25 off 1.13

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 30, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

July 31, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

July 31, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24

July 30, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The $19 billion sale of Brazil's telecommunications giant Telebras could be the zenith of Latin Amer

When Morten Arntzen joined boutique investment banking firm American Marine Advisors in New York mor

Port executives must take an active and more consistent role in security because ports are the soft

The plunge in the Japanese yen is making it ever more likely that the market will realize its worst

As Canadians watch their currency head to historical lows against the U.S. dollar on an almost daily

With cigars all the rage, a tide of counterfeit Cubans is rising through an American marketplace lon

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July 31, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

825 (July 31, 1998) Previous day - 828The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

France's Compagnie Generale Maritime SA has been named the preferred bidder for the container shippi

Women have won a long-fought pay equity battle in Canada, and some 200,000 of them may pick up gover

ONGOINGSeamen's Church Institute. New York. Water Street Gallery exhibits paintings by 20 ma

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 19, 1997 - July 31, 1998 (a graph)

'Exports are critical to America's farm economy. We must reduce trade barriers to help America's far