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Allstate Insurance Co. said Friday it won official approval to offer life policies in the Philippine

Aug. 10, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

Aug. 10, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Monday Aug. 10, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

MC Shipping Inc. announced a second-quarter loss of $353,117 because of a large expansion of its mul

The Journal of Commerce Stock Index fared little better than Dow Jones' index in last week's Wall St

Although many freight forwarders and airlines are taking a wait-and-see stance toward a proposed aut

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 26, 1997 - Aug. 10, 1998 (a graph)

India has lifted quantitative restrictions on imports of more than 2,000 products from a South Asian

One of the success stories in the Port of Baltimore during the past decade has been the growth of Ba

They look like floating houses, drifting quietly across the water. Or the hotels in a game of Monopo

Is anybody minding the high-yield store? Talking with many traders of high-yield shipping bonds last

Under heavy fire from across the causeway, Malaysia is defending its campaign to induce shippers to

SANTOS PORT PARALYZEDBY STRIKING WORKERSRIO DE JANEIRO - Stevedores and crane operators at s

RUSSIA NOT EXPECTINGTO JOIN WTO THIS YEARMOSCOW - Russia is unlikely to join the World Trade

Timothy J. Mahoney Sr., 60, an executive vice president of J&H Marsh & McLennan and longtime leader

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

Despite a ban on direct exports to Japan, Iraqi Basrah Light crude oil is heading back to the land o

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States stood at 809 on Friday, do

British truckers are set to follow the example of shipowners and register their vehicles abroad to e

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Providers of integrated express delivery services are welcoming recent advances that should help eff

Fritz Cos., the San Francisco-based forwarder and logistics firm, may be back in the black, but Wall

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They said they wouldn't make the same mistakes again - and they didn't. They made bigger ones.

Aug. 10, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

788 (August 10, 1998) Previous day - 792The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Transit Group Inc. is continuing down the acquisition road.The Atlanta trucking company has

PROPERTY/CASUALTY INCOMEUP AT ROYAL & SUNALLIANCECHARLOTTE, N.C. - Royal & SunAlliance USA I

A list of Indian and Pakistani entities that will be subject to U.S. export restrictions is expected

One of Hong Kong's oldest conglomerates, with strong interests in transportation, saw interim profit

The opening salvo of a new battle with Europe over agriculture trade was fired by the House of Repre

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New York Mercantile Exchange - August 6, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Quotas on dozens of Asian goods from slacks to shirts are filling 5 percent to 10 percent more quick

When the anti-dumping investigators in Canada are on a foreign exporter's tail, it can cost dearly n

As of August 7, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

OLD DOMINION AGREESTO BUY GOGGIN TRUCKHIGH POINT, N.C. - Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has

OFFERS TO BUY* STRINGING EQUIPMENT. Equipment set required for the installation of power tra

As of July 31, 1998Parallel market foreign exchange rates are based on unofficial, non-docum