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Russia's top trade official says a 3 percent import surcharge on all goods, slated to come into effe

Ending a four-month decline, Japan's industrial production rose 1.3 percent in June from May, the Mi

EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS SEEKPRIVATIZATION BACKINGCAIRO - Egypt's privatization officials are prep

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 28, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Conoco, the oil and gas arm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., on Tuesday took a step toward extendin

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INTUIT EXPANDS WEBSITE FOR AUTO COVERMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Intuit Inc. said its Quicken In

An insurance trade group is calling on the Nevada Legislature to conform to a national trend that fa

July 28, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

House Republicans pledged Wednesday to force a September vote giving U.S. trade negotiators fast-tra

Weak results at Sea-Land Service Inc. and CSX Transportation took a heavy toll on CSX Corp. in the s

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Producer and commodity price deflation continues to prevail.The Journal of Commerce index of

General Electric Co. and construction giant Bechtel Enterprises Inc. Tuesday announced the formation

Three years into its reformed workers compensation system, the California Department of Industrial R

When thousands of United Parcel Service strikers snapped shut their picket-line lawn chairs last Aug

July 29, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH LOW

Politicians have talked about a possible east-west link across South America for years. But now some

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'I think the momentum from their success in making rate increases hold in the trans-Pacific has set

Analysts say this year's peak shipping season is unlikely to cause the kind of congestion that hampe

Wednesday July 29, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Despite the continued chaos in air cargo shipments created by the opening of the new airport in Hong

NORTH AMERICAClinical Laboratory Expo. Aug. 2-6. Chicago. Contact: Jerry Goldsmith, (202) 83

Marcio Carneiro paid more than $1,500 to obtain a phone line in this massive urban sprawl that serve

As of July 28,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 27, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Canada's Inco Ltd. has completed its comprehensive mines review and will reduce finished nickel outp

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Union Pacific Corp. has settled a lawsuit filed by Dow Chemical Co., the second agreement the nation

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

'We've been losing birds since June. We've probably lost between 500,000 and 600,000.'

Japan called on the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) on Tuesday to strengthen its eff

PALESTINIAN COMPANY TOPRODUCE, BOTTLE COKEJERUSALEM - Coca-Cola Co. said that Palestinian pr

The growth of Panama's ports has been so fast and so impressive, it is easy to forget it also has be

Singapore and Malaysia have agreed on the need to settle differences over immigration facilities at

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

RUSSIA'S AIRLINE GOESON A BUYING SPREEMOSCOW - Russia's largest airline Tuesday signed a $1

Refusing to let the sun set on the lucrative textile sector, Taiwan is sponsoring two high-tech text

New York is taking an aggressive new tack of testing and certifying chicken flocks to eradicate avia