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TIG COUNTRYWIDE NOWNATIONWIDE OF AMERICABATTLE CREEK, Mich. - TIG Countrywide, the insurance

AIG SAW SECOND-QUARTERGROWTH IN NET INCOMENEW YORK - American International Group Inc. saw i

Thursday July 23, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Hong Kong's main container line expanded its onshore facilities in China, adding to a network that i

Half-year figures point to a 6.5 percent increase in cargo volume going through the Port of Santos c

If a major bank with cross-border operations were to fail, sorting out the claims would be a very me

Negotiations over an application by China to join the World Trade Organization were held here this w

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

The deal is done.The Surface Transportation Board Thursday gave final approval to the acquis

BY WILLIAM ROBERTS& TIM SANSBURYJOURNAL OF COMMERCE STAFFThe shipping deregulation b

Campaigns to limit the spread of unilateral sanctions are likely to suffer serious damage as a resul

796 (July 23, 1998) Previous day - 804The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

RECENT VESSEL SALESSALEDATE VESSEL YEAR PRICE

TRAVELERS GROUPSanford Weill, Travelers Group chairman of the board and chief executive, was

MALAYSIA PLANSTRADE CLEARING HOUSEKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's Premier Mahathir Moham

Atlantic Container Line posted pretax profit of $149 million for the first six months of the year, u

Dockworkers who shut down the Port of Oakland Wednesday may have returned to their jobs that afterno

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 208.1 up 0.42 w

Federal regulators are looking into whether some Midwestern utilities have been unfairly charged ast

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 22, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH

Only table.

Hong Kong's multitude of mainly small trading companies - and their customers abroad - stand to gain

Despite a long-awaited decision by the European Commission that gives the go-ahead to trade negotiat

'At times like this we hear urgent calls both here and abroad to close markets, pull up the drawbrid

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OFFERS TO BUY* BABY DIAPERS FROM USA. Client is looking for squashed pallets of baby diapers

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 5, 1997 - July 23, 1998 (a graph)*

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

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

ABOARD THE REGINA MAERSK - Maersk Line hopes it redefined American maritime trade this week when it

Russia's powerful oil companies stood up against the government Wednesday, saying its plan for endin

Rep. Robert Smith, R-Ore., said Thursday he will tack on an amendment to fast-track legislation that

Three shipper organizations have asked the Surface Transportation Board to extend service orders tha

As of July 23, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

July 22, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

July 23, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

841 (July 23, 1998) Previous day - 844The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

July 23, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

* Noon Thursday - The U.S. dollar was higher against the Japanese yen and the Deutsche mark, but it

Shareholders of Travelers Group Inc. and Citicorp on Wednesday approved the planned $70 billion merg