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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 210.54 off 1.82 wh

July 10, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 10, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

July 13, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead

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New York Mercantile Exchange - July 10, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

July 10, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

July 13, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

The United States Trade Representative's office consulted with Canadian counterparts Friday on U.S.

Regulators and energy investors gathered Monday for the Summit of the Americas 98: Energy and the En

Monday July 13, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Gov. George Pataki has signed a bill that would punish European insurance companies if they fail to

Free-trade talks with the European Union scheduled to begin Tuesday are likely to help boost Mexico'

Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-documented currency dealings and

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 29, 1997 - July 10, 1998 (a graph)*

INDUSTRY GROUPS PUSHSOFTWARE IN CHINAHONG KONG - The China Software Alliance and the U.S.-ba

Hong Kong is lifting some bureaucratic requirements on shipments of textiles to the U.S. market and

'This is the first time in five years we have had a problem with space.'

FERRO TO BE NOMINATEDAS ENVOY TO PANAMAWASHINGTON - President Clinton will nominate Miami la

Despite a year-long political battle that has prevented investment protection legislation from advan

A former top Pentagon official said China has been able to obtain easily supercomputers and other se

OFFERS TO BUY* SKO TO BOMBAY. Indian enterprise wants to import SKO in parcels. Quan

SHOWCASE AWARDS HONORINDUSTRY MARKETINGVANCOUVER, British Columbia - St. Paul Cos., Universa

CNA Financial Corp. plans to eliminate about 1,100 jobs nationwide in a restructuring of its commerc

A new study suggests that letting patients sue health insurers for denying them treatment does not g

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUPDavid A. Rockwell joined AIG Risk Finance as senior vice preside

The Indian government is drafting legislation, most likely to be introduced in Parliament next month

A weeklong blockade by striking Russian miners of the Trans-Siberian Railway has cost businesses in

With predictable dismissiveness, Union Pacific Railroad rejected requests last week by competitor ra

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

What Lojack is to cars, ShipTrac is to ships.Lojack is the electronic device hidden in a car

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It was the kind of opportunity that makes a teen-age boy bite down hard on his wooden pencil as he d

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

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

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For the past 10 years, as global container lines have switched partners in a seemingly endless game

After three years of sometimes bitter quarreling, the trade community has reached an historic agreem

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