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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 29, 1997 - July 15, 1998 (a graph)*

Maersk this month will start a North Europe-Caribbean container service and venture into a field th

AIG BUYS MORE SHARESOF INSURER 20TH CENTURYNEW YORK - American International Group has purch

The Canadian government promised Tuesday a quick announcement on how it intended to comply with a tr

California's system of measuring the effectiveness of workers compensation claims handling has been

Nationwide Financial Services Inc. has tightened its hold on the deferred compensation market by for

July 14, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

CSX TECHNOLOGY INC.Charles O. Wodehouse was promoted from vice president and controller of C

America West Airlines, the nation's ninth-largest airline, was slapped with a $5 million fine after

It all began last year. You must have seen the bus and subway ads: A person jogging in the park list

The New York-New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association named Matthew Maslow as t

* Noon Tuesday - The U.S. dollar fell, as the Japanese yen rose sharply on optimism that a new Japan

California Governor Pete Wilson, siding with business organizations, last Friday vetoed legislation

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

It's been three months since the U.S. Postal Service launched a program to help direct-mail and mail

WESTVACO CORP.Mark R. McMahon was named managing director-president of Riesga Ltda., the com

Ah, that piece of real estate on the computer screen . . . the portal, a doorway to bountiful riches

Chile provides a fairly good yet small and competitive market for food processing equipment. The foo

International Petroleum ExchangeJuly 13, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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

HOW TO USE:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

The regional arm of Sea-Land Service Inc. is moving some office personnel and systems to the Philipp

The race to elect a new chief of the World Trade Organization, who will lead the effort to liberaliz

FRONTIER TAKES MAJORITYIN LONDON & EUROPEANROCK HILL, N.Y. - Frontier Insurance Group Inc. a

Taiwan's non-deliverable forwards market, mainly used by speculators, is not seen as viable.

The formal banking sector in Indonesia is crashing, but bankers to the poorest of the poor are findi

PRUDENTIALDr. Jeffrey P. Koplan, currently president of the Prudential Center for Health Car

The shipping industry is bracing for a spate of bankruptcies as Asia's financial crisis drives dry b

Danzas Holding AG's move to form a strategic alliance with Denmark's DFDS A/S transport company is t

Plans are quietly under way by an obscure federal agency to allow new offshore oil drilling along Ca

An agreement to rescue Russia's floundering economy may finally put its biggest tax dodger on the ro

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 29, 1997 - July 14, 1998 (a graph)*

'It's hard to estimate the financial loss, but even worse is the loss of Hong Kong's reputation. Tha

The independent U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Tuesday against Chile over a dispute on it

846 (July 14, 1998) Previous day - 844The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

838 (July 14, 1998) Previous day - 848The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

The next few columns will cover some interesting export-related topics I discovered at May's Globus

New York Mercantile Exchange - July 13, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

July 13, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.