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OFFERS TO BUY* LAMINATED AND PVC FLOORING, CARPET. We're an importer, and now one of

American oil executives barred from investing in Iran watched ruefully from the sidelines last week

Thursday July 2, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Fresh America Corp., which distributes food throughout North America, will be handling the marketing

Saks Fifth Avenue said it bought software from H.B. Ulrich & Associates, Melville, N.Y., to help wit

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 215.34 up 0.71

July 1, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The Pentagon agency at the heart of the congressional inquiry into satellite exports to China once b

Traders said it was the same old story from Japan last week: a big buildup and a big letdown. The ne

'Will it make money? That's impossible to say.'

Free-trade agreement negotiations between Mexico and the European Union will begin on July 14, the M

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

In a turn of events that has surprised even veteran shipping industry executives, the Maritime Admin

Thirteen percent of the world's big ships are flunking new standards for safety and pollution contro

BNSF, RED RIVERTARGET CORN SHIPPERSFORT WORTH - Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway joi

Canada, determined not to be swamped by American culture, is looking abroad for support from Europe

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

U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said Wednesday he was ''deeply, deeply concerned'' about the Ja

* Noon Wednesday - The U.S. dollar trimmed its losses against the yen and added to its gains against

The Canadian developers of a power plant in Pakistan vowed Tuesday to fight Pakistan's decision to c

Herbert Brand, chairman of the Transportation Institute, a U.S. shipping industry association based

SCHENKER WINSBUNDY CORP. CONTRACTFREEPORT, N.Y. - Schenker International Inc. won a contract

OFFERS TO BUY* CEPHALOSPORIN PRODUCTS, CEPHOPERAZONE SODIUM. Our end users are in demand of

Giant Compaq Computer Corp. will merge the manufacturing operations worldwide of Digital Equipment a

Russian palladium supplies, the primary source for world demand, face an uncertain future, as offici

Representatives of the U.S.-based International Insurance Council and the Paris-based European Insur

French mutual insurer Groupama has won the race to buy French state insurer Groupe des Assurance Nat

849 (July 1, 1998) Previous day - 856The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

Chief negotiators from 44 countries failed Wednesday to reach a successful outcome in global talks h

U.S. crude oil inventories rose almost 2 million barrels in the week ended June 26, as compared with

The Asian crisis has forced steel producing nations in the region to suspend new steelmaking capacit

Cote d'Ivoire has confirmed that Apache Oil will build a gas pipeline from Abidjan's Vridi terminal

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Prices for electrical equipment in the big department stores in Britain have fallen as much as 50 pe

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 30, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH LO

July 1, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIGH

'The safety net is starting to have some serious holes.'

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

CSX SELLS ACL UNITTO INVESTMENT COMPANYRICHMOND, Va. - CSX Corp. closed the sale of its Amer

Despite some first-day terminal chaos at Malaysia's new international airport, air express companies