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Wednesday June 17, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

ACE Ltd. has agreed to buy Tarquin Ltd. in a stock deal totaling about $503.2 million.Tarqui

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Oil companies that laid off thousands of employees a decade ago are fighting one another tooth and n

U.S. crude oil inventories fell 1 million barrels in the week ended June 12, as compared with the pr

Third-party logistics providers are gaining huge power in transport planning as their potential cust

Trans-Pacific carriers looking for cargo in the weak westbound market should not get their hopes up

The Federal Reserve intervened to sell dollars to boost the yen Wednesday, knocking the dollar off i

Shipowners are lining up to issue junk bonds to buy ships in order to ride the boom in freight rates

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As of June 17, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Global talks to eliminate all import duties on more than 400 information technology products worth o

OFFERS TO BUY* STOCKLOTS, OVERRUNS AND REJECTS. We buy all kinds of stocklots, overr

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 209.02 up 0.48 wh

The article, ''Central America Thinks Intermodal,'' on Page 1B of the Tuesday, June 2, edition misst

Russian steelmakers and traders are counting on the U.S. market to continue expanded demand for Russ

The Navy League of the United States recognized Ambassador J. William Middendorf with the 1998 Adm.

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The headline and story on Page 1A Wednesday concerning charges at the Port of New York and New Jerse

The flight crew and cabin attendants unions of Japan Airlines Wednesday canceled a strike planned fo

An alliance packing the container-capacity clout of three of Asia's largest shipping lines is rapidl

SHIPSTANKER RAMS, SINKSGRAVEL SHIP AT KEELUNGTAIPEI - A Taiwan gravel ship d

* Noon Wednesday - The U.S. dollar remained sharply higher against the Japanese yen at midday Wednes

A study by the Bank for International Settlements urges continental European banks to continue restr

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

June 17, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

911 (June 17, 1998) Previous day - 908The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

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

Chesapeake Decision Sciences, a supply chain software consultant, has developed a software package i

The next superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is a Marine Corps logistics expert and A

As the Philippines' largest air carrier begins cutting staff wholesale to survive, another is seekin

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June 15, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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Chinese aluminum consumption is expected to continue growing in line with gross domestic product gro

The European Union is bracing for a fresh outbreak of trade tension with Tokyo, as the plummeting ye

REGIONAL BLOCSSecond Annual Taxation in Latin America. June 17-19. Miami. Contact: Natalie B

If everyone really is talking about e-commerce, many in Southeast Asia are doing more than just ta

Frequent readers will recall that this column occasionally spreads the word about export instruments

WESTERN EUROPEALPINE REGIONA study prepared for the EU Commission shows that railway