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A special mission of the World Bank has visited Poland to study the government's mining reform plan

EU, US TO COOPERATEON ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENTWASHINGTON - The United States and the European U

PACER INTERNATIONAL BUYSCROSS CON COMPANIESLAFAYETTE, Calif. - Pacer International Inc. is b

900 (June 5, 1998) Previous day - 909The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

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

Gilberto Martinez leans against a '57 Dodge and tugs his Yankees baseball cap down over his eyes to

'I give you my pledge we are going to implement this merger effectively.'

American International Group has come home.American International Assurance, a subsidiary of

Title insurance, long on low-tech services, is being forced to acknowledge the electronic age, indus

June 5, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

More than $500 million of textiles will begin crossing the U.S.-Mexican border without duties this s

Analysts said the Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates at the June 30-July 1 meeting

International Petroleum ExchangeJune 4, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

June 5, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25.00

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 4, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH LO

Navieras/NPR Inc. Wednesday will launch a weekly service to Venezuela from Puerto Rico that will tra

EFTA, CANADA SETFREE-TRADE TALKSGENEVA - Negotiations with Canada on a free-trade agreement

A new global study has ranked the United States the world's most competitive economy after Singapore

Asia's weak economies, a slowdown in personal computer sales and an overabundance of memory chips wi

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

Central American nations are eager to join the North American Free Trade Agreement, but have been to

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 25, 1997 - June 5, 1998 (a graph)*

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for June 1998 (see Note 1

March April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April97 97 97 97

A new customs division set up in Pakistan has announced plans to speed up cargo clearance at Karachi

SAFECO SAYS: COME SEEUS OUT AT THE BALLPARKSEATTLE - Some companies buy field box seats. Saf

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., after threatening a lawsuit and upping the price, has acquired the

Greek shipowners have extended their lead as the world's biggest shipowners.But tiny Bahamas

GLOSSARYGRAINS TO BE NAMED, 25,000 tons, 5% wheat, Hamburg to Algeria, prompt, $13.00 fio, 5

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The European Union's competition commissioner, Karel Van Miert, said last week U.S. open-skies polic

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, including the United States, Japan and Canada, struck a d

As of May 29, 1998Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docume

Software manufacturers, with their double-click access to supply chains, are wrestling the steering

The Mexican government has extended by one year the special tax treatment for maquiladoras, the labo

The world's largest coal producer wants to become a bigger exporter, and is planning further subsidi

As of June 5, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

With less than two years remaining before the United States hands control of the Panama Canal to the

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

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