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909 (June 4, 1998) Previous day - 918The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

CP Rail and two regional railroads will launch a dedicated rail service from this Atlantic coast por

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PERU'S RECOVERING FROMTHE EFFECTS OF EL NINOMIAMI - The worst effects of El Nino on the Peru

Korean Air is expected to announce during South Korean President Kim Dae-jung's visit to the United

Intermodal transportation, long shunned in China, is getting more attention from central planners.

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

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

Thursday June 4, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Speed III: The Sprint for Spain.Beginning today, a high-speed ferry is scheduled to leave Ne

June 4, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

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GLOSSARYGRAINS KLAVENESS TONNAGE, 55,000 tons, heavy grains, soyas and sorghums, U.S. Gulf t

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'It's not going to change India's nuclear and missile policy if they get their computers from Siemen

The Thai government has shelved a 116 million baht ($2.9 million) plan to upgrade an airport that ha

CANAVERAL TIES FUTURETO FREEPORT TERMINALCentral Florida's Port Canaveral is reinventing its

British Columbia, the only Canadian province planning to sue the tobacco industry, also wants cigare

OFFERS TO BUY* CD CASE CRYSTAL, WITH BLACK COVER. We need the following: Empty CD case or ne

Canada's Inmet Mining Corp. said Thursday the sale of its 50 percent stake in Antamina, a promising

An outmoded Caspian seaport may soon be revitalized to help move more Russian oil to the West.

France's Alcatel Alsthom said Thursday it is buying telecommunications equipment maker DSC Communica

Today, we are looking at what can be called an ''efficiency revolution'' in the financial markets wo

AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND DIRECT LINECindy A. Jelenic was promoted to the position of sales repr

EGYPT PLANS TO RESUMELARGE-SCALE GOLD MININGCAIRO - Egypt plans to resume large-scale gold m

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June 4, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 18, 1997 - June 4, 1998 (a graph)*

Argentina's economy is growing fast, but the huge capital investments driving that speed have turned

Just days after President Clinton slapped sanctions on India and Pakistan for their nuclear tests, s

The World Trade Organization overturned an earlier ruling and sided with the European Union in a dis

MINNESOTANS WIN WAIVEROF SECOND DEDUCTIBLEMINNEAPOLIS - After another weekend of damaging st

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAYSEES INCREASE IN TRAFFICOTTAWA - The St. Lawrence Seaway is holding up we

JUDGE OKS TIMETABLEFOR TEAMSTERS ELECTIONWASHINGTON - A federal judge approved a schedule fo

PERTAMINA TO DECIDE ONOIL PURCHASING REVAMPKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Indonesia's state oil an

June 3, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The U.S. Department of Transportation approved a code-sharing agreement between Philippine Airlines

Repercussions from Asia's economic turmoil are biting deeper into the region's aviation sector, with

The big ship swings out of the channel and groans to a halt, stuck on a mudbank at dawn. The pilot v