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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

June 4, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

East Japan Railway Co. is carrying out emergency inspections of the wheels and axles of all its 1,10

British investors are most interested in infrastructure and privatization projects in Mexico, accord

OFFERS TO BUY* GSM MOBILE PRODUCTION LINE. We are seeking a European factory that can provid

A bulk carrier detained in the Port of Vancouver since last year is to be sold in order to pay the s

Federal Express Chairman Frederick Smith urged Congress to impose sweeping reforms on the Postal Ser

China's ambitious attempts to expand and upgrade its national rail network will see a wholesale reor

Tension at the Port of Santos continued as port workers in one private terminal refused to load and

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

When the Surface Transportation Board votes today on the Conrail Inc. purchase plan advanced by Norf

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 214.58 up 0.14 w

June 5, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p