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OFFERS TO BUY* WIRE NAILS. Seeking to purchase galvanized wire nails in full container loads

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle doesn't have much hope that the banking reform legislation will m

Manufacturers associations are financing dangerous undercover investigations in Africa, Asia, and La

SWISS RE TO PURCHASEMEXICAN REINSURERZURICH __ Swiss Reinsurance Co. plans to buy Mexico's R

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush claiming that regulation of health maintenance o

RELIASTAR LIFERobert C. Salipante, senior vice president of Reliastar Personal Financial Ser

AMERICAN RE'S NETROSE IN FIRST QUARTERPRINCETON, N.J. - American Re Corp. had a spurt in net

Exports from Asia to the United States are expected to go through the roof this year due to the depr

Shippers who have found the Internet can show the zeal of a convert.''What I use the Net for

Within a few weeks TNT International Express will introduce a Web site facili- ty in the United St

NORTHWEST GOES HIGH-TECHWITH JFK CARGO FACILITYNorthwest Airlines' new cargo facility at Joh

May 18, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

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Qolam-Reza Aqazadeh, director of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, visited a nuclear power station

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Monday May 18, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Workers began ground spraying malathion late last week to stamp out the crop-destroying Medfly and p

The Bohai oil field near the port city of Tianjin in northeast China is expected to boost its annual

Ukraine began talks here with the Azerbaijan State Oil Co. on Ukraine's possible participation in Ca

May 18, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

The Journal of Commerce Stock Index dipped 0.04 percent last week to close at 4,938.39 and was eclip

There soon may be a human face and personality to attach to the epic challenge of replacing the 12-y

''U.S. business will be hit (by the sanctions) more than us.''

Australia's besieged Patrick Stevedore Co. is proposing to lay off about half of its 1,400 unionized

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E. Hunter Harrison, recently named as chief operating officer of Canadian National Railways, is reco

Fresh ammunition has been added to the International Safety Management Code's arsenal against geriat

GRUPO LIBRAJohn N. Habibi was named sales manager for the southeast regional territory.The B

The combination of the container fleets of two leasing firms, GE Capital and Sea Containers, into a

With the future of Governors Island uncertain, some members of Congress are calling for a presidenti

MCCAFFREY TO ADDRESSMARITIME DAY GATHERINGWASHINGTON - President Clinton's drug czar, Barry

Ports in Bangladesh and Pakistan are beset by labor troubles. Reports from Pakistan said dockworkers

In an effort to improve relations with its international clients, Germanischer Lloyd AG - one of the

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985 (May 18, 1998) Previous day - 983The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

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May 18, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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