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The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending May 13, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

General Motors Corp. is delaying the start-up of its Thai based plant until 2000 marking a further r

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Friday May 15, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

New Jersey would transform a closing military terminal on Upper New York Bay into a deep-water port

Trans-Pacific carriers, confident that U.S. imports from Asia will remain strong well into next year

Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela are the luminaries at a World Trade Organization meeti

Trading slowed to a crawl in the foreign exchange market on Friday, as dealers found too many uncert

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

The World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank are considering granting extra loans to help

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 3, 1997 - May 15, 1998 (a graph)* A

South Africa will have to open up its markets to its neighbors to kick-start negotiations for a regi

As of May 15, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 223.79 up 0.69 w

MEXICO FORMALLY ENDSAPPLE IMPORT DISPUTEMEXICO CITY - Mexico formally ended the unfair-trade

Canadian chicken farmers and processors joined the federal government in objecting to the United Sta

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 14, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

May 15, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

May 15, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

'It was a disaster for apples moving to Indonesia this year, and that clearly had an impact, because

May 15, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25.

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 14, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

May 14, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

As the United States pushes for a Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005, it should press its tradi

Russia's Siberian Aluminum Group, the third-largest producer in the country, is courting Western alu

SHIPSHOUSE LETS SENATE MAKECHANGE ON REFORM BILLWASHINGTON - In a parliament

Miramar Mining Corp. said that it would not resume production at its high-cost Con gold mine in the

Offers to buy* STAINLESS STEEL SCRAP AND USED RAILS. No limits on quantity. Please quote bas

FIVE GROUPS PLACEFIRM BIDS FOR GANPARIS - Five groups placed firm bids for the French govern

The first foreign underwriter allowed to operate in China for 50 years sees premiums there expanding

U.S. and Chinese negotiators begin meeting today in Beijing to see whether China can be added to the

Insurance seems to be the latest of South Korea's troubled business sectors to face housecleaning an

HUB COMPLETES PURCHASEOF QUALITY INTERMODALLOMBARD, Ill. - The Hub Group Inc. said it had co

A conductor saw a child lying in the path of his slow-moving freight train and saved the little girl

The discussion groups of shipping lines in the trans-Pacific trades now have a single executive.

Union Pacific Corp. is believed to be in the final stages of arranging a spinoff of its Overnite Tra

Columbus Line has initiated legal proceedings against the International Longshore and Warehouse Unio

The towboat pilot strike on inland waterways is sailing through its crucial second month much the wa

Port operations have resumed at the Port of Salvador after a crippling 10-week strike.Ocean