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Pakistan's Port Muhammad Bin Qasim last week berthed the largest containership it has ever handled,

The Port of Virginia's Norfolk Terminal is clucking over the taste of poultry.The Virginia P

983 (May 15, 1998) Previous day - 986The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

May 15, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

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Banking titans are taking different approaches to the passage Wednesday of financial services reform

Waterfront employers and longshoremen are already preparing for next year's contract negotiations

* Noon Thursday - The U.S. dollar was slightly higher, as market participants focused on the Indones

Sandwiched between two Latin American economic giants, Uruguay is positioning itself as the gateway

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

Canada's central bank, looking at the U.S. economy, predicts that the Federal Reserve will raise int

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 20, 1997 - May 14, 1998 (a graph)*

The federal government has slapped the first set of charges against China for illegally shipping goo

Uruguay is aggressively seeking to exploit its role as a pivot point for U.S.-Mercosur trade, offici

India's defiant testing of five nuclear devices, and the subsequent Western sanctions, could hurt tr

'Whatever satisfaction they get from conducting tests, they're clearly going to pay for it.'

Business and non-governmental organizations must seize a narrow window of opportunity if they wish t

The Textile Monitoring Body is set to review a controversial global program that is dismantling text

JAPAN TO CURTAIL AID TOINDIA OVER NUCLEAR TESTSTOKYO - Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said

KOREAN UNION THREATENSPUBLIC-SECTOR STRIKESSEOUL - Public-sector members of South Korea's mi

Offers to buy* MEMORY MODULES. We are interested in buying memory modules of all types. Plea

INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICERoy S. Nicolosi was named senior vice president and chief informati

Despite intense competition in many classes, inland marine insurance continues to report attractive

Russia's 6-year-old private insurance sector is beginning to show signs of picking up, judging by th

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

In spite of low rates fueled in part by excess capacity, the alternative market, especially in Calif

As of May 14, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Participants at a workshop on the Kenya coffee industry expressed concern at declining production an

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 223.10 off 0.28

May 14, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Late last year, the United States decided to impose price and volume restraints on imports of Russia

May 14, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 13, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

May 14, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25.

May 13, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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New York Mercantile Exchange - May 13, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Thursday May 14, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The government has projected a record 1998 soybean crop and huge corn and wheat outputs this year, b