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International Petroleum ExchangeMay 12, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

U.S. exporters were chilled by uncertainty Wednesday as President Clinton announced stiff penalties

May 13, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

The Group of 7 governments are poised to approve a far-reaching project to simplify customs procedur

Last winter's El Nino rains could damage the California produce harvest through the summer, hurting

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May 13, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 25.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has projected the U.S. 1998 rice crop at 183 million hundredweigh

David Hale, publisher of The Journal of Commerce, turned news-reporting upside down 150 years ago to

Wednesday May 13, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

May 12, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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With just 12 years of oil supplies left, Syria and Egypt have stepped up efforts to find new oil and

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 20, 1997 - May 13, 1998 (a graph)*

U.S. crude oil inventories rose less than 1 million barrels in the week ended May 8, as compared wit

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

* Noon Wednesday - The U.S. dollar rose amid pressure on Asian markets following the bloodshed in In

Thailand's tough new central bank governor, Chatumongkul Sonakul, says Thai interest rates will stay

Mexico authorized 48 new maquiladora programs and approved the expansion of 70 plants in March 1998,

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 12, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

CZECH GOVERNMENT OKSFOREIGN INVESTMENT PLANPRAGUE - The Czech government has approved the co

Despite a delay by a regional agency in establishing criteria for use of dredge material to create w

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

BCE Inc., the Canadian multinational telecommunications company, is selling its 2.2 billion-Canadian

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Only four out of Japan's 19 major industries enjoyed higher productivity than their U.S. counterpart

U.S. workers have received $75 million so far in retraining assistance to replace North American fre

OFFERS TO BUY* PRODUCTS FOR CHINA. We are looking for overseas products that have not been i

'I think better X-ray technology will be very important to help stop drugs at the border, particular

Birds sing. Flowers bloom. And graduates of the maritime academies scratch their noggins, weighing t

South Korea will eliminate restrictions on foreign ownership in its shipping industry and turn its r

Frontline Ltd., the acquisitive Bermuda-based shipowner, announced Tuesday it is adding 10 tankers t

The first congressional step was taken to extend the deepening of the Arthur Kill Channel at the Por

Port congestion has left 600 containers and 13,000 metric tons of bulk goods in transit to Uganda st

987 (May 13, 1998) Previous day - 993The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

May 13, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

The largest shipping firm in Saudi today reported profit in the first quarter of 1998 and said it ex

MAYHarbor Association of Industry & Commerce. May 15. San Pedro, Calif. Meet the candidates

Hong Kong is not the gateway to China's insurance market, said Standard & Poor's director of insuran

Longshoremen Thursday continued to boycott a Columbus Line vessel that had been loaded in Australia