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925 (May 12, 1998) Previous day - 917The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

OFFERS TO BUYYellow corn, urea, sport shoes, tea, cement, coalRef: 10004178 Indonesi

BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHIPaul Chertkow, UBS' former head of global currency strategy, has joi

The days when Russia's natural resources were bargain priced for U.S. traders and investors are almo

NORTH AMERICANational Restaurant Association. May 16-20. Chicago. Contact: Andrew Wroblewski

Chase Manhattan Corp. arranged $14.33 billion in project and infrastructure financing in 1997, maint

The U.S. air express industry reinvented itself, at least in a diplomatic sense, for the summit meet

Dubai airport plans to build a $270 million freight terminal that will lift its annual cargo capacit

Telepost 98. May 14-15. Washington. International conference and exhibition on developing postal str

ENVIROTAINERTherese Puetz was named managing director of this temperature-controlled contain

Orchestrating a shipment of 34 violins, 11 violas, 11 cellos, plus assorted flutes, oboes, clarinets

The trucks roll in night after night from the United States, bearing increasing amounts of freight t

CANADA BLASTS US FORSABER-RATTLING ON GRAINOTTAWA - Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Vancl

The folks at Tampa Airlines have a lot to celebrate these days.The carrier, which will mark

The top three tire makers in the world have expressed caution about reported plans to invest million

OFFERS TO BUY* UREA. 100,000 metric tons of urea. Please provide quotation c.i.f. Yangon, My

The ample benefits of franchising extend to insurance costs. But the widely used business operation

The U.S. Commerce Department and the International Insurance Foundation have signed a memorandum of

ANALYST SEES GROWTH INCATASTROPHE BOND ISSUESCHICAGO - The catastrophe bond market is poised

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

Thailand's non-life insurance sector is bracing for an uncertain outlook after the official closure

The Journal of Commerce Stock Index dropped 0.28 percent to close at 4,978.63 last week but beat the

Belgian integrated oil company PetroFina said it was signing a joint venture agreement with German c

DUPONT ANNOUNCES ITWILL DIVEST CONOCOWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. said M

A tip from a Kansas consumer has led to the arrest of a Miami insurance agent on charges of insuranc

The European Commission confirmed Monday it will announce May 27 whether British Airways and America

May 11, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the es

The wage deal struck over the weekend granting 600,000 chemicals workers a maximum 3 percent pay ris

Australia, struggling to recover from strikes against Patrick Stevedore Co., may be in for another r

The Hong Kong government signed an air services agreement with the United Arab Emirates.Cath

High-speed train service in Canada's St. Lawrence corridor proposed by a Canada-France consortium,is

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The Asian Development Bank is offering Bangladesh $43 million to upgrade its two main seaports - Chi

1001 (May 11, 1998) Previous day - 1004The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

American Classic Voyages, the Chicago-based parent company of American Hawaii Cruises and Delta Quee

SINGAPORE SHIP REGISTRYSETS ANOTHER RECORDSINGAPORE - The local register of ships reached a

May 11, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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MAYNew York-New Jersey Harbor Study. May 13. Manhattan. Effort to deepen New York-New Jersey

Raymond Kelly, the former New York City police commissioner, has been nominated as the next head of