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

In anticipation of eliminating the Brazilian national oil company's monopoly, a newly named regulato

May 6, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o.

What do Fidel Castro and the Alameda Corridor in Southern California have in common? Not much - unle

Thursday May 7, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

GENERAL RE POSTSRECORD OPERATING INCOMESTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. reported record op

GREENSPAN, LAWMAKERSMEET ON BANK REFORMWASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan

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UNIONS SAY MOREUKRAINE MINES STRIKINGKIEV, Ukraine - Some 53 coal mines were on strike here

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

Airbus is wowing the air cargo market as carriers rush to convert the European passenger jets into f

The United States will file a World Trade Organization case to overturn higher Mexican import tariff

China's largest inland berth for liquid chemicals is now open to foreign customers, part ofa plan to

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 225.86 off 0.60

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 6, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

New York Mercantile Exchange - May 6, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH LOW

The ongoing Asia crisis and increased outsourcing by ship lines is creating new demands and opportun

The major strike in Denmark that shut down the port of Copenhagen, disrupted air traffic and halted

Lawyers involved in the complicated Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Co. insolvency case await a

917 (May 7, 1998) Previous day - 915The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

The Brazilian mining conglomerate Companhia Vale de Rio Doce is celebrating the first anniversary of

Transamerica Leasing Inc.'s new division, maritime containers, expects to improve customer service,

Take the biggest movement of equipment and people in civil aviation history, mix in a request to lan

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 226.46 up 0.70 wh

Wednesday May 6, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

It's late at night and raining hard when two tires blow out, and the load in a railintermodal traile

The Brazilian nominal budget deficit has risen to 6.53 percent of gross domestic product - 58.63 bil

The deepening economic crisis in South Korea has led to a record number of ship sales in the past ei

As of May 6, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued new cargo security rules that officials say will make

Iran said this week that it will make a major investment to compete with a U.S. plan for Caspian Sea

INDONESIAN STOCKS DIPAS STUDENT RIOTS CONTINUEJAKARTA, Indonesia - Jakarta stocks suffered t

H.R. 10, the financial services deregulation bill, has hit a snag in the House that could delay a vo

SOUTH BOSTON GETS OKFOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONEBOSTON - The U.S. Customs Service gave final appro

House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt said Tuesday that Democrats would not hold up funding for the

If America's sausage manufacturers don't hurry, the Rus- sian hot dog market, Europe's larg- est,

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May 6, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Intermodal transportation is fundamentally about equipment - containers, ships, trains, trucks, cran

Kazakstan has not ruled out Iran as a route to export crude oil to the West despite pressure from th