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* Noon Wednesday - The U.S. dollar was lower at midday Wednesday after giving back early gains.<

The World Bank has approved up to $300 million in loans for balance of payments adjustment, and up t

Insurance company executives, surveying the post-Travelers-Citicorp merger landscape, aren't quite s

The high-tech industry is fuming over government leaks to an anti-nuclear activist who has charged t

Having sold its recently acquired shipping arm, a transport conglomerate patched together by the son

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

BY RICHARD MABLYREUTERSOPEC producers are mostly making good on their promises to drain off

The millennium bug harbors catastrophic implications for trade and transport and for the U.S. econom

Railroads, coming under blistering criticism for their rate and service policies, are beginning to s

In the final triumph of the most successful negotiating season in years, container shipping lines th

CITIBANK, SHIZUOKA BANKTO JOINTLY MARKET FUNDSTOKYO - Shizuoka Bank and Citibank will jointl

The sharp currency devaluations by Asian countries hit by the economic crisis may affect Chinese exp

Within months, Mexico expects to give to its central bank complete autonomy in making decisions affe

April 28, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 224.80 up 0.17 wh

Russia may be paying a high price for the privilege of transporting Caspian Sea oil this year as the

3 CHARGED WITH RUNNINGMEXICAN CARGO-THEFT GANGMEXICO CITY - Three men have been arrested on

Great Lakes carriers are winning strong support from Congress in their battle against the Clinton ad

Circle one. There are 20, 200 or 2,000 reported underwater navigational hazards that the federal gov

1,007 (April 29, 1998) Previous day - 1,008The Baltic International Freight Futures Market i

Productivity at the Port of Seattle has returned to its previous levels after slipping considerably

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

French truckers may stage a pay strike this summer to disrupt the World Cup, a union official said.<

The worldwide semiconductor market is expected to grow a moderate 8 percent in 1998, but will return

CHUBB'S NET FALLS SLIGHTLYON RESTRUCTURING CHARGESThe Chubb Corp. Tuesday reported profit sl

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 28, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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U.S. crude oil inventories rose more than 38 million barrels in the week ended April 24, as compared

On the surface, the towboat pilots strike that started April 3 on inland waterways seems all but ove

SHIPSCANAL EASES DRAFTLIMIT BY 12 INCHESPANAMA CITY - Panama Canal officials said We

Freight forwarder Kuehne & Nagel AG has added air-express service to its portfolio by forming a part

In a battle that has grown heated and nasty, United Parcel Service and United Airlines are sparring

Located just six blocks from this famed city's downtown shopping mecca area, small-record-store owne

OFFERS TO BUY* LIGHTING GLOBES (BULB). a client in South Africa is looking for large quantit

April 29, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

As Congress speeds toward a self-imposed Memorial Day deadline to complete work on a $217 billion, s

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One year after the experiment began, shipping lines plying directly between China and Taiwan have ha

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