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As of March 31, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 229.72 off 0.21 wh

March 31, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 30, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

March 31, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premi

Canada's Noranda Inc. is keeping its Alumysa aluminum smelter on hold until it secures the rights to

South Korea announced this week it would throw open its oil refining and retail gasoline station mar

March 31, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

March 30, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 30, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

NORILSK LOSES $50 MILLIONIN PLATINUM GROUP SALESMOSCOW - Russia's Norilsk Nickel has lost $5

Belgian police threw a barbed-wire cordon around a European Union building in Brussels on Tuesday to

Tuesday March 31, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Six European carriers Monday launched an alliance, the Qualifier Group, to boost joint initiatives i

Government price controls on several petroleum products will be lifted in India beginning today.

The Federal Maritime Commission has cleared China Ocean Shipping Co. to change rates on one day's no

Otto Loepfe, the former chief executive of the Swiss national carrier Swissair, has died, the airlin

AMERICAN FREIGHTWAYSIN HAWAII PARTNERSHIPHARRISON, Ark. - American Freightways Corp. is expa

PLANESBA, AA MOVE CLOSERTO SECURING ALLIANCEWASHINGTON - British Airways and

With the help of its alliance structure and an influx of additional capital from shareholders, Germa

Xerox Corp., which dubs itself ''The Document Company,'' prefers them paperless.The Rocheste

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. has instituted a permit system for southbound shipments

A deadline for a possible strike passed without incident Monday as dockworkers reported for new job

Once upon a time, there was a king in Redmond who was worshiped by computer geeks from every part of

Russian markets edged down on Monday at the start of what analysts said was likely to be a subdued w

The Port of Rio de Janeiro is bracing for near stoppage this week as workers are fired in the transi

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

North American catalog shopping companies seeking to expand into Europe - for instance, by selling o

* Noon Monday - The U.S. dollar soared to a seven-month high of 1.8482 Deutsche marks at midday Mond

YAMAICHI TO EXIT MARKETBEFORE 'BIG BANG' RULESTOKYO - Yamaichi Securities Co., formerly one

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 16, 1997 - March 30, 1998 (a graph)

CANADA TO INTRODUCEUS MAGAZINE BILLOTTAWA - The Canadian federal Cabinet will see a new bill

'I contacted three (transportation) companies in Germany, and not one of them was convinced the euro

A high-level American delegation of chief executives said Monday the new Indian government appeared

The liquidators named by a Bermuda court to oversee Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Co.'s contro

European Union farm ministers this week will have to repeal a proposal on tougher mad cow disease co

Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utilization within four weeks from Ma

OFFERS TO BUY* WOMEN'S CLOTHES. Jeannette Ruhazati Ltd. is looking for women clothes

Insurance companies catering to foreign trade may find the richest opportunities by following their