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New York Mercantile Exchange - March 24, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

March 24, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Shell Prospecting del Peru said its company officials have discussed with the Peruvian government th

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories declined by more than 2 million barrels in the week ended March

Wednesday March 25, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Hanjin Shipping Co. said on Tuesday that it will immediately suspend its 1-month-old Pacific service

ADCOM CREATESINTERACTIVE WEB SITESEATTLE - Air freight forwarder Adcom Express Worldwide Tra

Roadway Express Inc., two years after it was spun off debt-free, finally has a chairman.The

TOWER GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC.Tom Anastasi was appointed vice president of trade processing

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYSJOINS LUFTHANSA ALLIANCEFRANKFURT - German airline Deutsche Lufthansa said

Southeast Asia will be the region most affected by the economic downturn in Asia in 1998, according

The head of the new regulatory agency overseeing Russia's railroads says cuts announced by the Minis

Canadian National Railway Co. said it is paying the announced $39 a share for Illinois Central Corp.

TRAINSINDIANA COLLISIONLEAVES 1 DEAD, 2 HURTBUTLER, Ind. - Two freight train

Massachusetts Port Authority officials are quietly warning shippers and carriers that they may have

Oscar J. Abello has been elected chairman of the board of directors of ''K'' Line America Inc. and w

With the same fervor as college basketball teams competing for this weekend's national championship,

Railtrack PLC, Britain's privately owned rail infrastructure company, said Wednesday it will spend 1

Coffee imports are picking up at nontraditional coffee ports like Jacksonville and Port Everglades,

More than 330 Australian longshoremen Wednesday began a weeklong strike against a stevedoring operat

Canada says St. Lawrence, the United States says Saint Lawrence, when describing their respective Se

CANADIAN LAWMAKERWINS PORT GROUP'S AWARDWASHINGTON - The American Association of Port Author

MARCHTransportation Table. March 27. Washington. Edward Wytkind, executive director, Transpo

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

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997 (March 25, 1998) Previous day - 1011The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Those flimsy Halloween costumes that turn 6-year-olds into scary goblins and ghouls have sparked the

One of South Korea's biggest shipyards says it is getting a lifeline through a $1 billion bridging l

Making a bold but controversial move into the global express courier market, Germany's partially pri

An intermodal equipment shortage the past two weeks on Union Pacific Railroad has reignited fears ab

Union Pacific Railroad's partial embargo on Mexico-bound shipments through Laredo has been greeted w

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

* Noon Wednesday - The U.S. dollar declined against the yen on rumors that Kampo, the Japanese posta

The European Union on Wednesday declared 11 of its 15 member nations ready to launch a continent-spa

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 2, 1997 - March 25, 1998 (a graph)

U.S. textile makers once again are fighting the threat of Asian competition, this time in the form o

The United States has asked Jamaica to allow inspection of all foreign currency accounts held in loc

EU LOWERS SIGHTSON 1998 GDP GROWTHBRUSSELS - The European Commission on Wednesday revised do

Clothing manufacturers in Bangladesh are pressing the United States for a 30 percent increase in the

Cuba's bid to join 71 countries in a trade and aid pact with the European Union could be frustrated