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Associated British Ports, Britain's largest single port operator, saw pretax profits rise 10 percent

March 5, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

844 (March 5, 1998) Previous day - 828The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 18, 1997 - March 5, 1998 (a graph)

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

The Clinton administration is likely to face some tough choices in a constitutional battle shaping u

On the wall in Gus Owen's office at the Surface Transportation Board are photographs of him shaking

Like quartermasters preparing for a campaign, CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. are marshaling pe

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The Interior Department has compiled new evidence of textile trade fraud, religious persecution and

Premier Li Peng on Thursday targeted 8.0 percent economic growth this year despite financial turmoil

* Noon - The U.S. dollar was sharply higher against the Deutsche mark at midday Thursday, surging on

Rich food-producing nations aimed to put a mounting stack of trade disputes to one side on Thursday

OFFERS TO BUY* HILFIGER, NIKE, ADIDAS. We are seeking to purchase shorts, T-shirts, hats, ca

DATE FOR HEMISPHERICTALKS TO BE SET SOONWASHINGTON - The launch date of negotiations to crea

American commercial shipbuilders are blowing the whistle on a Navy aid program they say violates com

COURT CLEARS WAY FORLLOYD'S DEBT COLLECTIONLONDON - Lloyd's of London's centrally held recor

KEYPORT LIFE INSURANCE CO.Stephen Bonner, put in charge of the life insurer's retirement inc

The Big Three automakers say it's hard to get around the law of physics: Heavier vehicles always wil

MERCOSUR, ANDEAN PACTTO SIGN TRADE ACCORDBUENOS AIRES - The Mercosur customs union has agree

The controversy over the patenting of a type of rice grown only in the Indian subcontinent has appea

'No matter how low the (freight) rates go, it won't increase the tonnage moving to the Far East.'

A trade showdown between the United States and the European Union drew closer this week, as a snag d

NEW YORK LIFE'S PROFITJUMPED 12 PERCENT IN 1997NEW YORK - Net income at New York Life Insura

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 4, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

March 5, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 23

March 4, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

March 5, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 4, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH L

Turkmenistan has announced plans to swap more than 100 million barrels of oil a year with Iran in th

Thursday March 5, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for March 1998 (see Note

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A U.S. power company that specializes in hydroelectric projects is to invest $1.4 billion in Pakista

There are signs that ocean shipping deregulation legislation is on a very fast track that could brin

The first Chinese ship to call at a port in northern Taiwan should unload its cargo this weekend, in

Few top elected officials in the nation's capital have escaped criticism by the Congressional Accoun

The mayor of Los Angeles today will wrap up an Asian tour during which transportation and its role i

PANAMA CANAL DRAFTREDUCTIONS ANNOUNCEDPANAMA CITY - The Panama Canal Commission said the wat