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United Parcel Service rebounded from a damaging third quarter last year to post fourth-quarter 1997

OFFERS TO BUY* PARBOILED RICE. Immediate need for 2,000 50-pound bags of parboiled rice. Wil

A new pipeline linking the Caspian Sea's massive hydrocarbon reserves to world markets will run from

Feb. 27, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 225.62 up 0.43 w

As of Feb. 27, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Feb. 27, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 26, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 26, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Feb. 27, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24

Feb. 26, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

A rise in the Japanese yen last week caught the market off guard, but analysts said it was due to te

Friday Feb. 27, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

U.S. and French negotiators wrapped up three days of talks in Paris with significant progress toward

When it comes to buttering up the Russians, the dairy farmers of the United States have not been doi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 18, 1997 - Feb. 27, 1998 (a graph)

The ticking of the millennium computer time bomb echoes louder and louder in insurance and reinsuran

SUPREME COURT TO HEARINSURANCE TAX CHALLENGEWASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court will today h

PRINCIPAL FINANCIALSEES DROP IN REVENUEDES MOINES, Iowa - Principal Financial Group, holding

The P&I clubs last Thursday were playing down the implications of their rebuff earlier in the week b

Aggressive driving, road rage, cutting off your fellow road users, causes accidents and increases in

The state of the liner shipping industry today: rate erosion. Overcapacity. Sagging profit.Y

A convoy of 10 ships entered the Bosnian river Port of Brcko after a six-year hiatus, marking the sy

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Marine Management Systems, a global marine software provider in Stamford, Conn., said Southern Shipm

Thailand's No. 2 port, Laem Chabang, is doing its job in taking pressure off Bangkok, but moves to l

MarchMarine Transport of Hazardous Goods. March 4-5. Washington. U.S. Department of Transpor

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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MARCH1998 Air Freight Management Conference. March 1-4. La Jolla, Calif. Seminar for air fre

ASIAN LEADERS ACCUSEDOF TIES TO ILLEGAL LOGGINGPHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Political and military

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China granted the Danzas group a full operating license, which enables the Swiss international freig

NEW ENGLANDMOTOR FREIGHT INC.Craig Eisenberg was appointed vice president and chief financia

SHIPSOSHA TO RENEWMARITIME CHARTERWASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and H

Just weeks before Malaysia is expected to open its new international airport, DHL International Ltd.

Florida fruit and vegetable growers say this winter's severe storms have turned the Sunshine State i

More than 250 champions of the containership industry gathered for a candle-lit dinner in downtown M