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

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

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

United Parcel Service, just months after a labor strike dealt a blow to its ground operations, is be

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

1104 (March 5, 1998) Previous day - 1103The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

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

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

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

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 227.41 off 0.05

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

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

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

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

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

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

Combined Logistics International Ltd. moved its Combined Logistics USA Inc. unit to Miami from Seatt

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

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.

Federal Express has launched Sunday delivery, offering overnight service by 3 p.m. Sunday to 50 U.S.

March 5, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

There is a company out there spreading the word that it has a high-tech answer to retrieving stolen

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

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

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

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

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

The General Accounting Office Friday shot down much of the maritime industry's criticism of a series

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

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

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

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

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

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