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OFFERS TO BUY* AUTO PAINT FOR SPRAY SHOPS. For use by panel beater workshops and the auto sp

March 12, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

Worldwide losses, economic and insured, from natural catastrophes last year were half those of 1996,

The Tampa chapter of the Propeller Club named Tampa Port Authority Director Robert Steiner its 1998

Russia's Trade Ministry has told the World Trade Organization it wants to raise tariff ceilings on i

Three years and three months after leaders from 34 countries agreed to negotiate a Free Trade Area o

After more than a year of wrangling, the Senate was scheduled to vote late Thursday on Majority Lead

South Korea's flag carrier, already cutting services and disposing of planes, suffered its worst yea

Federal Express pilots have rejected a contract offer from management, but whether the pilots at com

A group of prominent Americans, including a former commander of the U.S. Atlantic Command, arrived i

Thursday March 12, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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

March 11, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

1096 (March 12, 1998) Previous day - 1097The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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AIG CALLED THE NEWESTBIDDER FOR FRANCE'S GANPARIS - Add American International Group to the

The New York state Department of Transportation will hold its second public meeting to discuss the N

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 225.63 up 0.12

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

Malaysia's premier port appears to be thriving despite economic gloom in the region, with the No. 2

Pretax 1997 profit for Hellenic Shipyards, Greece's biggest shipbuilding and repair facility, is pro

Plans to start work on Unocal Corp.'s $1.9 billion gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan's cent

As this column is being written, there have been no announcements about the signing of any new ocean

Senate Republican leaders are holding up the nomination of a Democrat to the Surface Transportation

As of March 12, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

* Noon Thursday - The U.S. dollar was mixed at midday Thursday, rising slightly against the Japanese

Indonesia is willing to consider an alternative to the currency board system opposed by the Internat

The four main independent European shipping lines serving the leading east African Port of Mombasa h

The Marine Society of the City of New York holds its 228th annual dinner April 20 at the Downtown At

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

March 11, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 225.51 up 0.38 wh

March 11, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

March 11, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

International Petroleum ExchangeMarch 10, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Australia stressed its concern on Wednesday that Indonesia accept the terms of an International Mone

CHINA AIRLINE TO BUY11 BOEING PLANESHONG KONG - Xinjiang Airlines, a regional carrier in nor

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 4, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

At the request of a Senate committee, the Department of Transportation's inspector general is review

Truck drivers Wednesday launched a 48-hour strike in this Panamanian city, site of three private por