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Feb. 13, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Port of Long Beach reached an agreement with preservationists that should result in construction

It was enough to stop the heart of the most steely pilot. Some 4.5 million cubic feet of liquefied p

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

As of Feb. 13, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 231.66 up 0.03 w

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 12, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

U.S. and Taiwanese negotiators are engaged in a ''slippery pig'' competition, with Taiwan insisting

Feb. 13, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 12, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open High Low Clo

Feb. 13, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

FRIDAY FEB. 13, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

GERMAN CHEMICAL SECTORTO RELY ON FOREIGN SALESFRANKFURT - The business situation in Germany'

Texaco Inc. is interested in acquiring a 25 percent stake in the $2.5 billion Kyurdashi oil project,

INVESTMENT GAINS BOOSTORION CAPITAL'S EARNINGSFARMINGTON, Conn. - Orion Capital Corp., a hol

The United States rejected a proposed deal protecting international investment, a decision that may

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 28, 1997 - Feb. 13, 1998 (a graph)

The plunge in currency values in parts of Asia is beginning to be felt in countries where levels wer

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Once king of the coast in breaking up old ships, China is fading fast and facing even further diffic

Raphael Che, president of Gateway Container International Ltd., has a groundbreaking idea for resolv

IMF: CURRENCY CONTROLSCOULD HARM INDONESIAWASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund Managing

FEBRUARYSociety of Maritime Arbitrators Inc. Feb. 18. New York. Luncheon. Stewart Wade, vice

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

The outlook for 1998 for dry cargo ship owners looks uncertain, with the Asian financial crisis stil

Breaking his silence, the fired American director of the North American Free Trade Agreement's Commi

The maquiladora industry is welcoming Mexico's announced steps to ensure that border-area assemblage

APL Ltd. and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana's joint venture designed to speed up traffic through t

A special dispute panel formed under the North American Free Trade Agreement has recommended that th

A new round of global talks to reach an accord to eliminate import duties on hundreds of information

Unable to make much progress on structuring negotiations for hemisphere-wide free trade, trade offic

Angry railroad shippers and nervous regulators will be in the spotlight this week now that embattled

Risk funding, such as insurance, is no substitute for risk mitigation, according to William J. Kelly

A new hunt for organized crime's influence on the New York-New Jersey waterfront will spread beyond

PLANESTWA LOSS NARROWSFROM YEAR EARLIERST. LOUIS - Trans World Airlines Inc.

Insurance regulators told a congressional hearing last week they are determined to make sure that Ho

The money held by Lloyd's of London in its new Central Fund will stay as a policyholder's stopgap, i

Shippers can take legal comfort in the decision by a Hanjin Shipping Co. captain who ignored U.S. or

Eighty-three years after it transformed itself into a mutual from a stock company, Prudential Insura

A unit of the Atlanta-based United Parcel Service of America Inc. has announced a joint venture with