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The sky was clear and the sea smooth on the afternoon of March 18, 1994, when the first mate of a Li

SOUTH KOREA NEARS ENDOF US FARM CREDITSSouth Korea has nearly exhausted available U.S. farm

The Clinton administration has quietly won House approval for an extraordinary amendment to prevent

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Apr. 4, 1997 - Feb. 26, 1998 (a graph)<

The International Chamber of Commerce Thursday backed initiatives by the United States and the Europ

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

South Korea's chronically congested main port should get some relief if plans materialize for a new

BOEING IN TALKSWITH PHILIPPINE AIRSEATTLE - Boeing Co. said it is negotiating with Philippin

China plans to eliminate 500,000 jobs in its state-run iron and steel industry by 2000, cutting the

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Spain and Portugal submitted better-than-anticipated results Wednesday in the first crop of definiti

804 (Feb. 26, 1998) Previous day - 794The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

STATE FARM POSTSNET, PREMIUM GROWTHBLOOMINGTON, Ill. - State Farm Group's two auto insurers,

The European Commission has rejected proposals designed to end a long-running antitrust dispute over

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 225.19 up 1.05

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TRUCKSCALIBER SYSTEM REPORTSINCOME OF $60.5 MILLIONMEMPHIS - FDX Corp. said

European monetary union will create one of the world's largest equity markets and a common currency

The central Bank of Korea said Thursday that 14 of South Korea's 26 commercial banks had failed to m

OFFERS TO BUY* FOOTBALL WITH ''OLE'' SOUND. Seeking a football which does an ''Ole'' sound w

1059 (Feb. 26, 1998) Previous day - 1047The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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The U.S. dollar slipped against the yen Thursday amid various rumors and official comments on furthe

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

CGM LINE INCREASESFREQUENCY TO INDIAN OCEANSECAUCUS, N.J. - CGM Line will expand its frequen

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

Feb. 26, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

In a threat to U.S. trade that moves on the Mississippi River, a new organization representing marin

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

SHIPSOSHA TO RENEWMARITIME CHARTERWASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and H

TO JOIN WTO, TAIWANOPENS INSURANCE MARKET WASHINGTON - U.S. negotiators have received commit

The U.S. Postal Service is going green.Seeking to eliminate some 678 tons of scrap paper fro

Canadian ships that normally transport wheat on the Great Lakes are keeping an anxious eye on steel

To reduce benefit and medical costs paid by workers compensation insurance, IBM, Sea-Land, Fluor Cor

Union Pacific Railroad has until Aug. 2 before it must allow other railroads to operate over several

The Clinton administration underscored its opposition to Caspian Sea pipeline routes through Iran on

As of Feb. 26, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Feb. 25, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Thursday Feb. 26, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

With a combined population of only 7.4 million, the three former Soviet republics on the eastern edg