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Feb. 6, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

938 (Feb. 6, 1998) Previous day - 950The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

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

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

OFFERS TO SELL* PAPER - YELLOW DIRECTORY. Pricing is $470 per metric ton f.o.b. USA Midwest

The Canadian and United States governments are asking their citizens what to do about encouragement

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 5, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH

Feb. 6, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

International oil companies may be antsy about selling their product in the Philippines. But legal u

Friday Feb. 6, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Feb. 1998 (see Note 1

After more than a year of rejecting Russian proposals to delineate territorial zones on the Caspian

AMERICAN BANKERSRESPONDS TO OFFERMIAMI - American Bankers Insurance Group Inc. said Friday i

In an effort to restart negotiations over the financial services deregulation bill, the House Commer

Residents of China's capital like the idea of life insurance, nearly doubling premium volume from la

LINCOLN NATIONAL GAINSFROM SALE OF SUBSIDIARYFORT WAYNE, Ind. - Lincoln National Corp. saw i

New York's quest to win the hearts of the world's 3,966 corporate-owned captive insurers took two sm

Massachusetts officials hope that a federal court judge will hold a hearing as early as Tuesday to d

PLANESUAL WORLDWIDE CARGOREVENUE SOARS IN 1997CHICAGO - United Airlines Worl

With no new cases of the lethal HSN1 bird flu virus reported since the mass slaughter of Hong Kong's

The Baltic Exchange will launch a tanker freight index today that will form the basis for futures an

Enquiries about exporting chicken to Hong Kong can be sent directly to the Hong Kong Trade Developme

U.S. exports to the Mediterranean area are expected to post a year of generally modest gains.

The wine trade between the United States and the countries of the Mediterranean Basin is booming. Un

Asia's trade and investment ties with the Mediterranean go back to the days of Marco Polo, who spent

The contrast between the two most alluring Mediterranean coastlines for U.S. investors couldn't be m

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 4, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High

British Prime Minister Tony Blair lent strong backing to the International Monetary Fund's handling

As Congress debates the merits of the International Monetary Fund's economic stabilization program i

Feb. 5, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

South Korea's Daewoo Group, which has signed an initial deal for an alliance with General Motors Cor

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

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 14, 1997 - Feb. 5, 1998 (a graph)<

MCI: ADDITIONAL MEXICOINVESTMENT IS ON HOLDNEW YORK - Long-distance telephone carrier MCI Co

Thursday Feb. 5, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The prime minister of Australia this week accused the United States of using the Asian crisis to cap

Your fax machine and video may look innocent enough as you turn out the lights to go to sleep each n

One of Iran's most powerful and mysterious business groups is planning to invest $3 billion with Bri

Claude R. Cadot, a career veteran of the shipping business, feels the breezes of Florida these days.