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

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

Feb. 6, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

APL Ltd. and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will charter 2,600 weekly container slots from Lykes Lines when the

The recent stabilization in many Asian stock and currency markets has weakened the dollar, but the e

U.S. Customs inspectors, following the lead of their drug-sniffing dog at the San Luis, Ariz., borde

'I don't rule anything out; the Americans have not been reluctant to take us to the World Trade Orga

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

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

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

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

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.

There may be room for compromise in the long-running dispute between ocean carriers in the Trans Atl

As of Feb. 6, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 235.68 up 0.78 w

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

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's plans to reduce the dependence of Southeast Asian trade

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

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

Fifty-two years after the end of World War II in the Pacific theater, a new war has broken out in th

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

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 5, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The environmental review of the planned splitting up of Conrail Inc. between CSX Corp. and Norfolk S

U.S. apple growers, who increasingly depend on exports and a global strategy for their harvests, are

Thousands of businesses in Belarus called off a strike against the government last week after hard-l

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

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

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

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Shipments of limestone and gypsum on the Great Lakes totaled 39,017,818 net tons in 1997 - a post-re

BAX Global Inc. has been the only integrated carrier that did not operate any of its own planes. But

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP.Daniel Conaton was named general counsel, Crowley American Transport I

The United States won a fight with the European Union Thursday over how to classify technologies tha

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

A House Banking subcommittee approved natural disaster legislation this week, which could provide pr

California Assemblywoman Diane Martinez shortly after announcing her candidacy for insurance commiss

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