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As of Feb. 3, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

U.S. companies competing in Asia offered guarded support for financial rescue programs there, but wa

As unemployment, bankruptcies and outbreaks of social unrest continue to spread across the troubled

International Cargo Express, the Australian freight forwarder, has established an Internet Web site.

Late last year, I described in this column a controversy about ocean bills of lading. Alone among tr

WORLD TRADE CENTEROF NEW ORLEANSF. Walker Tucei Jr. was named president of the World Trade C

The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce wants to take 10 midstate companies overseas on its first tra

Tuesday Feb. 3, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Rep. Eliot Engel is introducing a bill to force insurance companies that sold policies to victims of

The U.S. dollar declined against the yen Tuesday, amid talk that Japanese institutions are beginning

Feb. 3, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

ACLI CHIEF KNOCKSCLINTON BUDGET PLANSWASHINGTON - The president of the American Council on L

SWISS RE AMERICA CORP.James Hall was named senior actuary at the insurance company's Western

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADAINDIA. Feb. 24-March 3. The Engineering Export Promotion Counci

1016 (Feb. 3, 1998) Previous day - 1026The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

In 1990, Costa Rica's national assembly passed Law 7210-90, allowing the establishment of free-trade

El Nino breezed into London's ocean freight futures market Tuesday.The lack of rain, blamed

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. reported a net loss of $116.2 million for the fourth quarter of

Canadian and U.S. labor unions are turning the white light of publicity on companies that move to Me

Motorola inaugurated its first South American pager factory in southeastern Brazil. The company inve

US SUPPORTS TURKEY'SASIAN OIL PIPELINEISTANBUL, Turkey - The United States fully supports Tu

Feb. 3, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The 2,746-gross-ton Gold Star, a tanker that works throughout the Pacific as a ''mothership'' to del

MIDDLE EASTIRANSeyyed Mohammed Khatami, elected president in May 1997, will remain i

JAPANESE FIRM TO DIVESTNEW JERSEY AFFILIATESECAUCUS, N.J. - Tsumura & Co. of Japan said it p

The Department of Transportation plans to ask three airlines to identify their No. 1 priority for ne

Computer disk-drive maker Seagate Technology (Thailand) said it has laid off 900 Thai workers as par

Recent riots and economic woes have tarnished Zimbabwe's international profile, but Africa experts a

Plans will soon be announced to ensure fair pricing of imports into Brazil through a limited but tho

International Petroleum ExchangeFeb. 2, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Feb. 3, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24.

A new study said the economic turmoil in Asia will hurt U.S. feed grain exports, but the markets sho

One partner seems to think the job is in the bag, but Royal Dutch/Shell isn't popping champagne cork

Absolute exclusions exclude absolutely. Florida's highest court ruled the pollution damage exclusion

Pressure is building on European competition watchdogs to examine the partnership between Continenta

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