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U.S. coal production is expected to reach a record 1.12 million tons this year, and then increase to

The fragile, two-tier structure of freight rates that has defined the North Atlantic ocean trade for

Leading industrialist Hans-Olaf Henkel Thursday rejected claims by German unions that profit was ris

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP.Jon A. Boscia was named president of the insurance company by its boar

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Port and city officials who want to construct a large container terminal on U.S. Navy property cited

BY JOHN HELMERJOURNAL OF COMMERCE SPECIALThe Accounting Chamber, Russia's independent state

Jan. 15, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

OFFERS TO BUY* P.E.T. CHIPS. Cheap P.E.T. chips food-grade, for the production of edible oil

El Nino may have brought some strange weather, but it didn't wreak the havoc that was expected in 19

Jan. 15, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Jan. 15, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLE

Greenbrier Cos. reported a 14 percent increase in earnings from continuing operations for the first

An economic analysis released by the National Association of Manufacturers projects serious pressure

JANUARYCalifornia State University. January and thereafter. Transportation, logistics and re

GERMAN INSURER: ASIANEXPORT CREDIT COULD FALLBONN - New export credit insurance ratings for

China's life insurance market may be booming, but the property/casualty side is seen by many as a to

EXEL SAW BOOSTIN YEAR-END REVENUEHAMILTON, Bermuda - Exel Ltd. said its fourth quarter net i

Buglers from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy are quick to sound the call: ''We are the only Ameri

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 226.91 up 1.01

The French Finance Ministry said Thursday that if circumstances require, the government will support

The Dutch transport minister is evaluating a proposal to increase by several thousand the number of

PLANESCANADIAN AIRCARGOPLANS TO RAISE RATESCALGARY - Apparently jumping ahea

The United Transportation Union broke rail labor's solid phalanx of opposition to the CSX Corp. and

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Thursday on rumors about the health of Russian Prime

Corporations were able to buy directors and officers insurance for much less last year, according to

To respond to the changing demands of their customers, insurers are experimenting with a range of di

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 24, 1997 - Jan. 15, 1998 (a graph)

The World Trade Organization upheld an earlier ruling that strikes down a European Union import ban

U.S. potato exporters should form shippers associations to bring down the cost of transportation, ac

Jewelry demand in many key gold markets in Asia has been badly hurt by the currency devaluations whi

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

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1191 (Jan. 15, 1998) Previous day - 1204The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

'When inflation-averse central bankers start talking about deflation, it is time for the market to s

AMERICA MINERAL READYTO MINE IN ANGOLAJOHANNESBURG - America Mineral Fields Inc. said Wednes

The European Union, to help avert a U.S. ''trade war,'' will press for tougher measures against Iran

NEC TO DELAY OPERATIONOF MICROCHIP FACTORYTOKYO - NEC Corp. will delay by at least one year

Shippers represented by the National Industrial Transportation League stepped up their assault on th

Officials in this northeastern port-city say an air route will open Feb. 20 to Nagoya in Japan, the