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G-7 ENERGY MINISTERSTO MEET RUSSIAN EQUALMOSCOW - Energy ministers from the Group of 7 leadi

All seven categories in The Journal of Commerce's Transportation Stock Index plunged last week, with

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Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

The surprise nomination of Mexico's Finance Secretary Guillermo Ortiz to head the country's central

The South Korean government on Monday sent a positive signal to private capital markets and the Inte

A Washington state court case is creating momentum for passage of national and state legislation tha

Franklin County Common Pleas judge Michael Watson issued an order for rehabilitation of PIE Mutual I

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In 1890, when August Kuehne founded a small business to forward sugar and cotton to and from Bremen,

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Russian banks are threatened with the loss of a huge chunk of their capital, if a foreign run on Rus

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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

As of Dec. 15, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

A prolonged economic crisis in Asia could cut economic growth in the industrial world by nearly one

Having let infrastructure suffer in favor of balanced budgets and fiscal discipline, Costa Rica earl

WECO AGENCIES (TEXAS) INC.Steen Obst was appointed president and chief executive, based at t

The heavy-truck industry posted a double-digit sales gain in November as manufacturers steamed towar

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

A Taiwanese computer maker and a Japanese car manufacturer Monday eased Britain's fears that Asian i

Dec. 15, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

EU WANTS TO MEETWITH US OVER BANBRUSSELS - The European Union regrets the decision by the U.

SEDGWICK SAYS IT HASN'THELD TALKS WITH AONLONDON - Insurance broker Sedgwick Group PLC, repo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 235.86 up 0.22 whi

A two-day U.S.-India business summit in Calcutta last week ended with the signing of memorandums for

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Both major Western railroads have delivered plans to the government for moving recently harvested gr

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Iranian President Moham- med Khatami's call for a dialogue with the United States raised hopes among

The Federal Trade Commission gave tentative approval Monday to the merger of British brewer Guinness

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 12, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

U.S. steel traders, cheered by a buoyant market for their products, seem generally well pleased with

Containers may not be flowing in great quantity directly between China and Taiwan, but sharp words c

1289 (Dec. 15, 1997) Previous day - 1287The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

AON GROUPPaul L. Conti was named chief operating officer of the group's Aon Enterprise Insur

Dec. 15, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Three weeks ended Dec. 6, 1997, vs. similar 1996 periodCars Cars Loaded Loaded

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