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Dec. 4, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

It's a cold day as the wind strafes the tarmac at Dulles International Airport. Air France workers w

Corporate mailings meant for Detroit or Montreal may end up in Vancouver or Taiwan, angry postal wor

What started as a high-tech approach to fighting drugs at the U.S.-Mexico border may soon spread to

The workers compensation insurance industry is a victim of its own success, with the lowest prices i

Dec. 4, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

918 (Dec. 4, 1997) Previous day - 919The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

BURNHAMClifford F. Lynch joined this Atlanta-based integrated distribution, transportation a

'A further deterioration in financial conditions outside the United States may expose some financial

IMF READY TO HELPRUSSIA IF NECESSARYTOKYO - The International Monetary Fund is prepared to d

U.S. textile and apparel importers upset with the anti-free-trade sentiment in Washington are trying

Thursday Dec. 4, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

SHIPSHVIDE MARINE CHRISTENSFIRST NEW TRACTOR TUGFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida - H

In the final month of what has been a rather uneventful year in one of the world's longest trade lan

What matters in Washington is rhetoric and perception.That fact was illustrated perfectly th

Hvide Marine Inc. has announced a major expansion of international operations with the planned purch

ENRON PLANS TO CREATEINDIA PIPELINE COMPANYNEW DELHI - Enron International, a unit of Housto

At least one insurance company plans to continue its use of a consumer's credit history as part of i

Eager to dispel fears that their planned carve-up of Conrail Inc. would lead to more rail accidents,

ITC SAYS 4 NATIONSDUMP CARBON STEEL PLATESWASHINGTON - The International Trade Commission on

With a new attack on slack safety and lax management, China's authorities are demanding that coal mi

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is playing down reports that it is on the verge of unveiling a strategic al

In his meeting Thursday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Brazilian President Fernando Henriqu

Global climate negotiators meeting in Japan this week and next have a lot to talk about. But so far,

Ocean carriers in the expanding trade between the east coasts of North and South America were scramb

As of Dec. 4, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Freight forwarder Kintetsu World Express (U.S.A.) Inc., plotting an expansion into Russia's Far East

Dec. 4, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

REGULATOR MAKES CASEFOR BANK INSURANCE SALESWASHINGTON - Comptroller of the Currency Eugene

United Parcel Service and its pilots union meet today in Louisville, Ky., for informal discussions i

Microsoft Corp. has thrown its clout behind standards for new online banking software that could mak

VEBA AG PLANS A USELECTRONICS ENTERPRISEDUSSELDORF, Germany - Veba AG, Germany's fourth-larg

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will meet in Seattle this weekend to review the

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule<

DECEMBERCalifornia State Lands Commission. Dec. 9. Martinez, Calif. Meeting with U.S. Coast

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

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The U.S. dollar rose to a 5.5-year high of 129.78 yen Thursday, after another doom-laden day for the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 20, 1996 - Dec. 4, 1997 (a graph)*