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VENEZUELA SAID TO BACKA RISE IN OPEC QUOTASCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela will support any r

As of Oct. 31, 1997Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

Once the most influential man in President Boris Yeltsin's entourage, Victor Ilyushin is now the chi

With the award of contracts imminent for a large number of blocks, the Indian government decided to

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 29, 1996 - Nov. 7, 1997 (a graph)*

CHICAGO EXCHANGE BEGINSTRADING ARGENTINE BONDSCHICAGO - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange laun

A gasoline price-fixing case involving 12 companies in five northeast Tennessee counties has ended w

The issue of new export curbs on supercomputers nearly got lost in the shuffle Friday as the White H

SHIPSSEA-LAND RENEWS LEASEAT NEW ORLEANS PORTNEW ORLEANS - The Port of New O

A pair of maritime bills appeared dead for the year as opponents were continuing to prevent easy app

Senior negotiators from major developed and developing countries will meet Wednesday to launch a mon

A Friday deadline has been set for parties to seek participation in a public hearing to determine wh

'We take every single plane that flies out of the West Coast to Japan and book them all and we're st

RUSSIA SEEN LIKELYTO JOIN APEC IN '98TOKYO - Russia is likely to join the Asia-Pacific Econo

The People On The Move column that appeared on Page 11A of the Oct. 23 edition should have said that

Two more developments emerged this week regarding life insurance policies for Holocaust survivors or

Rising medical costs are the ultimate back-seat driver when it comes to auto insurance.Injur

In an earnest effort to nurture the captive insurance sector, Hong Kong is setting bargain basement

CALL SPREADS PRICE OR BID/ASKNational annual '97* 30/50

Last year's record mergers and acquisitions activity in the insurance industry has continued into 19

Meeting in San Antonio, home of the Alamo, the 562 members of the National Association of Independen

It was one of those laws that numb the mind, a bureaucratic bad dream for everyone it could have tou

U.S. and Mexican restrictions on each other's trucks are not the only impediments to borderless tran

SHIPSOMI SAW PROFIT TAKEA TUMBLE IN QUARTERNEW YORK - Bulk shipping company

Some of the most barren and inhospitable land in the world lies between Australia's southern and nor

Trucking companies that call at intermodal terminals across the country are still spending too much

BRAZILIAN FRUIT FIRMSCHOOSE PORT OF ANTWERPANTWERP, Belgium - The Bulk Services Corp., a sub

Loose remarks about privatization of some Panama Canal services have unions calling for the firing o

Thucydides said in 400 B.C.: ''A collision at sea can ruin your whole day.'' Marine accidents, as th

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Seminars on situational negotiating skills. Contact: Ray

The shortage of trains is so bad in the Midwest during this fall's harvest that farmers in Madelia,

Two more shipping lines, struggling with severe cargo congestion at the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbo

Nov. 7, 1997RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREM

Nov. 7, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXCHANGENov. 7, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

There's nothing like an Oscar Mayer wiener, even if you happen to be hungry in Hidalgo.Oscar

Nov. 7, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29.

Nov. 7, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 6, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Lo

Nov. 7, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o