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Whoever else gains from currency depreciations in Asia, shipyards reckon they'll come out well ahead

BELGIAN MAD COW FEEDEXPORTED TO POLANDBRUSSELS - The cow identified last week as Belgium's f

ONTARIO MINISTER URGESEND TO POWER MONOPOLYTORONTO - Ontario Energy Minister Jim Wilson rele

French truckers were poised to return to work by the weekend as peace talks to end the 5-day-old str

James Newton has taken over the president's position atTriple Crown Services Inc., the inter

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 4, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

1295 (Nov. 6, 1997) Previous day - 1301The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

J&H MARSH & MCLENNANThomas L. Weigand was named manager of the insurance broker's Minneapoli

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Indonesia will eliminate in three years a national car program that favors domestic producers and wi

As of Nov. 6, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

OFFERS TO BUY* OVERHEAD PROJECTORS. Overhead projectors (ordinary type and portable type). T

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 6, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

962 (Nov. 6, 1997) Previous day - 968The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Mic Dinsmore, director at the Port of Seattle, sees the severe congestion in Los Angeles-Long Beach

CHINA CALLS FOR MORETRADE WITH RUSSIABEIJING - China has called on Russia to help double bil

SHIPSSHIPPING COMPANIES SETSTOCK EARNINGS RECORDLONDON - Shipping and offsho

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 22, 1996 - Nov. 6, 1997 (a graph)*

While militant French truckers blockade highways and Italian drivers threaten to strike, the trucker

Port Everglades received the official green light to acquire roughly 260 acres of land needed for an

More than a century ago, gun battles nearly broke out in the West when railroads tried to build trac

ail unions have been outspoken about their overall negative view of the Conrail carve-up between Nor

Maersk Line is moving onshore China to help develop one of that country's largest containerports.

The French truckers strike will not keep Beaujolais Nouveau from reaching store shelves this month b

'What if it (the harbor tax) is illegal and the government has to make refunds? Who's going to pay f

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

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Nov. 1997 (see Note 1

In one of logistics' newest wrinkles, Exel Logistics has turned its Cerritos, Calif., distribution c

The Southeast Asian financial crisis may boost the U.S. trade deficit by about $30 billion to $40 bi

After some 80 years of being banned from the U.S. market because of pest-infestation concerns, fresh

The railroad merger movement is under mounting financial and regulatory pressure.CSX Corp. a

Thursday Nov. 6, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

INVESTMENT GAINS LIFTEDCNA NET IN 3RD QUARTERCHICAGO - CNA Financial Corp.'s third-quarter n

Consumer activist Harvey Rosenfield has accused California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush

Nov. 6, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

China's Maoming Petrochemical Co. in southern Guangdong province said its annual crude oil processin

Thursday, Nov. 6, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

As of Nov. 5, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

The European Union proposed Wednesday to make details on public tender contracts, worth annually hun