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GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - SEPT. 26, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

As of Sept. 29, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Intermodal service from U.S. West Coast ports is changing by the day as shipping lines respond to co

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 18, 1996 - Sep. 29, 1997 (a graph)*

The Senate Finance Committee could vote as soon as Wednesday on a ''fast track'' trade bill drafted

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

OIL PIPELINE IS REPAIREDIN COLOMBIA AFTER ATTACKBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's Cano Limon cru

PLANESRUSSIA AIR CONTROLLERSCALL OFF THEIR STRIKEMOSCOW - Russian air traffi

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has announced it will sell its United Kingdom Insurance operations t

ONGOINGCalifornia Maritime Academy. Oakland, Calif. September, November and January. Seminar

A top State Department official and former lobbyist for British Airways, bombarded by criticism and

1279 (Sept. 29, 1997) Previous day - 1277The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

While the smog affecting southern Thailand appears to be easing, the government in Bangkok Monday pl

Sept. 29, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Writing a weekly column for The Journal of Commerce these past 10 years has been a privilege and a p

A pipeline belonging to France's Elf Aquitaine was sabotaged in southern Nigeria, causing oil to spu

Sure, Navy officials say they'd rather commute by sea than by land, but how fast will sailors be to

OFFERS TO BUY* SOLDER PASTE. Solder paste RP10 for electronic component manufacturing, simil

If final legal niceties can be tied up, the reinsurance division of Allmerica Financial Corp. may so

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U.S. chemical, steel, automobile and semiconductor industries will experience significant drops in e

The United States faced a united foreign front against its sanctions policy Monday after petroleum c

MEXICAN STATE TO BEGAS DISTRIBUTION ZONEMEXICO CITY - Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission

In what was almost an afterthought, the vice chairman of United Parcel Service Monday told shippers

Sept. 29, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High Lo

COMPANY PERFORMANCEPERCENTYEAR CLOSING CHANGEHIGH/ PRICE

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

Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRC) has given state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 242.99 up 1.01 w

Facing rising costs and an uncertain future, the Port of Mobile is closing its public grain elevator

At least 11,000 tons of British beef have been shipped to mainland Europe by way of Ireland and Nort

That ever elusive butterfly of the insurance buyer accessed through his home computer is closer than

The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday, rising slightly against the Deutsche mark and slipping against the

SHIPSCONTSHIP TO RENAMEEUROPE-LATIN SERVICEIPSWICH, England - Contship Conta

The crew of the vessel Captain Spider Favre were awarded the Coast Guard's certificate of merit for

AETNA EXPECTS RESULTSBELOW QUARTER ESTIMATESHARTFORD, Conn. - Shares of Aetna were trading a

SEDGWICK GROUPFrank Beard has been appointed president and managing executive of Sedgwick of

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Sept. 29, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f