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

The joint meeting of governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Hong Kong beginn

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''Power to the people'' may sound like a cliche from the '60s.Thirty years down the road, ho

As of Sept. 12, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Eight Russian oil joint ventures involving foreign companies will probably lose their special tax an

A small study of long-haul truck drivers in the United States and Canada has shown they sleep far le

PLANES6 CHINESE AIRLINES FORMCOOPERATIVE VENTUREBEIJING - Six Chinese region

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 243.21 up 0.99 w

The following are the U.S. Labor Department's price indexes for selected transportation services in

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Scalded by scandals surrounding recent sell-offs, Russian President Boris Yeltsin warned his new pri

Friday, Sept. 12, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Major emerging markets will attract record amounts of equity capital this year despite Southeast Asi

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 4, 1996 - Sep. 12, 1997 (a graph)*

US: CHINA TO RETURNDIVERTED SUPERCOMPUTERWASHINGTON - Weeks before a crucial Sino-American s

MID OCEAN LTD.Henry C.V. Keeling was promoted to president, chief operating officer and chie

Higher barge, rail, truck and charter air cargo rates helped carry wholesale prices during August to

ABU DHABI TO SET UPGAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Persian Gul

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE - SEPT. 11, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Sept. 12, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A. T. KEARNEY INC.Kathleen ''Kitty'' Behof joined this Chicago-based international managemen

OFFERS TO BUY* AVIATOR'S (PILOT'S) HELMETS. Helmets need built-in communications facilities

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

MOL UNVEILS SHANGHAILOGISTICS VENTURECONCORD, Calif. - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has established a

June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June July96 96 96 96 96 9

ESSO SUSPENDS PLANFOR THAI EXPANSIONSINGAPORE - Esso Standard Thailand Ltd. has decided to s

Friday Sept. 12, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The launch of an electronic European transport futures exchange early next year may intensify compet

Former CIA Director John M. Deutch warned that the United States may face a series of crises in the

Tensions are mounting in the 2-month-old port pilots strike in Los Angeles. The city went to court a

U.S. divers undertook the grisly task of pulling decomposing bodies from a sunken Haitian ferry Frid

ESTIMATE OF NON-OPECSUPPLY REVISED DOWNWARDLONDON - OPEC has revised downward its expectatio

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

For the week ended September 6, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equal

The sale of the prime container terminal at Brazil's most important port will create huge opportunit

DOWNEY TO SPEAKAT AAPA CONVENTIONALEXANDRIA, Va. - The deputy secretary of the U.S. Transpor

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The U.S. dollar will be put on the defensive this week with U.S.-Japan trade tensions propping the y

The French government's decision not to fully privatize Air France and the loss of the company's ref