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June 27, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 5, 1996 - June 27, 1997 (a graph)*

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Friday signed an agreement extending copyright protection in V

Although the Federal Aviation Administration can lick gravity, it experiences problems with politics

New transportation legislation in Canada has opened the floodgates for the formation of short-line r

Even as economic ties across the narrow strait separating Taiwan from the mainland improve, politica

Joseph K. Wong, a port engineer with 11 years' experience in design, project planning and constructi

Today's edition marks the start of changes we've made to make The Journal of Commerce easier to use.

UTILITY CAN PASS ON ONLYLIMITED MILLSTONE COSTSNEW BRITAIN, Conn. - State regulators blocked

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JAPAN MAY EXPORTS UPBY 60 PERCENT, GROUP REPORTSTOKYO - Export contracts concluded by Japan'

As of June 27, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Commerce Department announced sweeping export sanctions Friday on over a dozen nuclear centers i

No conference in the air cargo industry would be complete without the warning that in the coming yea

TABLES / graphic:1)International Traffic Results, May 1996 to April 1997, Monthly and Monthl

Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman declared an emergency outbreak of the Mediterranean fruit fly in

Shell Oil Co., under fire from human rights activists, hopes a deal to enable it to return to Nigeri

CATASTROPHE OPTIONS SETOPEN-INTEREST RECORDSCHICAGO - The Chicago Board of Trade set open-in

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Union Pacific Corp. used a last-minute court order to avert a strike by its locomotive engineers tha

Running a successful shipping line, even rescuing it from bankruptcy, takes talent and strength.

The foreign exchange market is not expecting any fireworks this week other than the predictable ones

AZERBAIJAN TO RECEIVELOAN FOR POWER STATIONBAKU, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan will receive a $21.

'It's kind of hard to imagine the Iranians calling up for service. That would set off a few alarm be

State lawmakers are hoping a bill that makes it easier for owners of land west of the Intracoastal W

Deposed Golden Eagle Insurance Company owner and chairman John Mabee still could place obstacles in

GLOBEX INTERNATIONAL INC.Paul Lee joined the Chatham, N.J., office of the international risk

In medical school one of the first lessons students are taught is that just because you hear hoofbea

Does, or should, the key to better performance by European cargo carriers lie in emulating the pract

AIRCOMMERCE HAS LEARNED that Transamerica Leasing plans to announce by early August the start-up of

BILL WOULD CREATE SINGLE5-PERSON TRANSPORT BOARDWASHINGTON - A new U.S. Transportation Board

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

Enron Corp. and Portland General Corp. say they should complete their $3.1 billion merger by July 1.

SHIPSLUFTHANSA HINTS AT SELLING18 PERCENT SHARE OF HAPAGBERLIN - The prospec

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it proposed a $50,000 fine against Commonwealth Edison C

Do not expect all South American nations to embrace economic and political liberalization with the s

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June 27, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High

There are those who would no more dream of leaving New York than they would quit eating cheesecake -