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A buzz of anticipation about the future of Hong Kong's main telecommunications company ended with a

Indian industry expects conditions to improve significantly in the current fiscal year after a soggy

'Of course the systems are different. We have to explain to the people on the mainland why Hong Kong

Japan will likely oppose North Korea joining the Asian Development Bank because of Pyongyang's failu

The Clinton administration is ''concerned'' about huge U.S. trade deficits with Japan and China, and

KOHL, IN HONG KONG,DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTSHONG KONG - Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany met F

Russian auto plants started two new assembly lines last month, turning out models for Kia and Hyunda

The largest and most diverse group of Asian nations is being goaded to re-examine its role in the li

Central American leaders had little but photographs to show from their long-awaited summit with Pres

SHIPSSIZE OF NORWEGIANMERCHANT FLEET SWELLSOSLO - The size of the Norwegian-

The nation's largest proprietary container terminal, the 230-acre American President Lines terminal

Germany's Hamburg-Sud, trying to cut costs and restore profitability, is moving to spin off its seaf

The head of the International Air Transport Association is urging the Clinton administration to defe

1275 (May 9, 1997) Previous day - 1272The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

May 9, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

GLOSSARY:AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

For the week ended May 3, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 169

NEW SERVICE BEGINSTO DOMINICAN REPUBLICMIAMI - Azov-Caribbean Line is starting a new service

Taiwanese shipping operators have a mixed response to China's announcement last week of regulations

As of May 9, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

A year after ValuJet Flight 592 crashed into the Everglades, killing everyone aboard, no airline has

MEXICO SAYS COMPANYMAY OFFER INSURANCEMEXICO CITY - Mexico's finance ministry has authorized

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A powerful new player has been created in the refrigerated cargo trades following the completion of

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, in a bid to avoid a recurrence of recent locomotive shortages,

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

UAW SEEKS TO REPRESENTFEDEX DISTRICT'S LABORDETROIT - The United Auto Workers has petitioned

French state insurer GAN, and its banking subsidiary CIC, are ready to be privatized, Didier Pfeiffe

The single European market is nothing like a reality, despite a raft of European Commission legislat

A bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature to make insurance companies pay legal fees in

CANADIAN FINDS OILOFF WESTERN AUSTRALIACALGARY - PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. said it has made

International Shipholding Corp. named two executives to the top management positions of its principa

To delay is to kill, the president of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said Friday in a letter urging the M

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

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 248.08 up 1.47 whi

International Petroleum ExchangeMay 9, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

May 9, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent pr

U.S. Republican lawmakers last week renewed their effort to abolish the U.S. Energy Department, call

May 9, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 27.7

Oil giant Exxon Corp. is expected to approve the construction of a major petrochemical plant in Sing