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Monday April 21, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

CONTINENTAL CLOSESAIRPORT PROJECT FUNDINGHOUSTON - Continental Airlines has announced the cl

OFFERS TO BUY* SELF-ADHESIVE PACKAGING TAPE AND PALLET STRETCH WRAP. Contact: Roy Elliot, Ch

Indian trade and industry circles expressed relief Monday as Inder Kumar Gujral was sworn in as Prim

United Parcel Service pilots have begun a strike authorization vote following a final company offer

SHIPSPOLITICAL MUSCLE COMESTO BAT FOR MAINE YARDBATH, Maine - Maine's politi

The rebound in U.S. stocks last week also saw broad-based advances in The Journal of Commerce's inde

April 21, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

Hoping to step up its presence in the growing north-south trade lanes, APL Limited has begun marketi

April 21, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

State-owned Kuwait National Petroleum Co. said Monday it aims to increase refining capacity to 900,0

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Current textile quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

VIETNAM, CHINA AGREETO EXPEDITE BORDER TALKSHANOI - Vietnam and China have agreed to acceler

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GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Increases in premium volume of 6 percent to 8 percent for nonlife insurance and more than 10 percent

Monday, April 21, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

''I believe that this country was born with smaller enterprise. Everyone has the right to live . . .

U.S. mail-order companies have found a niche here and they have been attracting more Japanese custom

The Commerce Department plans to open new trade offices in India this year to help U.S. companies ca

Airlines and freight forwarders use too many duplicative processes and need to streamline, a study b

Even before all the rules have been settled, banks and insurers are already planning how to take adv

Plans for oil development on part of a huge federal reserve on Alaska's North Slope may be moving to

Malaysia said Monday its use of coal will double by 2000 as part of a fuel diversification policy bu

US, AUSTRALIA AGREEON ANTITRUST PACTWASHINGTON - The United States and Australia have reache

The company's farm equipment can be found in the wheat fields of Argentina and the cornfields of Kan

Shippers and carriers have become comfortable with Southern California.And their relentless drive fo

A story appearing on Page 1A of the April 15 edition, headlined ''NOL-APL: What now?'' should have c

The Commerce Department will more closely monitor how other countries carry out their trade agreemen

Attempts by the United States to unilaterally change the international system of accounting for tele

Mergers between ocean carriers are not a sign that liner shipping alliances are failing to achieve t

After a two-month search, the Intermodal Association of North America, of Greenbelt, Md., selected J

A bipartisan group of senators, backed by an array of reform groups, is proposing auto insurance leg

During hundreds of learning sessions, workshops and at spirited demonstrations on the vast exhibitio

The sporadic negotiations between railroad and trucking officials over possible changes to truck siz

Over the Clinton administration's objection, a House panel approved legislation Thursday to allow fa

Two former national security advisers are urging the Clinton administration to allow limited busines

BOARD OKS STATESRAIL'SPURCHASE OF KYLE ASSETSWASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board c