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Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto will make his first official working visit to Washington on Friday

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Although the recent escalation in diplomatic tensions between Iran, the European Union and the Unite

1345 (April 18, 1997) Previous day - 1361The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Friday, April 18, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Brazil and Canada today are exploring reaching a bilateral free-trade agreement or a pact embracing

The Internet has attracted its fair share of practical jokers and malicious pranksters.Earli

In an edgy public exchange, the top two protagonists in the U.S.-Japan aviation debate squared off h

However strongly desired, Vietnam's new intellectual property rights accord with the United States i

April 18, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 17, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 18, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

It's been an eternal dream for exporters and importers - a world where products flow easily and seam

Away from the glistening waterfront office block, shimmering in gold or silver cladding, the vast ma

Japan is buying more U.S. cars and car parts, but it still has ''a long way to go in meeting the obj

INDIAN COALITIONFORMING NEW LEADERSHIPNEW DELHI - India will have a new government by today,

The National Industrial Transportation League will follow a familiar pattern and study the impact of

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

SWISSAIR ACQUIRES ALLCITYBIRD CARGO CAPACITYBETHESDA, Md. - CityBird announced it has sold a

A big settlement from a 1989 earthquake insurance claim boosted first-quarter earnings at Alexander

April 18, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

Spurred by protests over some automobile insurance premium discounts, Massachusetts insurance regula

US FIRM GETS NODFOR N. KOREA VENTURESEOUL - Washington has authorized a U.S. firm to set up

EXPERTS: PESTS MAY FINDWAY AROUND INSECTICIDERALEIGH, N.C. - Entomologist Fred Gould found m

April 18, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The dollar could come down with a case of jitters this week ahead of the weekend Group of 7 meeting

BRITISH TELECOM, MCI,TELEFONICA IN ALLIANCENEW YORK - Telefonica de Espana, British Telecomm

Lawmakers here have dealt a blow to plans by the Secretariat of Tourism to allow casino gambling, po

For the week ended April 5, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Using a Japanese loan, Kazakstan is starting to modernize its outdated railway system and will signi

IRAQ-BOUND FOOD CARGOARRIVES AT JORDAN PORTAMMAN, Jordan - The first Iraq-bound shipment of

April 18, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 26, 1996 - April 18, 1997 (a graph)

OFFERS TO BUY* MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS: SECONDHAND. Secondhand medical instruments (stainless st

Everyone in the computer industry remembers what happened to Sony with its Betamax videocassette rec

To the U.S. Coast Guard they are rickety, unsafe vessels that don't belong on the high seas nor dome

TWA LATEST CARRIERTO END FUEL SURCHARGEST. LOUIS - Trans World Airlines ended its cargo fuel

The American Institute for International Steel Inc. has protested strongly against an International